| 12:50:28
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the US Grand Prix qualifying session. |
| 12:52:18
| It has been all-Alonso so far this weekend with the McLaren Mercedes driver topping the time sheets in every practice session. His Friday morning time of 1:11.925 remains the fastest time of the weekend to date. |
| 12:54:19
| Behind Alonso, Lewis Hamilton has been going well, lapping generally a few tenths off his team-mate while Sebastian Vettel was a surprise second fastest this morning in his BMW Sauber, albeit on a light load. |
| 12:56:30
| Heikki Kovalainen is also running well in his Renault. This morning the Finn set the fourth fastest time ahead of Nick Heidfeld and the Ferrari duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa. Giancarlo Fisichella was eighth fastest this morning ahead of David Coulthard and Nico Rosberg – who have both been closely matched all weekend. |
| 12:58:18
| As ever, the qualifying session is dived up into three 15 minute segments, with the slowest six eliminated from Q1 and Q2, leaving the fastest ten to go though into Q3. |
| 13:00:09
| Qualifying is now underway. 15 minutes remain. |
| 13:00:35
| No one immediately out. |
| 13:02:17
| David Coulthard heads out - he is the first man on track. |
| 13:03:27
| Christijan Albers heads out followed by Sutil, Liuzzi and Davidson. An important 15 minutes for these drivers. |
| 13:03:57
| The track is filling up now as more and more people head out. |
| 13:04:17
| A slight lock up under braking for Coulthard who is now on his timed lap. |
| 13:05:06
| Coulthard's 1:13.8 is not enough - he needs a second better than that to be sure to make it into Q2. |
| 13:05:36
| Sutil runs off track a little and has a poor lap as a result. |
| 13:06:09
| Coulthard improves and is ahead of Liuzzi, Davidson and Trulli. |
| 13:06:25
| The fastest time does not matter in this session, just the slowest six. |
| 13:07:29
| Kovalainen now fastest from Fisichella. Coulthard has pitted and may have to run again to make sure he remains in the top 16. |
| 13:08:04
| Rosberg moves second fastest in his Williams. |
| 13:08:32
| Hamilton moves fastest now in his McLaren. |
| 13:09:32
| Spyker will run again as they are slowest from Barrichello, Davidson and Sato. |
| 13:10:07
| Alonso now fastest. The front runners using the harder tyre while those midfield and back on the soft as they need the speed advanatge. |
| 13:11:11
| All have set a time now. The BMW duo have moveded fifth and sixth. |
| 13:12:15
| Heildfeld and Vettel ran a second time lap - interesting. Heidfeld moves second and Vettel fourth. |
| 13:13:24
| Two minutes remain. The second half of the field will run again and try and improve. |
| 13:14:45
| Davidson moves into the top ten as Coulthard spins off mid-way around the track. He resumes, but that's his lap blown. He was 12th. |
| 13:15:04
| The chequered flag is out. Who will improve? |
| 13:15:38
| Barrichello vaults to 11th from 20th. |
| 13:16:22
| Both Toyota driver improve and are safe. |
| 13:17:15
| So the eliminated driver and taking up positions 17 to 22 on the grid are Wurz, Sato, Liuzzi, Speed, Sutil and Albers. |
| 13:17:39
| A short pause now before Q2 gets underway. |
| 13:22:06
| The second 15 minute qualifying session is now underway. |
| 13:22:46
| No rush from the drivers. As ever they will all leave it until the last minute to set their best time. |
| 13:24:39
| Davidson heads out in his Super Aguri Honda. Trulli and Schumacher also heading out. |
| 13:25:33
| The target time will be a mid 1:12 to make it through Q2. |
| 13:26:09
| Kovalainen, Webber, Hamilton and others now heading out. |
| 13:27:16
| Trulli fastest from Davidson and Schumacher. None of those times will be fast enough to make it into Q3. |
| 13:28:03
| Coulthard moves fastest. A good lap time but it may not be enough as the fast guys start laps. |
| 13:28:54
| Hamilton moves fastest and that will be fine to make it into Q3. Alonso and the BMW duo remain in the pits. |
| 13:29:20
| Webber moves second fastest ahead of Coulthard, Kovalainen, Fisichella and Trulli. |
| 13:30:21
| Raikkonen moves second fastest. Alonso, Vettel and Heidfeld head out. |
| 13:30:35
| Now Massa moves P2. |
| 13:31:01
| Rosberg moves seventh. Alonso is on his hot lap. |
| 13:31:41
| All but the fastest three will have to run again. |
| 13:32:09
| Alonso moves fastest, one thousandth of a second off his Friday best lap. |
| 13:32:31
| Heidfeld and Vettel into the top ten with P4 and P7. |
| 13:33:16
| So pressure on for Toyota, Honda, Super Aguri and perhaps Renault. |
| 13:34:07
| Davidson (15th) is back out and the first to take a second set of tyres. Three minutes remain. |
| 13:35:24
| Davidson doesn't find much time and picks up one place. He'll be starting 14th or lower. |
| 13:35:55
| Apart from the top four, the rest are all out for another run. |
| 13:37:21
| Chequered flag is out - many on hot laps... |
| 13:37:59
| Kovalainen moves fifth fastest, Fisichella up to P6. Now Raikkonen third. |
| 13:38:57
| Vettel improved and is eighth ahead of Webber and Trulli. |
| 13:39:41
| Eliminated in Q3. Davidson, Barrichello, Rosberg, Button, Schumacher and Coulthard. |
| 13:40:41
| Nine tenths cover the top ten as there is a pause ahead of Q3. The cars now take race fuel for the final 15 minute shootout. |
| 13:45:12
| Q3 is underway as Hamilton leads Massa out of the pitlane. This is the fuel burn race-prep phase of Q3. |
| 13:45:58
| Alonso waits a minute before heading out. |
| 13:47:11
| There's a high speed train on track at the moment. |
| 13:48:09
| Renault currently on hard tyres, Weber and Trulli on soft. |
| 13:48:47
| Hamilton fastest by a margin on lap one from Alonso, Heidfeld and Raikkonen. |
| 13:49:51
| 11 minutes remain. The normal pattern is for two quick runs, the first at four minutes remaining and the second right at the end as the flag drops. |
| 13:50:45
| Alonso currently half a second down on Hamilton. We do not know how old the tyres are that they are running at the moment however. |
| 13:52:27
| Massa loses rear end grip into turn three and fights the car. Vettel pits another set of hard tyres. |
| 13:52:52
| Massa and Heidfeld pit. |
| 13:53:30
| Heidfeld pits for softs. Webber, Kovalainen and Raikkonen pit. |
| 13:53:54
| Alonso pits for soft tyres. |
| 13:54:10
| Now Hamilton pits his McLaren for softs. |
| 13:54:52
| Okay, here come the fast lap times. There is also enough time for another run after this one. |
| 13:55:53
| Massa moves fasest with Heidfeld moving second. |
| 13:56:16
| Raikkonen moves second fastest. Alonso and Hamilton on fast laps. |
| 13:57:17
| Hamilton moves fastest with Alonso up to second. Massa third ahead of Raikkonen and heidfeld. Vettel an impressive sixth ahead of Kovalainen and Trulli. |
| 13:58:16
| All pitting for a final set of tyres. Seems all on soft for this final run. |
| 13:58:54
| So one more run for all. They are on the warmup lap and about to start the hot lap. |
| 13:59:25
| Vettel remains in sixth position. |
| 14:00:13
| Massa remains third and locks up. The chequered flag is out |
| 14:00:40
| Kovalainen moves ahead of Vettel. |
| 14:01:15
| Hamilton improves by a fraction and Alonso does not improve. |
| 14:01:47
| So Hamilton takes his second straight pole position from Alonso. Another McLaren one-two. |
| 14:03:07
| It is a Ferrari second row with Massa ahead of Raikkonen. Heidfeld starts fifth ahead of Kovalainen who has done a great job for Renault this weekend. |
| 14:03:38
| Vettel starts an impressive seventh in the second BMW Sauber ahead of Trulli, Webber and Fisichella. |
