Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix.

We're getting the first on-board pictures, and it looks absolutely awful from the driver's eye view.

The first car round is Maldonado - the very long lap here means a very long out lap to get a lap on the board. A couple of mistakes for anyone could end up being costly.

All the teams have a decision to make: the weather is bad but forecast good tomorrow. There's a chance some teams may just set up for the dry and sacrifice grid position.

Q1 is under way! The rain is easing off slightly, but nobody knows when or indeed if it'll get worse again.

'Get a lap on the board and we'll take it from there' Pastor Maldonado is told over the radio. Good advice and no doubt every driver is being told the same.

Latest reports are that nobody really knows what will happen with the rain, which is fairly light just now. Cars are queueing up to get out there as soon as the clock starts for Q1...

The big news is that the rain is coming down at Spa Francorchamps! Anything can happen in the next hour...