00:00Ocon goes P13. Not sure that's enough, Crofty.
00:04I don't think it is, with Tsunoda and Stroll and Gasly all waiting behind him
00:09to try and go that little bit faster and push Esteban Ocon back into the relegation zone
00:13for the second week running here.
00:15Sebastian Vettel goes ninth fastest.
00:18That should be good enough for him on his 34th birthday.
00:20Lance Stroll goes tenth fastest.
00:22George Russell is now at risk. He's out on the track.
00:24Pierre Gasly now pushes Russell into the bottom five as Gasly goes ninth fastest.
00:30Mick Schumacher stays ahead of his teammate but can't get out of the bottom five.
00:34Yuki Tsunoda is in that relegation zone and we'll see him around the last couple of corners.
00:39Looks steady enough. Straight line to the line and 12th fastest for Tsunoda.
00:44Ocon is out of qualifying once again.
00:47Here comes Nicolas Latifi in the Williams.
00:50His teammate George Russell just behind him on the track.
00:52Leclerc goes 11th fastest. Can Latifi get into Q2 for the second time this season?
00:57No, he can't. Stays in the bottom five.
00:59What about George Russell? Goes 12th fastest and a 100% record continues for George Russell on a Saturday.
01:06Nine qualifying sessions and it's nine times into Q2.
01:10But for Esteban Ocon, second week running.
01:13Same track, same result. Out in Q1.
01:16The car park should have sorted itself out by the time Alonso rises over this crest and then doesn't see.
01:24Six cars in the way, all trying to get a gap.
01:26But he is going to get a little bit of traffic and he's been held up by the Aston Martin there of Sebastian Vettel who was starting his last lap.
01:33And I think the stewards are going to have to have a look at that Alonso and, well, showing his frustration there as he crosses the line.
01:40Gasly goes second fastest.
01:42Giovinazzi only 13th fastest.
01:44He is out of qualifying.
01:46Tsunoda goes into the top 10 with his latest lap.
01:49Here comes Charles Leclerc.
01:51Crosses the line now.
01:52Ninth fastest for Charles Leclerc.
01:54Next up will be his teammate Carlos Sainz.
01:58Sebastian Vettel, by the way, missed the chequered flag to start another flying lap as Verstappen goes into the 103s.
02:05That is some serious pace in the Red Bull.
02:08Sainz goes ninth fastest and ahead then of his teammate Charles Leclerc puts him very much at risk.
02:14Let's see what they can do from behind now as Ricciardo goes 13th fastest as he crosses the line.
02:20Bottas will be next to try and get back into the top 10.
02:23Hamilton does go second fastest.
02:25Bottas still on the track.
02:27Russell goes ninth fastest ahead of Sainz and ahead of Leclerc.
02:31This will be George Russell in Q3.
02:33Bottas goes third fastest.
02:35He is in the top three.
02:37George Russell makes it through to Q3.
02:40Genuinely on pace for the first time as a Williams driver as well.
02:44And if Mr. Saturday is the man for qualifying, this is the most sensational of super Saturdays for George Russell.
02:53On the medium tyre, he's put his Williams in the top 10.
02:56What the f***?
02:58I cannot believe it.
03:00We need a mate.
03:0116.2 for Verstappen in sector one versus 16.3 for Hamilton.
03:09I'm watching the mini sectors.
03:10Plenty of purples going on, which is the best of anybody.
03:12And you can see on your screen Hamilton a 28.3 for sector two with Verstappen just about to close in on that sector to give us his indication.
03:19Norris in the 1.03s goes to the top of the timing charts ahead of Pierre Gasly.
03:25Hamilton a 28.3 in the middle sector.
03:27Bottas a 28.2.
03:28Verstappen a 28.2 as well.
03:30Verstappen's got the upper hand on Lewis Hamilton as it stands at the moment as Hamilton goes second fastest.
03:361.04.0.
03:37Doesn't even beat Lando Norris in the McLaren.
03:40That is another sensational lap from Norris.
03:43It's another provisional pole for Max Verstappen who goes a couple of tenths further ahead and once again cements his authority around the Red Bull ring.
03:53And once again, half a second clear of his teammate Sergio Perez.
03:59Verstappen starts his lap.
04:01Norris now starts his lap.
04:02We are down to the final flying laps and qualifying.
04:05Yeah, you can already see Lando Norris in the mini sector.
04:07He's done two purples across the start and finish line and that's benefiting from the slipstream of Max Verstappen.
04:12Verstappen's had one of those but Lando Norris, he's going to do a very good first sector and it's a 16-1.
04:17Norris, during practice, has been pushing the limits of this track, often going over the limits and looking a bit scruffy.
04:24But doing what Schumacher did once upon a time, pushing the limits to find the limit and when he finds it, he's finding pace as well.
04:30And through the first sector, Norris ahead of Verstappen.
04:34But now in the middle sector, this is where Red Bull have been mighty.
04:36They have been mighty but Sergio Perez and Pierre Gasly have managed to match him and Max, he's not able to improve.
04:42Max isn't improving, Lando is improving behind him.
04:46Both setting a 28-3 through the middle sector.
04:50Verstappen is on provisional pole, we can see him rounding the final corner.
04:55Lando Norris, never been on pole in his career before, is after him.
04:58Can Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen?
05:01And he misses out by four one-hundredths of a second.
05:04Perez only third though, Norris ahead of the second Red Bull.
05:08Be right on board now with Lewis Hamilton, who was on the front row with Max Verstappen here seven days ago.
05:14Can he get that Mercedes up any further?
05:17No, he can't.
05:18It's only fourth fastest for Lewis Hamilton.
05:20That gets almost as big a cheer from the Dutch fans as Verstappen taking pole.
05:26It has been a sensational day.
05:29If you're wearing orange or your car is all dressed in orange, Verstappen on pole.
05:35Lando Norris on the front row.
05:37Absolutely outstanding job, Lando Norris.
05:41But Red Bull, they are going to be so happy with this result.
05:45Verstappen P1, Perez P3, Lando Norris on a medium tyre.
05:49And that gap between them and the charging Mercedes at Hamilton,
05:53that is going to make a dent in their race tomorrow afternoon.
