00:00Verstappen goes quickest. He has certainly got the pace here, as has Lando Norris,
00:07Ricciardo's teammate, who now goes quickest by four tenths.
00:10Yeah, Norris is really at home in these conditions.
00:12Brits and Japanese drivers tend to be extremely good in wet conditions,
00:18but Tsunoda has not got it done.
00:20Yeah, that's good news for Ricciardo.
00:22Raikkonen is out and still in the bottom five.
00:25Esteban Ocon, last week's race winner, managed to get into Q3
00:29at Hungary, is now the driver at risk from anyone on a flying lap behind him.
00:35We have lost Nikita Mazepin, Kimi Raikkonen, Mick Schumacher, Yuki Tsunoda and Antonio Giovinazzi.
00:44Hamilton now crosses the line, goes second fastest, that'll do him nicely,
00:49but as Martin said, he has used up extra sets of tyres that he didn't really plan on doing.
00:54Gasly goes third fastest, Valtteri Bottas with a five-place grip penalty
00:58hanging over him in this qualifying session, goes third fastest, gets himself into Q3.
01:03Ricciardo and Sainz out.
01:05Sainz and Ricciardo, twelfth and eleventh, make that thirteenth and twelfth,
01:10as Esteban Ocon goes through into Q3 for the second race running.
01:15Esteban Ocon puts himself into the top ten.
01:18Charles Leclerc could just improve his position a little bit.
01:22He should be safe, crosses the line now, stays tenth, must have backed off.
01:27So Russell through there at the moment and Latifi out qualifies Ricciardo and Sainz.
01:32Ricciardo gets one now over the line, look at that, just through.
01:36Fernando Alonso, he was the last driver on the track that could do something to upset Esteban Ocon is through by the skin of his teeth.
01:43And we missed that, Lance, missed it.
01:49Oh man, that was such .
01:52Unfortunately that's P15, Lance P15.
01:55Yeah, no . We didn't do a second lap on the tyres.
01:58We've lost ten already, one of them is Lance Stroll, who was not happy with what happened to him and his team out on the track.
02:05The standing water where the drivers lose all grip and the potential to go off into the barriers until there's a red flag and a decision from Race Control.
02:14Lando Norris will have to stay out there.
02:17Did the McLaren go round?
02:18Yes, it did.
02:19Yes, it did.
02:20That's Lando Norris.
02:21A Rouge and up to a Radeon.
02:23Lando Norris has had a big off.
02:26And you can see the tyre stranded.
02:29You can see the chassis revolving and turning around.
02:34Lando is moving.
02:35Lando, are you okay?
02:36Are you okay?
02:37Yeah.
02:38Sorry, guys.
02:40Sorry, guys.
02:43There's a lot of standing water.
02:45He's now back in the line.
02:48Yeah.
02:49Oh, I see.
02:50So it just started to wander into an oversteer and they had to correct it.
02:54And it was the correction that actually took him into the barriers.
02:59We're down to the last 40 seconds.
03:01Right, who's going to get this as George Russell now sets the fastest first sector.
03:06Supreme skills and bravery going on out here.
03:09These are sketchy conditions on those tyres.
03:13Wow, I'm massively impressed with this.
03:15Now, hang on a minute.
03:16George Russell half a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton through the first sector.
03:21Have Williams put on and found a new set of tyres, maybe?
03:25New set of intermediates that he can go out on and do an out lap
03:30and then a flying push lap right at the end.
03:32Is George Russell potentially going to be the star of qualifying here
03:36as Esteban Ocon goes seventh fastest for the Alpine.
03:40And Verstappen two tenths up on Hamilton in the first sector.
03:44Way quicker than Bottas.
03:46Bottas a 34-2 in that first sector as well.
03:4933 fives for Fettel and for Gasly as we watch Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
03:55It's a 55-0 in the middle sector for George Russell.
03:59That is a very fine middle sector in these conditions.
04:03George Russell could be on for pole position here in Spa for the first in his career in a Williams.
04:10And I'm not lying about that one in the slightest.
04:13Although Lewis Hamilton a tenth up on Russell in the middle sector.
04:17Just get it through the bus stop chicane, George.
04:19Try and straight line it, get to the line and we'll see what happens after that.
04:23Across the line goes George Russell.
04:25It's provisional pole for the Williams and George Russell.
04:29Now Lewis Hamilton will be next to cross the line to try and catch him.
04:33Hamilton's had 101 poles.
04:35He can't deny George Russell here in Spa this afternoon.
04:39Russell is still on provisional pole.
04:42Perez can't deny him. Verstappen has had an exit middle sector he can.
04:47Yes Verstappen's going fast enough to just sneak ahead of Russell.
04:51What a lap from George Russell.
04:53But Verstappen's still got to make it through the final two apexes.
04:56He's done that nicely.
04:58And now it's the charge to the line for Max Verstappen.
05:00It's going to come up quickly.
05:02Is it going to come up quickly enough for pole?
05:04Yes it is.
05:05Verstappen denies George Russell in his ripple on pole.
05:08You can hear the Dutch fans cheer that one.
05:11But they'll be celebrating in the Red Bull garage
05:14and at the other end of the pit lane down at Williams as well.
05:17Because it's a front row for George Russell in Spa.
05:20It's pole for Max Verstappen.
05:22Hamilton is only third on the grid ahead of Sebastian Vettel,
05:25Pierre Gasly, Sergio Perez.
05:27And then it will be Ocon, Ricciardo and Norris as Bottas will take a five place penalty.
05:32Ricciardo goes P4 then with that lap.
05:34He was still finishing the lap.
05:36Looks very good Max. Pole position.
05:39Pole position.
05:41Yes!
05:42Oh man that was so difficult out there.
05:44But that is simply lovely.
05:47It's a stonking lap.
05:49Now you've out-qualified Mr. Hamilton.
05:52George Russell.
05:55P2.
05:56Come on!
05:57Yes!
05:58Yes!
05:59Yes!
06:00Woo!
06:01Yes guys!
06:02Oh my god.
06:04That was up.
06:05Amazing guys.
06:06Amazing.
06:07Well done everybody.
06:08Well done.
06:09Just fantastic George.
06:10What awesome.
06:11The whole team did a fantastic job.
06:13And you were outstanding.
06:14Thanks so much.
06:15Max Verstappen powered his Red Bull right to the front.
06:16And at the weekend that he starts to claw back that championship lead once again.
