In a gripping finale, the British Mercedes’ George Russell hit the big time, out-timed Carlos Sainz to take pole position in the classification of the Hungarian Grand Prix that takes place on the Hungaroring circuit. The big race will take place this Sunday, from 10 in Argentinawith a total of 70 laps.
The Mercedes driver shone, He obtained his first pole and the first of the year for his team on this date 13 of the Formula 1 World Championshipcompleting a time of 1m 17sec 377/1000.
The 24-year-old Briton climbed to the top of Q3 with less than a minute to go and became the sixth driver in the history of the German team to obtain a pole position.
For its part, Spanish Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, who had a great performance throughout qualifying, closed second with a time of 1m 17sec 421/1000while his partner Charles Leclerc will start third this Sunday.
Also, Red Bull closed a black day since Sergio “Checo” Pérez was eliminated in Q2. The Mexican took time off due to a penalty, but then the stewards reinstated the mark since he had not gone off the track.
Despite what happened, the man from Guadalajara withdrew before the track and ended up being left out. In turn, Max Verstappen suffered a lack of power in his car in the last stage and finished tenth.
Finally, Lando Norris had a great showing for McLaren and came fourth, while Alpine had a very good qualifying thanks to fifth and sixth place by Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso, respectively.
The following is the starting grid:
1- George Russell (Mercedes).
2- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).
3- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).
4- Lando Norris (McLaren).
5- Esteban Ocon (Alpine).
6- Fernando Alonso (Alpine).
7- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).
8- Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo).
9- Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren).
10- Max Verstappen (Red Bull).
11- Sergio Perez (Red Bull).
12- Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo).
13- Kevin Magnussen (Haas).
14- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin).
15- Mick Schumacher (Haas).
16- Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri).
17- Alex Albon (Williams).
18- Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin).
19- Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri).
20- Nicholas Latifi (Williams)
