George Russell will start ahead of the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc after this Saturday’s qualifying session in Hungary, which was divided into three rounds in which five cars were eliminated in Q1 and another five in Q2 before a session of Q3 with the top 10.
World Championship leader Max Verstappen, who led Q2, struggled in Q3 and will start 10th.
F1 qualifying results in Hungary: Russell snatches pole from Sainz
Cla | Pilot | Weather | Difference | Km/h |
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1 | Â George Russell | 1’17.377 | Â | 203.828 |
two | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 1’17,421 | 0.044 | 203,712 |
3 | Â Charles Leclerc | 1’17.567 | 0.190 | 203.328 |
4 | Â Lando Norris | 1’17.769 | 0.392 | 202.800 |
5 | Stephen Ocon | 1’18.018 | 0.641 | 202,153 |
6 | Fernando Alonso | 1’18,078 | 0.701 | 201,998 |
7 | Â 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 | Â Max Verstappen | 1’18.823 | 1.446 | 200.088 |
eleven | Sergio Perez | 1’18,516 | 1,139 | 200,871 |
12 | Guanyu Zhou | 1’18.573 | 1.196 | 200.725 |
13 | Kevin Magnussen | 1’18,825 | 1,448 | 200,083 |
14 | Â Lance Stroll | 1’19.137 | 1.760 | 199.294 |
15 | Â Mick Schumacher | 1’19.202 | 1.825 | 199.131 |
16 | Yuki Tsunoda | 1’19.240 | 1.863 | 199.035 |
17 | Alexander Albon | 1’19.256 | 1.879 | 198.995 |
18 | Â Sebastian Vettel | 1’19.273 | 1.896 | 198.952 |
19 | Pierre Gasly | 1’19.527 | 2.150 | 198.317 |
twenty | Nicholas Latifi | 1’19,570 | 2,193 | 198,210 |
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What happened in Q1 on Saturday at the 2022 F1 Hungarian GP?
On a completely dry track, but with black clouds threatening rain, Verstappen set the pace early on with a 1m19.020s. In the following laps, on the same soft tyres, he lowered his time to 1:18.509.
Leclerc moved into second, three tenths off his title rival, but was quickly overtaken by teammate Sainz , who was just 0.052s off the fastest time.
On new tires at the end, Lewis Hamilton took the lead with a 1m18.374s, 0.033s quicker than Russell and 0.06s ahead of the Spaniard from Ferrari . Verstappen finished fourth, more than a tenth off the fastest time.
Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Alexander Albon (Williams), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) and Nicholas Latifi were eliminated in Q1.
Hungarian Grand Prix Q1 results: Hamilton quicker than Russell
Cla | Pilot | Equipment | Weather | Difference | Interval | km/h |
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1 | Â Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’18.374 | Â | Â | 201.235 |
2 | Â 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 | Â Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’18.509 | 0.135 | 0.075 | 200.889 |
5 | Â Lando Norris | McLaren | 1’18.653 | 0.279 | 0.144 | 200.521 |
6 | Â 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 | Â Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’18.806 | 0.432 | 0.031 | 200.131 |
9 | Â 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 | Â Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1’19.164 | 0.790 | 0.046 | 199.226 |
15 | Â 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 | Â 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 | Â Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1’19.570 | 1.196 | 0.043 | 198.210 |
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What happened in Q2 on Saturday at the 2022 F1 Hungarian GP?
Verstappen set a 1m17.703s at the start of the session, 0.065s ahead of Leclerc and two tenths quicker than Fernando Alonso. Sainz finished fourth, ahead of Hamilton .
Eliminated in that round were: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), who blamed Kevin Magnussen for getting in his way midway through his fastest lap, Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo), Magnussen (Haas), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) and Mick Schumacher (Haas).
Hungarian Grand Prix Q2 results: Verstappen is fastest
Cla | Pilot | Equipment | Weather | Difference | Interval | km/h |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Â Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’17.703 | Â | Â | 202.972 |
2 | Â Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’17.768 | 0.065 | 0.065 | 202.803 |
3 | Â 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 | Â Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’18.035 | 0.332 | 0.089 | 202.109 |
6 | Â Lando Norris | McLaren | 1’18.121 | 0.418 | 0.086 | 201.886 |
7 | Â 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 | Â 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 |
eleven | 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 | Â Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1’19.137 | 1.434 | 0.312 | 199.294 |
15 | Â Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1’19.202 | 1.499 | 0.065 | 199.131 |
What happened in Q3 on Saturday at the 2022 F1 Hungarian GP?
In the opening laps, Sainz set the pace, with a 1m17.505s, nearly half a second quicker than Leclerc . Russell separated the Ferraris in second while Verstappen lost control of his car at Turn 3 and moved up to seventh.
In the final laps, Leclerc stopped the clock in a 1:17.567, but that was not enough to beat his teammate, a Sainz who dropped to 1:17.421.
But Russell caused an upset and took pole right at the end of Q3 with a sensational lap of 1m17.377s, 0.044s ahead of the Spanish driver.
Leclerc will finally start third, ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren), the Alpines of Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso, Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Verstappen, who suffered a loss of power at the end of the race. session and could not improve.
Hungarian Grand Prix Q3 results: Russell takes pole
Cla | No. | Pilot | Car / Engine | Weather | Delay | Delay % | laps | km/h |
1Â | 63Â | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’17.377 | Â | Â | 6 | 203.828 |
two | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | ferrari | 1’17,421 | 0.044 | 0.057 | 6 | 203,712 |
3Â | 16Â | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’17.567 | 0.190 | 0.246 | 6 | 203.328 |
4Â | 4Â | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’17.769 | 0.392 | 0.507 | 6 | 202.800 |
5Â | 31Â | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 1’18.018 | 0.641 | 0.828 | 6 | 202.153 |
6Â | 14Â | Fernando Alonso | Alpine/Renault | 1’18.078 | 0.701 | 0.906 | 6 | 201.998 |
7Â | 44Â | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’18.142 | 0.765 | 0.989 | 5 | 201.832 |
8 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’18.157 | 0.780 | 1,008 | 6 | 201,793 |
9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’18,379 | 1,002 | 1,295 | 6 | 201,222 |
10Â | 1Â | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’18.823 | 1.446 | 1.869 | 5 | 200.088 |
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