Strange goings-on characterised q-day for the Portuguese GP in Portimao - although Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, who starts from the pole, had no complaints. Here, though, are some of the other happenings: Daniel Ricciardo didn't make it out of Q1 in a car that his McLaren-Mercedes team-mate.
Lando Norris, qualified seventh; Lewis Hamilton was easily quickest in Q2 on medium tyres but couldn't get near that lap time on soft tyres in Q3; Alpine's Fernando Alonso, who had looked good yesterday and by official predictions was going to qualify as high as fourth actually failed to make Q3; and an Aston Martin made the top ten. Peter Windsor guides you through the weird and wonderful Portugal qualifying results.
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