LIVE: Hungarian Grand Prix - Qualifying

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Follow live coverage of qualifying for the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix with F1i's live commentary page.

After three dry practice sessions, a thunderstorm has hit the Hungaroring, with heavy rain failing throughout the hour before the start of qualifying. Race control vehicles are conducting reconnaissance laps to analyse if qualifying can start on time at 1400 local time.

The practice sessions saw Mercedes top all three, but FP3 ended with Max Verstappen just 0.002s adrift of Nico Rosberg's pace-setting time. Wet conditions should play into the hands of Red Bull, with Verstappen particularly strong on intermediate tyres at Silverstone.

Ferrari was unable to match Red Bull and Mercedes in final practice but was within 0.6s of the pace after improving across all three sessions. McLaren will be targeting a spot in the top ten after Fernando Alonso was seventh quickest in FP1, FP2 and FP3.

If and when qualifying gets underway, F1i will bring you live commentary of all the action as it happens from the Hungaroring, while you can also add your comments and questions below the live feed.

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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.