How F1 qualifying at Spa unfolded with Verstappen fastest ahead of Sainz

Out in Q1: Vettel, Latifi, Magnussen, Tsunoda and Bottas.

Albon goes sixth fastest - demoting Vettel into the bottom five.

Bottas was on course to get through but he's returned to the pit lane.

A lot of drivers are improving on their latest laps - who will improve?

Verstappen, Sainz, Perez and Leclerc remain in the pit lane - everyone else out on track.

Verstappen is setting the qualifying pace - he's nearly half-a-second quicker than Sainz with Perez third #BelgianGP#F1pic.twitter.com/91sjIr9uKK

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Russell goes 10th in the Mercedes, Hamilton into 11th - underwhelming. 

In the drop-zone currently: Stroll, Latifi, Schumacher, Zhou and Bottas.

Ricciardo goes ahead of Norris for eighth and ninth respectively.

No, Verstappen smashes Sainz by 0.4s. 

Sainz now goes quickest for Ferrari, 0.3s ahead of Perez.

Perez sets a 1m45.377s, 0.2s ahead of Leclerc. Norris slots ahead of the two Mercedes drivers.

Schumacher takes to the top with a 1m47.929s. Expect times to be in the 1m45s from the Red Bulls.

Reminder: Seven drivers have penalties so the qualifying result will change a lot for Sunday's grid.

Schumacher joins the action on the softs.

Latifi takes to the track on the mediums - he's the only man out there.

Qualifying will start in just seven minutes.

The barrier was damaged during qualifying for Sunday's Porsche Supercup race #BelgianGP#F1pic.twitter.com/vRZLZfU0ah

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Risk of rain for the session is 30 percent.

The following drivers will start from the back of the grid due to engine penalties: Bottas, Zhou, Verstappen, Leclerc, Norris, Ocon and Schumacher.

A good chance for Perez and Sainz here!

No news about when qualifying will start.

The back row of the grid tomorrow be like… #HaasF1#BelgianGPpic.twitter.com/YG69tTgrAN

— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) August 27, 2022

Qualifying has been delayed due to barrier repairs.