Only one driver made it across the line in time and that was Carlos Sainz - he won't take pole with his sector times though so Hulkenberg blinks with one minute and 43 seconds to go.

Some drivers might be caught out here in not getting a quick lap. Four minutes left Give it at least another 90 seconds. No one wants to be the lead driver.

Q3 be like The session has now restarted but with six minutes and 35 seconds left, we will probably have three minutes of waiting around before a car leaves the garage.

The top ten as we wait for the session to restart are 1. Raikkonen, A medical car has been sent out for Raikkonen but he looks ok - it looks to be more of a precaution due to the force of the crash.

The big losers there are Bottas and Alex Albon as the red flags were out before they could set a lap - therefore they have had their times deleted. Vettel may also have his time deleted as he looked like he ran too far wide and off circuit at the Parabolica.

At least in my eyes anyway Charles Leclerc, picking up a Renault tow, goes quickest from Hamilton but seconds later the red flags come out as Raikkonen has spun off at the entrance to Parabolica, crashing the Alfa Romeo backwards in the barrier.

Mercedes were first out, but they stopped at the end of the pit-lane to allow Ferrari to lead the way. Vettel is the front man but Leclerc won't benefit from the tow as they are separated by the two Renaults.

Hamilton will get a tow from Bottas in this session, but who is going to play second fiddle down at Ferrari? Someone at Ferrari will have to prevent Lewis nailing his fifth pole position in six years.

Worth noting that while Carlos Sainz has gone nine tenths quicker than Norris, it was down to his McLaren giving him a slipstream tow. Playing the team game Lewis Hamilton goes fastest - the first time this weekend for Mercedes - as he benefits from the Valtteri Bottas slipstream.

Both Ferraris made errors on their final lap and elected to pit. Most importantly for them though is they are through to the pole position shootout.

The slipstream battle is on. With two minutes and 12 seconds left, every single car leads the garage as Alex Albon pulls the pin in the Red Bull to give everyone a tow.

Daniil Kvyat is the man on the bubble. Big cheers from the Tifosi as Leclerc goes fastest once more in the first round of runs, just ahead of Hamilton, Vettel and Ricciardo.

Less than three tenths separate those four. Great to still see Renault up there. No medium tyres for Ferrari in this session - all the drivers have opted for the soft compound in this session.

Well if you are going to suffer engine problems, now is the time for Verstappen. As he starts from the back anyway, a Honda gremlin now won't ruin his weekend but it does mean he ends the session without a time and propping up the grid.

That of course means Perez is out of qualifying as he is in 17th and the elimination zone - which still features Verstappen who has yet to run.

We are back underway again C an Hamilton beat it?! By just 0. Close, very close! What can the McLarens do? Sainz goes third! Norris sixth!

That's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. L imiting the effect of the tow. That must be their plan. V ery early. And everyone else tries to follow them Strange one.

It's normally with 3'30" on the clock or so. Guess they want to avoid a repeat of last year's farce. Oh, Bottas is again ahead of Hamilton this run.

Hamilton will get a slipstream again. He was behind last time? Bit of a strange one but maybe that's how they do it R icciardo a long way from the McLarens there.

Must've had an error somewhere. B ut Bottas will be behind Hamilton for the final runs. Will it be decisive? W hat can Hamilton do?

He's ahead! Perez third for now, Verstappen cannot beat it? What can Sainz do? It's only fifth Albon gets his lap time deleted for the second time today He has to give Verstappen a tow this time, so it could be 10th for him tomorrow.

H amilton a long way behind. Not much jockeying for position in this bit of the session. Hamilton a tenth up in the first sector Verstappen a further tenth back.

Bottas giving it full beans through Ascari, astonishing R icciardo ends up through. Bottas ends up quickest, 0.

Sainz in third and very close to Perez. It's going to be an interesting battle for the second row there. Red Bull don't really look to be in great form here.

O con is out. He cannot improve from 12th Can Leclerc get out and into Q3? He's only 12th and then gets bumped down further to P R icciardo the unlucky man with no slipstream from anyone.

Will it affect him enough to put him out of Q2? Not sure it'll matter as he goes very wide and puts a wheel or two onto the gravel on the exit of the second chicane A nd literally everyone comes out with 3'30" on the clock.

Both McLarens are the very back, I think. Will they be hampered? There's ages to go so yes, at least in terms of crossing the line.

But they could get caught up in the madness ahead of them. I don't think it's going to be a surprise if we see a big crash today.

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Here's how to watch qualifying. With the introduction of the ban on engine 'party modes' kicking in this weekend , an even greater interest is being focused on how it could, if at all, shake-up the qualifying pecking order this weekend.

Despite an intermittent engine issue during FP2, Lando Norris surged to third place on the timesheet for McLaren to push AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly into fourth place, with the French driver continuing to impress this season.

Ferrari continued to underwhelm with Charles Leclerc only ninth and team-mate Sebastian Vettel in 12th place in FP2, while both drivers endured hairy moments at the Lesmos struggling with the handling of the SF Last year's Q3 session in qualifying at Monza became farcical when the top 10 slowed waiting for a tow and effectively missed the opportunity to start a final timed lap, and fears of that "nightmare" repeating struck with drivers producing slow cooldown laps during practice.

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While Renault isn't changing its management, it could be set to rebrand its F1 team as part of a push for the Alpine brand by the company's CEO Luca de Meo.

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