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Alonso says he was on a “mega lap” before the red flags came out, worth “two tenths and a half.”
The start of Q3 will be delayed. Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll and Valtteri Bottas are all eliminated in Q2.
Hamilton appeared to pass Magnussen on the straight after the red flags came out.
Red flag! Tsunoda has crashed.
Lawson falls into the drop zone as Magnussen goes third.
Leclerc goes safe in third, Sainz pips him. Bottas is now last and Aston Martin and Haas also have both drivers in the drop zone.
A strong lap from Alexander Albon puts him fifth. Leclerc is on-track and goes quicker of all in the first sector.
Norris pops up with a 1’16.301, putting him over three-tenths of a second ahead of Verstappen. The Mercedes drivers are third and fourth, Leclerc is still yet to log a time in this session.
Leclerc, who was warned about track limits during second practice, has a lap time deleted for cutting turn two.
Verstappen says “the rear tyres were a bit tricky” due to “low grip.” He has gone quickest however with a 1’16.629.
Q2 begins. Alexander Albon, the sole remaining Williams driver, heads out.
Ocon can’t improve on 19th which spares Stroll elimination. Colapinto, Piastri, Perez, Ocon and Zhou fall at the first hurdle.
Piastri is out too! Kevin Magnussen improved for the fifth fastest time and he falls into the drop zone.
Perez is out! He fails to make the cut for Q2 at home.
McLaren tell Piastri to cool his tyres to get another lap in. He moves up but only to 14th with a 1’17.597.
Norris does a 1’16.505 on softs to go quickest but his team mate Piastri is labouring, his latest lap time is deleted for a track limits infringement at turn 12 and he’s only 19th – ahead of Perez.
Piastri has switched to the softs. Sainz pits with just under six minutes to go and is called onto the weigh bridge, which is going to put him under time pressure to set a lap at the end.
Now Pierre Gasly goes second on a set of softs, which is surely going to force everyone to consider soft rubber.
Sainz improves his time on mediums and goes third, 1’17.241. But that’s beaten by Nico Hulkenberg and Yuki Tsunoda on softs.
A great lap by Fernando Alonso on softs puts him third, 0.309s off Verstappen.
Zhou, last, says he had an engine problem on…
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