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Mercedes was helped by the rain to get a first-place finish in the Hungarian Grand Prix, the 12th of the 21 stages of the 2018 season. Formula 1. On Saturday, the Briton Lewis Hamilton took advantage of the wet conditions on the track. Hungaroring to take pole position, the 77th of his career, for Sunday's race.
Until the qualifying session on Saturday, Mercedes was co-starring in the Hungarian GP activities, failing to repeat the pace of Ferrari, especially Sebastian Vettel, the leader of two of the three sessions free practice, and Red Bull.
The activity, however, had the second and third stages played in the rain, which balanced the fight for pole position. And Hamilton, lulled by the improbable victory of the German Grand Prix, which allowed him to return to the top of the Drivers World Championship, took advantage of another pole position. In the last moments of the Q3, he set the time of 1min35s658, which earned him first place.
To make the situation of Hamilton and Mercedes even better for Sunday's race, Finn Valtteri Bottas takes second place, which leads him to share the first row of the grid with his teammate after registering 1min35s918 , the last rider to take a lap in less than 1min36 on the wet track of the Hungaroring in Q3.
Ferrari then had to settle for the following positions. Among his drivers, the best performance was the Finnish Kimi Raikkonen, the third placed with the mark of 1min36s186. Germany's Sebastian Vettel, Hamilton's main opponent in the world title fight, was fourth in the decisive phase of the session, 1min36s210, after dominating almost all previous weekend activities. And that result was another setback for Vettel, who came out of a disappointing defeat at the German Grand Prix, a result that took him from the top of the league last weekend.
The Hungarian rain also caused surprises involving midfield drivers in the grid definition of the Sunday race. Spain's Carlos Sainz Jr. took fifth place, followed by Pierre Gasly of Toro Rosso in sixth.
It was only then that the Dutchman Max Verstappen appeared in seventh place, a disappointing result for Red Bull, who looked like a contender at pole position when he was training in dry track. And the top ten of the Hungarian Grand Prix were completed in order by New Zealander Toro Rosso Brendon Hartley and Denmark 's Kevin Magnussen and Frenchman Haas Romain Grosjean.
The second leg of the qualifying session at the Hungaroring was already underway in the rain, which reduced the drivers' time in about 15 seconds, with Vettel leading the way. And also causing the elimination of Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who stood out on Friday by leading the first free practice session.
The Red Bull rider will start Sunday only 12th, a place behind the Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who also did not reach the decisive stage of the grid with his McLaren. Other drivers who also left the race at this stage were Renault's Nico Hulkenberg, Marcus Ericsson of Suber Sauber and Williams' Canadian Lance Stroll.
Already in the first phase of the clbadification training, also led Vettel, Stoffel Vandoorne of McLaren in Belgium, Charles Leclerc of Sauber, Frenchman Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez, both of Force India, and Russian Sergei Sirotkin of Williams, were eliminated.
The start of the Hungarian Grand Prix is scheduled for Sunday at 10h10. Check the grid:
1st – Lewis Hamilton (GBR / Mercedes) – 1min35s658
2nd – Valtteri Bottas (FIN / Mercedes) – 1min35s918
3rd – Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari – Pierre Gasly (FRA / Toro) – 1min36s245
6th – Pierre Gasly (FRA / Toro) – 1min36s210
(Magnum) – Kevin Magnussen (NRT / Toro Rosso) – 1min38s128
7th – Max Verstappen (HOL / Red Bull) – 1min38s032
Haas ) – 1min39s245
12th – Romain Grosjean (FRA / Haas) – 1min40s593
11th – Fernando Alonso (ESP / McLaren) – 1min35s214
15th – Lance Stroll (CAN / Williams) – Marcus Ericsson (SWE / Sauber ) – 1min36s075
No time in Q2
16th – Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL / McLaren) – 1min18s762
17th – Charles Leclerc (MON / Sauber) – 1min18s817
18th – Esteban Ocon (FRA / Force India) – 1min19s142
19th – Sergio Perez (MEX / Force India) – 1min19s200
Sergei Sirotkin (RUS / Williams) 1min19s301C [19659028] (function (d, s, id) {
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