Right, that is it for our qualifying coverage. Niall McVeigh has live coverage of tomorrow’s race and here is Giles Richards’ report for qualifying:

Here’s the final top ten:

1. Piastri (McLaren)
2. Verstappen (Red Bull)
3. Russell (Mercedes)
4. Norris (McLaren)
5. Alonso (Aston Martin)
6. Sainz (Williams)
7. Albon (Williams)
8. Stroll (Aston Martin)
9. Hadjar (Racing Bulls)
10. Gasly (Alpine)

Russell looks very happy with himself having nabbed third place in the grid. That decision to go out on the mediums paid off for Mercedes. The British driver was the last to come in and just pipped Norris, who has to settle for fourth.

Piastri speaks:

It was a great session, very tough session, with the delays, the red flag and also the tyres. The tyres have been very tricky today. Today the C6 has been a real mystery, but the team have worked hard on it.

The lap was good, I had four cars ahead of me in the last corner but I was happy to get through.

Norris and Verstappen down on Piastri through the first two sectors and can’t make it up in the final sector, so it’s the drivers’ championship leader who takes pole.

Here goes Piastri, he is up on Verstappen through the first two sectors and he goes quickest so far!

Apparently Norris has issue in the cockpit, will that be an issue?

Final laps due to get underway shortly. Verstappen heading out on the soft tyre, as other the McLarens. Russell on the mediums.

Piastri and Norris currently second and third, respectively. Isack Hadjar has been flying under the radar, but is currently fifth fastest, with George Russell fourth.

A first indication of who is going to take pole, Verstappen has set a new quickest time for the first sector, he’s not as quick in the middle sector but he’s posted a 1:14:772 to go the top of the leaderboard.

Confirmed final times from Q2:

So the other shocks from Q2 were the performance of Sainz and the Aston Martins. Nicholas Tilson said to watch out for the Williams and he was right. Now to see if they will carry that through to Q3.

The tifosi will be bittery disappoiinted but their drivers looked in trouble as soon as they came in after their second runs in Q2 without improving their initial times.

Uh oh. The Ferraris are out! Albon, Gasly, Stroll and Alonso all step it up to bump out the home favourites.

Carlos Sainz has set the fastest time in the first sector and back it up he goes P1!

Gasly is heading out for the final five minutes. He needs to find some of his time from practice to make it into Q3.

We have about seven and a half minutes left in the session. Currently dropping out are Lance Stroll, Gasly, Albon and Bortoleto.

The McLarens are beginning to show their quality. Piastri comes through just a couple of thousanths of a second faster than Norris.

Norris did not push it too hard in Q1, but tops the leaderboard with 1:15:261.

Russell comes in second fastest after losing time in the middle sector.

Verstappen is out on a hot lap. It is not perfect but it is fast, 1:15:400. George Russell has just set the fastest time for the first sector though…

The latest start time for Q2 is 3:58pm (UK time). No decision on Bearman yet.

Here is the Colapinto crash as he fails to lift coming off of the tarmac:

Oooo, intrigue. Race control is looking into whether Bearman’s time will stand. Maybe Bearman will get a reprieve. Bortoleto is the man who would be knocked out in that case. This seems to be what is holding up the start of Q2.

That Q2 start time will not hold. We are awaiting a new start time as the barriers and track get cleared up.

Oliver Bearman appears to have been a victim of that Colapinto crash as he was on pace to make the cut for Q2 but his lap time was not registered as the Haas driver did not get through before the red flag came out.

After that crash, Q2 has been slightly delayed. We will be underway again at 3.46pm (UK time).

Perhaps in the knowledge he had a grid penalty to come, Colapinto pushed it too hard in the Tamburello chicane and lost control on turn four. The Argentine driver is fine, but that is not the ideal start to his return to F1. He has the drive for the next five races, although that is not set in stone, according to Flavio Briatore.

On the bubble to join Tsunoda at the back of the grid is Haas’ Esteban Ocon, as well as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber’s Nico Hülkenberg and Liam Lawson of the Racing Bulls.

Norris has been untidy so far. He is currently six th quickest but probably safely through to Q2.

We have a time for the first McLaren, but Piastri cannot top Verstappen’s time of 1:15:175.

Fernando Alonso says: ‘Hold my (non-alcoholic) beer.’ He goes to the top of the timesheet.

Carlos Sainz lowers his Williams teammate’s time, but then Gasly nips ahead to go fastest.

The FIA has noted the Colapinto error. Gasly in the clear, it seems.

A reminder that Alex Albon is currently quickest, that should change very soon.

Alpine’s Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly appear to be the guilty parties. They might get grid place penalties for that. We shall see.

Qualifying to restart at 4.20pm (local time). Some drivers are already out, are they high?

Here is the crash. It is a credit to the safety features of the cars that Tsunoda was able to walk away. He will take a precautionary trip to the medics, of course.

The crane has removed Tsunoda’s car from the race wall, which could need some repair itself. No word on the restart time as yet.

Qualifying has been paused. Fortunately, Tsunoda seems OK. He walked away from the crash. Sky is saying on the broadcast that Christian Horner abandoned his seat on the pit wall. The Japanese driver has not been keeping pace with Verstappen during practice and could be coming under pressure.

Well, Nicholas. Alex Albon has set the early pace with a 1:16.164 lap.

Here goes Hamilton. He looks like he’s fighting the rear of the car. How the Ferrari fans would love to see the Briton take flight in their colours this weekend.

Charles Leclerc is the first driver to hit the tarmac.

Nicholas Tilson has emailed in: Not a word for Williams?

Here’s five words: show it when it counts.

A little bit of Verstappen from the Sky broadcast. His car closed the gap to the McLarens from FP2 to FP3 and the Red Bull driver seems more content with his drive. He told Sky Italia: “We are closer [to the McLarens]. We improved the car overnight and I feel happier.”

Who do you think will take pole? Drop me an email with your thoughts.

We are about 15 minutes away from our first block of qualifying. Quick reminder, Q1 lasts 18 minutes and will see the bottom five drivers knocked out. Q2 is 15 minutes and sees another five drivers fall, then the final grid spots are decided in a 12-minute Q3.

We are firmly in Ferrari territory this weekend. The tifosi have been camping out all week for a glimse of Lewis Hamilton in the racing red, today the seven-time world champion gets his first competitive taste of being a Ferrari driver at Imola. Can he impress?

Here is how the drivers finished after FP3:

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is taking place against a backdrop of severe doubts over Imola’s Formula One future, writes Andy Martin. The deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix remain etched on F1’s psyche but the demanding Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari has been the scene of some of the sport’s most-compelling races. Here are three of the best:

When Hamilton announced he was to switch to Ferrari from Mercedes at the start of last season, the tifosi knew there was a full season to go before their man would don the scarlet but even at this race last year his arrival was being celebrated. The most successful driver in the sport’s history finally united with the oldest and most successful marque and the dream of finally ending the Scuderia’s drivers’ championship drought stretching back to 2007.

Giles Richards’ qualifying preview: