Follow live coverage of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix on F1i.com.

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg look set to go head-to-head for pole position after dominating final practice on Saturday morning, with Sebastian Vettel 0.8s adrift and the only other driver within a second of the Mercedes pair. A tight battle is expected for the second row, however, with Red Bull and Ferrari closely matched.

LIVE: Hungarian Grand Prix - Qualifying

Hamilton topped all three practice sessions at the Hungaroring, with Rosberg closing the gap to his team-mate to just 0.098s having struggled on Friday.

The slowest five cars will drop out in Q1, while another five will be eliminated in Q2 before the final top ten shootout for pole position.

F1i brings you live text commentary throughout a grand prix weekend, covering all three practice sessions as well as qualifying and the race.

REPORT: Hamilton tops FP3 by just 0.098s in Hungary

Click here for a gallery of Sergio Perez's crash in FP1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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