QUALIFYING REPORT
Behind them , home hero Daniel Ricciardo was nearing the end of his own first flyer when he lost control in Turn 14 . The back end of his Red Bull snapped out and he slid off and across the gravel trap to hit the barriers on the outside of the corner . The red flags were swiftly deployed .
When the action resumed Grosjean was first on track and despite a lock-up a lap of 1:24.074 earned a whoop of joy from the Frenchman . It was justified , as a few minutes later he would confirmed in sixth place .
Ahead Bottas was again first across the line but a slightly ragged final sector mean that Hamilton comfortably outpaced the Finn to take P1 by just under three tenths of a second .
Vettel , though , was still on his final flyer and when he crossed the line he to split the Mercedes , edging past Bottas by just 0.25 of a second .
Raikkonen was fourth in the second Ferrari while Max Verstappen took fifth place . The Dutchman ’ s deficit to Hamilton – 1.297s – will have caused groans of dismay in the Red Bull Racing garage , however .
With Grosjean sixth , seventh place was taken by Felipe Massa with Carlos Sainz eighth ahead of Toro Rosso team-mate Daniil Kvyat and the unfortunate Daniel Ricciardo 10th but relegated to 15th .