Hamilton will begin forward of Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (McLaren) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is cut up into three segments with 5 vehicles every being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 earlier than the highest 10 shootout of Q3.
F1 trialled a brand new tyre format this weekend, that mandated groups to run the laborious Pirellis in Q1, mediums in Q2 and softs in Q3.
Hungarian GP qualifying outcomes: Hamilton on pole from Verstappen
What occurred in Hungarian GP Q1?
Valtteri Bottas set the early tempo for Alfa Romeo on the laborious tyres on a multi-lap run at 1m18.775s however had each Pink Bulls inside a tenth of him. Verstappen beat him with 1m18.658s, earlier than Sergio Perez (Pink Bull) and Zhou Guanyu (Alfa) spent spells on the prime – the latter staying P1 till the top at 1m18.143s.
With nearly all vehicles on monitor on the finish, there was visitors chaos as drivers looked for a spot, and falling on the first hurdle have been Alex Albon (Williams), Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), shockingly George Russell (Mercedes, who hit visitors in sector three), Kevin Magnussen (Haas) and Logan Sargeant (Williams).
Hungarian GP Q1 outcomes: Zhou quickest from Verstappen
What occurred in Hungarian GP Q2?
Verstappen set the preliminary medium-tyred tempo at 1m17.296s however had the lap deleted for exceeding monitor limits at Flip 5, which handed P1 again to Norris with 1m17.328s. Verstappen got here out early for his ultimate run however solely managed 1m17.547s as a banker lap, which Hamilton beat to take P2.
Knocked out at this level have been Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz (who missed out by 0.002s to Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri), Lance Stroll (Aston) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine, who misplaced his quickest time for monitor limits however wouldn’t have made it anyway).
Hungarian GP Q2 outcomes: Norris quickest from Hamilton
What occurred in Hungarian GP Q3?
On the primary runs, Verstappen set the tempo with 1m16.612s, a tenth away from Hamilton with Norris third, three tenths additional again.
On the ultimate runs, Hamilton unleashed 1m16.609s to beat Verstappen by 0.003s, to take his file ninth pole at Budapest regardless of a scrappy finish to his lap.
Verstappen, who didn’t enhance on his ultimate try, will begin second, forward of Norris, Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Zhou, Leclerc, Bottas, Alonso, Perez and Nico Hulkenberg (Haas).