F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix qualifying LIVE: Latest updates as Lewis Hamilton goes for pole position

Follow the latest updates from qualifying for F1’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix

F1: 70th Anniversary Grand Prix preview

Follow the latest updates live from qualifying for F1’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton will be bidding to clinch his fourth consecutive pole position fresh from his victory at Silverstone last weekend.

The reigning champion is romping clear at the top of the table, with last Sunday's British Grand Prix triumph putting him 30 points ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in the world championship standings. After dominating last weekend, the two Mercs go into the session as red hot favourites to continue their dominance, but the hot weather that has baked Britain this weekend has been causing havoc with the Pirelli tyres.

As a result, the likes of Max Verstappen in the Red Bull and Daniel Ricciardo in the Renault will harbour hopes of an upset this afternoon, while Ferrari look in store for another difficult weekend. Follow the live updates below.

When is qualifying?

Qualifying for the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix begins at 2pm on Saturday 8 August.

When is the race?

The F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix takes place on Sunday 9 August from 2:10pm BST.

Key Points

• Qualifying gets underway at 2pm
• Lewis Hamilton bidding for a fourth straight pole position
• Hot weather playing havoc with the tyres

[8 August 2020 14:11 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1Current elimination zone:

16th - Raikkonen

17th - Giovinazzi

18th - Latifi 

19th - Stroll

20th - Ricciardo

[8 August 2020 14:12 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1As soon as I type that, both Stroll and Ricciardo cross the line to finish their opening laps, putting themselves in 14th and 5th respectively.

[8 August 2020 14:14 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1Hamilton is not going to have any of that, and he immediately puts in a second lap to go top of the timesheets ahead of Bottas, with Verstappen relegated to third.

Ocon meanwhile is under investigation for blocking Russell, and replays show that it's a pretty bad one coming out of Aintree.

"Ocon just massively got in my way. That was dangerous," Russell says on his radio.

The incident will be investigated after the session, but that could be a three-place penalty for the Renault driver.

[8 August 2020 14:16 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1Here we go, final flying laps of Q1 coming up...

[8 August 2020 14:18 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1George Russell looks safe, he goes eighth and Kvyat can only manage ninth. 

[8 August 2020 14:19 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1Norris and Sainz go into the top 10, and Gasly goes fourth! Vettel is on the bubble, and he can only go 11th fastest with his final lap.

[8 August 2020 14:20 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1Oh no...Kvyat has his lap deleted, and it's going to cost him! Ocon goes eighth fastest and it relegates Kvyat into the last elimination spot, ending his afternoon. To make matter worse, Gasly - his Alpha Tauri teammate - is up in fifth.

[8 August 2020 14:21 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1

[8 August 2020 14:22 · Jack de Menezes]

Q1Eliminated:

16th - Daniil Kvyat

17th - Kevin Magnussen

18th - Nicholas Latifi

19th - Antonio Giovinazzi

20th - Kimi Raikkonen

[8 August 2020 14:26 · Jack de Menezes]

Q2Green light! The session is under way, and again it's the Haas of Grosjean out first.