LIVE F1, 70th Anniversary GP 2020 updates: Bottas takes the pole-position in front of Hamilton

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16.07 Incredible performance from Nico Hulkenberg who can try to get his first podium in his career. The car seems to be good enough to fight for P3. The strategies will make the difference.

16.06 Mercedes dominates the field without any doubt. Without unexpected events like last week, Mercedes is expected to get both P1 and P2 tomorrow.

16.05 Ferrari confirms the struggles of this season, and this qualifying session has been even worse than last week on the same track.

16.04 Final standings after Q3:

1 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes1:25.154
2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes+0.063
3 Nico HULKENBERG Racing Point+0.928
4 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+1.022
5 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault+1.143
6 Lance STROLL Racing Point+1.274
7 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+1.380
8 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+1.460
9 Alexander ALBON Red Bull Racing+1.515
10 Lando NORRIS McLaren+1.624

16.01 Bottas takes the pole position in 1’25″154. It is the 13th pole position for Bottas. Hamilton in P2, 0.063 behind, Hulkenberg in P3, 0.928 delayed from Bottas.

16.01 Leclerc gets P8 confirming the bad moment for Ferrari.

16.01 BOTTAS IN POLE POSITION! INCREDIBLE LAP for him who is only 0.063 in front of Hamilton.

16.00 Bottas with an incredible second sector takes the pole. Ricciardo third position.

15.59 Same time for both Hamilton and Bottas in the first sector, Ricciardo less than 2 tenths slower.

15.57 2 minutes to go. This is the last attempts.

15.56 Both Mercedes and Ricciardo are back on track with medium tyres, everyone else has the soft ones.

15.54 Verstappen, P5, with medium tyres. He is not satisfied and asked for the soft ones.

15.53 Ricciardo is dreaming with his third position. Following, in order, Hulkenberg, Verstappen, Albon, Leclerc, Stroll, Gasly and Norris.

15.52 Mercedes dominate the field, it is unthinkable not to see them taking P1 and P2.

15.51 Hamilton in P1 with 1’25″284, Bottas second delayed 0.116. Ricciardo in the third position for now delayed over a second.

15.50 Verstappen, Ricciardo and Albon are on track with medium tyres, soft ones for everyone else.

15.49 It would be a surprise not to see both Mercedes in the front row. Racing Point, Renault and Verstappen will try to get the third position.

15.48 Q3 starts now! Who will get the pole position?

15.45 Leclerc will start the race with medium tyres tomorrow. Great disappointment also for Carlos Sainz.

15.44 Standings after Q2:

1 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes1:25.785
2 Nico HULKENBERG Racing Point+0.476
3 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes+0.481
4 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+0.738
5 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault+0.851
6 Alexander ALBON Red Bull Racing+0.857
7 Lance STROLL Racing Point+0.889
8 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+0.924
9 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+0.994
10 Lando NORRIS McLaren+1.100
11 Esteban OCON Renault+1.226
12 Sebastian VETTEL Ferrari+1.293
13 Carlos SAINZ McLaren+1.298
14 Romain GROSJEAN Haas F1 Team+1.469
15 George RUSSELL Williams+1.670

15.42 Excluded, in order, Ocon, Vettel, Sainz, Grosjean and Russell.

15.41 Bottas concludes Q2 in P1 followed by, in order, Hulkenberg who made it at his last attempt, Hamilton, Gasly, Ricciardo, Albon, Stroll, Leclerc, Verstappen and Norris.

15.41 UNBELIEVABLE another exclusion from Q3 for Sebastian Vettel, who struggles a lot with this car on this track.

15.40 GREAT LAP for Gasly, in P4 and qualifies into Q3.

15.39 GREAT LAP by Hulkenberg, who goes from P14 to P2.

15.38 Bottas and Hamilton back on track with soft tyres, they are probably just testing the tyres for the pole position lap in Q3.

15.37 Vettel (first of the excluded right now) goes back for the last attempt with soft tyres.

15.35 Leclerc drove 0.6 faster than his teammate who does not seem to find a good feeling with his SF1000.

15.34 Standing with six minutes remaining in Q2:

1 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes1:25.785 3
2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes+0.481 3
3 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault+0.851 3
4 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+0.924 2
5 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+0.994 2
6 Lance STROLL Racing Point+1.058 3
7 Alexander ALBON Red Bull Racing+1.196 3
8 Lando NORRIS McLaren+1.283 3
9 Esteban OCON Renault+1.507 3
10 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+1.592 3
11 Sebastian VETTEL Ferrari+1.594 3
12 Carlos SAINZ McLaren+1.690 3
13 Nico HULKENBERG Racing Point+1.693 2
14 Romain GROSJEAN Haas F1 Team+2.965 4
15 George RUSSELL Williams- – 3

15.33 GREAT LAP Leclerc, in P4 behind Ricciardo only by 0.070.

15.31 GREAT performance by Daniel Ricciardo, who is in P3, delayed by 0.8 from P1. Vettel, Sainz and Hulkenberg surprisingly out of Q3 at the moment.

15.30 Bottas in P1 at the moment, with 1’25″785, 0.481 advantage on Hamilton who has not done yet a perfect lap in this session. Verstappen in P4, delayed by 0.851.

15.27 Verstappen risks with the tyres, he is the only with hard tyres!

15.26 Mercedes and Ferrari have medium tyres.

15.26 Q2 starts now!

15.22 Mercedes invincible, Verstappen can fight for P3. Racing Point appears to perform better during free practice than during qualifying.

15.21 Standings after Q1:

1 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes1:26.738 2
2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes +0.080 2
3 Alexander ALBON Red Bull Racing +0.415 2
4 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing +0.416 1
5 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri +0.416 2
6 Lance STROLL Racing Point +0.449 2
7 Lando NORRIS McLaren +0.479 2
8 Esteban OCON Renault +0.540 2
9 Nico HULKENBERG Racing Point +0.541 1
10 Charles LECLERC Ferrari +0.689 1
11 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault +0.704 2
12 Carlos SAINZ McLaren +0.712 2
13 Romain GROSJEAN Haas F1 Team +0.781 3
14 Sebastian VETTEL Ferrari +0.874 2
15 George RUSSELL Williams  +1.019 2
16 Daniil KVYAT AlphaTaur i+1.144 2
17 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team +1.498 3
18 Nicholas LATIFI Williams +1.692 2
19 Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing +1.695 2
20 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing +1.755 2

15.20 Q1 is over. Eliminated, in order, Kvyat, Magnussen, Latifi, Giovinazzi and Raikkonen.

15.19 Albon makes it to Q2 as well after risking it. Stroll is safe too after risking the Q2.

15.18 Vettel improves and goes into Q2. A difficult weekend so far for him.

15.17 Russell in P8. Stroll at risk in P15.

15.16 Everyone is improving, Vettel at risk in P13.

15.15 Ocon and Russell under investigation after Ocon obstructed Russell during his out lap. The direction will make a decision at the end of the qualifying sessions.

15.14 Surprising are the times of Vettel in P13, Stroll in P14 and Albon in P16 who will be the first of the eliminated at the moment.

1 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes1:26.818 1
2 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+0.181 1
3 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+0.336 1
4 Nico HULKENBERG Racing Point+0.461 1
5 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+0.609 1
6 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault+0.624 1
7 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+0.772 1
8 Daniil KVYAT AlphaTauri+1.064 1
9 Esteban OCON Renault+1.111 1
10 Lando NORRIS McLaren+1.185 1
11 Carlos SAINZ McLaren+1.287 1
12 Romain GROSJEAN Haas F1 Team+1.300 2
13 Sebastian VETTEL Ferrari+1.372 1
14 Lance STROLL Racing Point+1.422 1
15 George RUSSELL Williams+1.624 1
16 Alexander ALBON Red Bull Racing+1.664 1
17 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team+1.769 2
18 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing+2.000 1
19 Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing+2.103 1
20 Nicholas LATIFI Williams+3.271 1

15.12 Mercedes take the lead back: Hamilton (1’26″818) with 0.181 advantage on Bottas.

15.11 Following the standing with 5 minutes to go:

1 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing1:27.154 1
2 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+0.021 1
3 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes+0.077 1
4 Nico HULKENBERG Racing Point+0.125 1
5 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+0.436 1
6 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+0.583 1
7 Daniil KVYAT AlphaTauri+0.728 1
8 Esteban OCON Renault+0.775 1
9 Lando NORRIS McLaren+0.849 1
10 Carlos SAINZ McLaren+0.951 1
11 Sebastian VETTEL Ferrari+1.133 1
12 George RUSSELL Williams+1.288 1
13 Romain GROSJEAN Haas F1 Team+1.302 2
14 Alexander ALBON Red Bull Racing+1.328 1
15 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team+1.644 2
16 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing+1.664 1
17 Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing+1.767 1
18 Nicholas LATIFI Williams+2.935 1
19 Lance STROLL Racing Point- – 1
20 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault- – 1

15.09 VERSTAPPEN SUPER! 0.021 ahead of Bottas and gets into P1 at the moment. His time is 1’27″154.

Bulls on track for the fastest part of the weekend ? Here comes #Quali at #F170 ?? #ChargeOn ? pic.twitter.com/1DpRn2v8Oj

— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) August 8, 2020

15.08 Mercedes already take the lead. Bottas in the first position with 1’27″175, Hamilton is 0.056 behind Follow Hulkenberg, Gasly and Leclerc.

15.07 Vettel is already over one second behind P1, confirming the hard time he has at this track this year.

15.05 Ferrari is on track with soft tyres for both drivers.

15.04 Hulkenberg gets into P1 with the time of 1’27″279, followed by Russell behind 1.163 and Grosjean behind 1.177

15.02 The drivers aforementioned are already trying to get a time that will allow them to make it into  Q2.

15.01 On track Hulkenberg (Racing Point) with soft tyres, Grosjean and Magnussen (Haas) and Russell (Williams) with medium tyres.

15.00 Qualifying starts now!

Good afternoon and welcome to the LIVE updates of the qualifying session of the 70th Anniversary GP, the fifth round of the World Championships of F1 2020, here in Silverstone for the second weekend. The battle for the pole-position seems to be always between the two Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton is the favourite, but Valtteri Bottas could beat his teammate.

While the front row seems to be a battle within Mercedes, for the second row there is more competition. Among those who will try to get P3 there are Max Verstappen (Red Bull), and both Racing Point with Lance Stroll and Nico Hulkenberg (who substitutes Sergio Perez). Although the fine and point penalties after the FIA verdict, Racing Point is allowed to race this weekend.

OA Sport offers the LIVE updates of the 70th Anniversary GP, the fifth round of F1 2020: live updates, minute by minute coverage not to miss anything. Qualifying session starts at 15.00. Enjoy!

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