The two McLarens breach the 1:12 barrier and are followed by Charles Leclerc.

Oscar Piastri goes fastest with a 1:12.026, just over a tenth faster than Leclerc and four tenths faster than Lewis Hamilton.

Unlike practice earlier, the track looks fairly dry.

But Kimi Antonelli's off earlier has shown that the coastal wind might have its say on proceedings this afternoon.

Just 10 minutes on the clock here so the action's going to be thick and fast around a track so short.

Nico Hulkenberg's first out in his Audi and sets a 1:13.926.

That time's going to come down quite significantly.

We've gone green for SQ2.

A word for Liam Lawson, who was ahead of Max Verstappen in that first session.

At the front of the pack, Charles Leclerc and his Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton sandwiched the two McLarens with Lando Norris second fastest, followed by Oscar Piastri.

Kimi Antonelli, having gone wide, was eighth fastest in SQ1 but has he sustained too much damage?

17. Ollie Bearman (Haas)

18. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

19. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

20. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

21. Sergio Perez (Cadillac)

22. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

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Former F1 mechanic on Sports Extra 3

This is the busiest time on circuit - the track is ramping up.

At the minute, Ollie Bearman, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Valtteri Bottas, Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez are all at risk.

Less than a minute remaining.

Fernando Alonso's gone off now but manages to keep his newly upgraded Aston Martin running as he eventually returns to the track.

He's dead last as that stands but eventually forces his way up a place to 21st with a 1:16.014 but he won't have done his tyres any good having had to negotiate his way through a gravel trap.

Kimi Antonelli's complaining of some issues with his car in the aftermath of his off at turn 13.

At the minute he's seventh fastest with the best part of two seconds between him and the drop zone.

Ferarri looked mighty fine earlier on and Charles Leclerc sends his car into top spot with a 1:13.013.

Will we see the 1:12 barrier breached in this session?

Just a reminder if sprint qualifying is new to you.

Sprint qualifying has three sessions, where the six slowest cars are knocked out from the first two - just like normal qualifying.

These sessions, known as SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3, last 12, 10 and eight minutes respectively.

This will make up the grid for the sprint race.

The top eight finishers score points, from eight for first place to one for eighth spot, which will get added to the overall drivers' championship standings.

Antonelli: "Is the car OK?"

Engineer: "No damage spotted."

Lewis Hamilton sails through to go top of the tree but not for long!

Lando Norris, by a matter of 0.080 seconds, betters him and goes P1 with a 1:13.071.

It's speeding up rather fast out there with five minutes remaining in the session.

Kimi Antonelli has gone wide at the penultimate corner!

He joins Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen in going wide there today.

He manages to avoid going into the gravel quite as much as Sainz, who suffered floor damage earlier today, however.

Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on Sports Extra 3

A lot of drivers were finding it took two warm-up laps this morning to get the tyres in the best state.

This is a short lap at Zandvoort - and a busy lap - making it quite difficult for tyre preparation

So doing two warm-up laps might be the way to go.

A reminder that all drivers must use a new set of mediums in SQ1 and SQ2.

Kimi Antonelli - fastest in practice earlier - initially sets the pace with a rather slow 1:28.317 before the times tumble down as you might expect, with George Russell going fastest with 1:13.829.

It was certainly very competitive earlier in first practice.

The track looks fairly dry and it's green light and we are go.

Who's going to grab sprint pole? I honestly can't call it.

BBC Sounds

As ever, it's not just my textual stylings that will take you through today's session.

To listen to commentary of sprint qualifying, you can either click the 'listen live' tab at the top of the page, head over to the BBC Sounds app and search for Sports Extra 3 if you're heading out or you can ask your smart speaker to "play Sports Extra".

Image source, Marco Antonelli

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli has been making Formula 1 history this season and according to his father Marco, the Italian teenager was a natural driver at the age of three.

Seven years later, the pair were at the Adria circuit in north-east Italy, Marco with his Lamborghini sports car team, Kimi competing in a karting race.

It was the end of the day and Marco, a former driver himself, asked his son: "Do you want to try the Lamborghini?"

Of course he did.

"The car had a lot of oversteer. Kimi controlled the oversteer perfectly, then I went on the throttle, Kimi finished the oversteer, changed gear, and went," Marco tells F1 correspondent Andrew Benson.

"I said: 'OK, stop, because it has now become dangerous.' But when I saw the video, 10 years old, on my leg, oversteer, everything perfect, I said: 'Maybe he has something special.'"

Read Andrew Benson's in-depth interview with Marco Antonelli here

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The Dutch Grand Prix is hosting its maiden sprint event this weekend - the fifth of sixth shorter races this season.

If you're new to the sprint weekend format, this is how it works.

Sprint qualifying this afternoon has three sessions, where now the six slowest cars are knocked out from the first two - like normal qualifying.

These sessions, known as SQ1, SQ2 and SQ3, last 12, 10 and eight minutes respectively.

This will make up the grid for Saturday's sprint race, which is 24 laps at Zandvoort.

Only the top eight finishers score points, with eight points awarded for first place down to one point for eighth, which will get added to the overall drivers' championship standings.