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Lewis Hamilton sees a "blessing": the rain has come to the rescue of the British Mercedes to offer him the pole position of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday, a week after his surprise victory in Germany under the same conditions. 19659002] The leader of the Formula 1 World Championship, with seventeen points clear of Sebastian Vettel, will be ahead of his Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas on Sunday.
The Ferrari of the other Finn Kimi Räikkönen and German, faster in the dry and in the crushing heat of free practice, will occupy the second line.
"We could not expect that" on a twisty course, a feature unfavorable to Mercedes, commented the Englishman, winner at Hockenheim when he was only 14th on the grid
"The others (Ferrari and Red Bull, ed) were faster than us during the tests, then the heavens opened and that put things back s to zero, "he continued after having completed a superb last lap, which allowed him to beat Bottas by 260/1000 and Räikkönen by 528/1000.
-" All succeed perfectly "-
"This first line is a very good thing because it is difficult to overtake on this track," added Bottas. This leaves us a good chance "in the race despite the expected return of good weather.
" In practice, we were only the third fastest on the long relay, so we will have to succeed perfectly, "continued Finnish.
"In the wet, we are not as confident as in the dry. We'll have to work on that, echoed Vettel. This second line is pretty good. We have a fast car so it should be racing. (…) We start 4th, we just have to concentrate to win from this position. "
These" intense "and" eventful "qualifications, according to the general opinion, also gave birth to a third unpublished line composed Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr (Renault) and Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso)
The first Red Bull of the Dutchman Max Verstappen, who has been more skillful on the wet track, is 7th, when the Australian Daniel Ricciardo had to settle for the 12th time on one of the three circuits favoring the characteristic aerodynamic support of their cars.
Verstappen is currently ahead of New Zealand's Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso) in fourth place. but the young wolf is the subject of an investigation by the commissioners for having embarrbaded the Frenchman Romain Grosjean (Haas) during the third and last part of qualifying.
The tricolor is 10th on the provisional starting grid, alongside his teammate Kevin Magnussen
– Force India in receivership –
Note the elimination in the first part of the qualifications of Force India French Esteban Ocon (18th) and Mexican Sergio Perez (19th), in a weekend decidedly difficult.
The Silverstone (England) -based Indian team – in financial difficulty since winter and whose founder and co-owner, Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, fights an extradition to his country, where he is charged with money laundering and fraud – was placed in receivership in Britain on Friday.
"We will urgently contact the main stakeholders to obtain the best result for creditors," said the receiver. "In the meantime, the team will continue to function normally."
This situation should favor a transfer from Ocon, rumored to announce Renault and his stable and Mercedes, who manages his career, opened the door Friday.
At the end of the Hungarian GP, the 12th round of the season, which will start at 3:10 pm (1:10 pm GMT), F1 will take its summer holidays until the end of August in Belgium.
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