F1 qualifying results: George Russell on Hungarian GP pole

Russell will start ahead of the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

World Championship leader Max Verstappen, who topped Q2, suffered a disastrous Q3 and will start 10^th for Red Bull.

Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying results: Russell on pole from Sainz

Cla	Driver		Time	Gap	km/h
1	George Russell		1'17.377		203.828
2	Carlos Sainz		1'17.421	0.044	203.712
3	Charles Leclerc		1'17.567	0.190	203.328
4	Lando Norris		1'17.769	0.392	202.800
5	Esteban Ocon		1'18.018	0.641	202.153
6	Fernando Alonso		1'18.078	0.701	201.998
7	Lewis Hamilton		1'18.142	0.765	201.832
8	Valtteri Bottas		1'18.157	0.780	201.793
9	Daniel Ricciardo		1'18.379	1.002	201.222
10	Max Verstappen		1'18.823	1.446	200.088
11	Sergio Perez		1'18.516	1.139	200.871
12	Zhou Guanyu		1'18.573	1.196	200.725
13	Kevin Magnussen		1'18.825	1.448	200.083
14	Lance Stroll		1'19.137	1.760	199.294
15	Mick Schumacher		1'19.202	1.825	199.131
16	Yuki Tsunoda		1'19.240	1.863	199.035
17	Alex Albon		1'19.256	1.879	198.995
18	Sebastian Vettel		1'19.273	1.896	198.952
19	Pierre Gasly		1'19.527	2.150	198.317
20	Nicholas Latifi		1'19.570	2.193	198.210
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What happened in Hungarian Grand Prix Q1?

On a dry track, but with ominous black clouds threatening rain, Verstappen set the early pace at 1m19.020s. On subsequent push laps on the same soft tyres, he extended his advantage with a 1m18.792s and then 1m18.509s.

Leclerc went P2, three tenths down on his title rival, but was quickly pipped by teammate Sainz, who was just 0.052s in arrears of the fastest time after the opening runs.

The Mercedes duo ran on fresh tyres at the end, Lewis Hamilton grabbing P1 with 1m18.374s, 0.033s faster than Russell and 0.06s ahead of Sainz. Verstappen was fourth, over a tenth off the pace.

Falling at the first hurdle were Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Alex Albon (Williams), Sebastian Vettel (whose Aston Martin was repaired just in time after a big shunt in FP3), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri, who lost his fastest lap due to exceeding track limits at Turn 5) and Nicholas Latifi – who had topped FP3 in the wet for Williams but messed up at the final corner on his quickest lap.

Hungarian Grand Prix Q1 results: Hamilton fastest from Russell

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1'18.374			201.235
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1'18.407	0.033	0.033	201.150
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1'18.434	0.060	0.027	201.081
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1'18.509	0.135	0.075	200.889
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1'18.653	0.279	0.144	200.521
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1'18.716	0.342	0.063	200.360
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1'18.775	0.401	0.059	200.210
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1'18.806	0.432	0.031	200.131
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1'18.866	0.492	0.060	199.979
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1'18.935	0.561	0.069	199.804
11	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1'18.973	0.599	0.038	199.708
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1'18.993	0.619	0.020	199.658
13	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1'19.118	0.744	0.125	199.342
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1'19.164	0.790	0.046	199.226
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1'19.205	0.831	0.041	199.123
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1'19.240	0.866	0.035	199.035
17	Alex Albon	Williams	1'19.256	0.882	0.016	198.995
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1'19.273	0.899	0.017	198.952
19	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1'19.527	1.153	0.254	198.317
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1'19.570	1.196	0.043	198.210
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What happened in Hungarian Grand Prix Q2?

Verstappen set the bar at 1m17.703s, 0.065s ahead of Leclerc and two tenths clear of Alpine’s Fernando Alonso. Sainz was fourth, ahead of Hamilton.

Knocked out at this point were Sergio Perez (Red Bull) who blamed Kevin Magnussen for getting in his way at Turn 3 and missed the cut by 0.071s, Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo), Magnussen (Haas), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) and Mick Schumacher (Haas).

Hungarian Grand Prix Q2 results: Verstappen fastest from Leclerc

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1'17.703			202.972
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1'17.768	0.065	0.065	202.803
3	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1'17.904	0.201	0.136	202.449
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1'17.946	0.243	0.042	202.340
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1'18.035	0.332	0.089	202.109
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1'18.121	0.418	0.086	201.886
7	George Russell	Mercedes	1'18.154	0.451	0.033	201.801
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1'18.198	0.495	0.044	201.688
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1'18.216	0.513	0.018	201.641
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1'18.445	0.742	0.229	201.052
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1'18.516	0.813	0.071	200.871
12	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1'18.573	0.870	0.057	200.725
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1'18.825	1.122	0.252	200.083
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1'19.137	1.434	0.312	199.294
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1'19.202	1.499	0.065	199.131
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What happened in Hungarian Grand Prix Q3?

On the first runs, Sainz set the pace with 1m17.505s, almost half a second quicker than Leclerc. Russell split the Ferraris in P2, while Verstappen ran wide at Turn 3 and languished down in seventh.

On the final runs, Leclerc stopped the clocks in 1m17.567s, but only good enough for P2 – 0.062s down on Sainz’s original provisional pole time – but Sainz extended his advantage to 0.146s with a 1m17.421s.

But Russell grabbed pole right at the end with a sensational lap of 1m17.377s, 0.044s ahead of Sainz.

Leclerc will start third, ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris, the Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso, Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Verstappen – who suffered a loss of power on his out lap and couldn’t remedy the problem from inside the cockpit.

Hungarian Grand Prix Q3 results: Russell takes pole