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Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes

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So it's Antonelli-Norris-Verstappen as your top three, separated by 0.148s.

George Russell is P4 and no doubt scratching his head to explain the 0.367s deficit to his teammate.

Hamilton was just a couple of tenths off Russell and nearly four tenths faster than Ferrari teammate Leclerc.

Piastri in P7, 0.795s off Antonelli and six tenths slower than his own teammate. But that comes with the caveat that he missed the opportunity for a final push lap because of the yellow flags caused by Hamilton's shunt.

Finally Leclerc gets a clear lap and he posts a 1m46.750s. But although that puts him just behind Hamilton in the standings for now, he's the best part of four tenths down.

Whoops! Speaking of Lewis, he's just "done a Gasly" at Fagnes - run wide over the gravel and biffed the right-rear wheel against the edge of the barrier.

Verstappen going for a second flying lap on his second set of softs, but he's nearly half a second down in sector one – no tow this time – and he overcooks it into Les Combes, tracking through the asphalt run-off.

Russell trying for a second push lap on his second set of softs, but he aborts it in the first sector. Antonelli, meanwhile, has had his second push lap struck off for a track-limits violation - irrelevant since it was slower than his previous best anyway.

Leclerc's first push on his second set of softs has got off to a bad start in traffic, so he's aborted that.

Hamilton improves to 1m46.382s, P5 for now, on a fresh set of softs.

Antonelli has a scrappy moment at Les Combes on his second attempt at a flying lap, so he doesn't improve on his previous best of 1m45.990s. Seven minutes to go and we're unlikely to see that time bettered.

As expected, Lindblad is finding time on those fresh softs. A personal best through the first sector, but he runs a little wide in S2 through the unnamed corner (the left-hander before Pouhon) and drags some gravel back onto the track.

Green through sector three and Lindblad improves to 1m47.176s. But for that gravelly moment, he could have been quicker than Leclerc, whose fastest time so far is 1m47.122s.

Saying that, Leclerc has just left the pits on fresh softs.

Antonelli goes out for another push lap but immediately aborts it, saying "I didn't get the gear in".

Russell now goes P3 with a 1m46.357s, 0.367s off Antonelli.

Make that P4 as Norris knocks out a 1m46.129s to claim P2.

Verstappen sets a personal best through the first sector, benefiting from a tow from Leclerc's Ferrari. It's not going to trouble Antonelli but it could topple Hamilton for P2. Let's see...

Yes, second sector is no great shakes but he's purple through the third (another tow, this time from Bottas) to go P2 with a 1m46.148s.

Hadjar abandoned a push lap, reporting "everything is too cold" - so that will be brake temperature as well as tyres. Red Bull teammate Verstappen is heading back out on a fresh set of softs, as is Russell.

Antonelli pitted after his third lap on the used softs, so perhaps he also had to abort a push lap.

Norris parked after 13 laps on those mediums. 

Antonelli is back out on his original softs. It will be interesting to see what the run plan is because he's on a third lap with no real attempt to push so far.

Hadjar returns to the track after his earlier engine woes, running the same set of softs. Linblad also returning to the action, but on fresh softs. Let's see if he can improve on his 1m47.342s from earlier.

Russell set a personal best through the first sector, but the second is a bit of a washout. Ditto the third. He improves to 1m47.041s but that's 1.051s slower than the other Mercedes.

Interestingly, Leclerc has squeezed another push lap out of his first set of softs and improved to 1m47.122s.

Antonelli also heads to the pits after one push lap. Russell is returning to the fray on the same set of softs.

Hamilton back out on the same set of softs.

Russell posts a 1m47.286s, four tenths off Hamilton... but then Antonelli delivers a slam dunk, going round in 1m45.990s. That's the fastest time of the day so far, and a whopping 1.296s quicker than his teammate.

Speaking of whom, Russell doesn't stay out for a second push lap - he goes stright back to the pits.

In other McLaren news, Norris is currently P9 with a 1m47.796s, but he's nine laps into a long run on mediums.

Piastri is back out, but running the same set of soft tyres so we're unlikely  to see an improvement from him.

Russell and Antonelli now out of the pits on softs, by the way.

Verstappen goes P2 with a 1m47.167s on his first push lap on softs. Leclerc is going quicker on his second flying lap but it's still a tad underwhelming by his standards: 1m47.469s is P5 for now, 0.680s off his teammate.

Hadjar is marooned in the pit exit, reporting no power, and the marshals seem to be struggling to clear it out of the way.

Leclerc's first flying lap is nothing to write home about - 1m47.890s. Let's see what he can do after a cool-down lap and then another push. Hamilton has clocked a 1m46.789s to return to P1 on his second flying lap.

Only Verstappen, Russell and Antonelli yet to essay their first laps of the day.

Lindblad finds a decent chunk of time with his second push lap - 1m47.342s on those softs.

Not that long a run for Hadjar, then - he pits after six laps.

Piastri now posts a 1m47.461s - looks like a second push lap on his first set of softs.

Hadjar improves to 1m47.507s, five laps into that run on mediums.

While all that image-related faffing has been going on, a flood of other cars have joined the circuit, all on softs.

Lewis Hamilton now fastest with a 1m47.436s.

Let's post a couple of pictures from a similar angle for comparison purposes of the Racing Bulls upgrade.

Arvid Lindblad, Racing Bulls Team

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Lindblad goes top with a 1m48.210s, but is immediately demoted by teammate Lawson to the tune of 0.424s. And Lawson is the guy running the previous-spec car this weekend – Lindblad has a suite of upgrades including a new chassis which enables the car to have a narrower roll hoop.

Hadjar opens the book with a 1m48.231s, the fastest of these opening sallies, but obviously it's early days yet and this will be a long run on those mediums rather than a qualifying simulation. Next fastest is Bearman, 0.699s off on softs.

Gasly now out on mediums, the two Racing Bulls cars on softs.

Perez reporting some "hesitations" on the engine which "feel quite weird".

In terms of those joining the track so far, Colapinto and Hadjar are on mediums, while Bottas, Perez, Ocon and Bearman are on softs.

Franco Colapinto is the first to leave the pits. Ronald Vording has interviewed him in the latest edition of Autosport magazine.