BRITISH GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING - AS IT HAPPENED

His first-ever pole!

Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Hamilton, Norris, Alonso, Russell, Zhou and Latifi is the rest of the running order.

Verstappen leads and Hamilton is just 0.027 seconds behind.

Leclerc, Verstappen, ALonso, Perez and then Hamilton...

Norris second!

Flying and spinning down a straight he keeps his car on the track and he manages to save his car. An impressive recovery.

Leclerc is up into third now. Sainz fourth, so it's an improvement for Ferrari.

Latifi's first ever Q3 session as he aims to better his best-ever, 10th-place start.

Gasly, Bottas, Tsunoda and Ricciardo as well as Ocon are out.

The rain is coming down heavily now.

The Briton is around half a second slower than Verstappen.

Norris complains 'It's getting too bad - I'm starting to aquaplane a lot'.

Bottas, Tsunoda, Ricciardo, Gasly and Ocon are currently at risk. Sainz has just leapt up from 14th.

Zhou splits Red Bull from the Mercedes as the third fastest driver, but Leclerc and Sainz are seventh and 10th respectively. Not great!

Dominant again from the Dutchman.

There's still rain coming down.

Stroll, Schumacher, Vettel, Magnussen and Albon out. A bad time for Aston Martin.

Gasly, Latifi, Stroll, Ricciardo and Schumacher.

Here's how it's looking out there.

With around 10 more minutes of Q1 expected, we're expecting rain to leave in a few minutes. For now, Charles Leclerc is quickest.

There are a host of teams out with intermediates, as they look to get out as soon as possible.

The action could be disrupted by rain, but there are potential problems with reliability for all teams as they bring their upgrades.

It seems that with only a few minutes to go, the rain is coming down!

Here is some expert opinion, but honestly it seems as if Red Bull are simply too quick, as improved as Mercedes appear.