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BUDAPEST, Hungary – Lewis Hamilton again showed that he was untouchable in the rain, producing a brilliant last lap to take pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday.
Mercedes Toto Wolff had a hard time believing it. Hamilton beat Mercedes Valtteri Bottas' teammate to secure a 77th pole position in Formula One.
Hamilton put his outstanding performance in tough track conditions the car.
"It's really hard to arrive in a corner and know what grip you're going to have," Hamilton said. "You're just looking for a clean line and you really look like you're doing stuff in every corner, it's a bit like doing ballet – not that I did ballet – but you on the tip and you feel the movement of the car. "
Just a few moments ago, Mercedes rival Ferrari was 1-2 with Kimi Raikkonen ahead of Sebastian Vettel
The screenplay changed in seconds, and Vettel will start fourth behind Raikkonen.
The third and final The session was held in warm and sunny conditions, but by the time the qualifying started there was rain, thunder and even lightning.
As Ferrari became more cautious, Mercedes l & rsquo; I did expect that, "Hamilton said. "The Ferraris were faster all weekend, but the heavens opened and the match went well."
Bottas finished second in Hamilton at the rainy German GP last weekend, receiving orders from the team not to try to attack Hamilton.
"We are free to fight, so I'm looking forward to it," Bottas said of Sunday's race.
Although the Finnish rider regularly insists on the same footing with Hamilton,
The Hungaroring's narrow track, nestled in rolling holes on the outskirts of Budapest, is one of the circuits the most difficult of F1 to overtake. It is considered more favorable to cars with a strong lift like Red Bull and Ferrari.
This was certainly the case when the weather was warm and Ferrari was driving, which explains Wolff's uncontrolled joy at the end of qualifying. "He was not particularly happy with his own conduct … then the qualifications, the session that counts, he was there," Wolff said. "It's the ability of a great champion."
Vettel was fastest in the final practice in dry conditions and also in Friday's second practice. Hamilton did not finish higher than the fourth in the three test heats
But when the weather changed, the fortunes of champions four-time champions Hamilton Hamilton and Vettel did also.
"In wet conditions we are not as confident as in the dry," said Vettel, candidly. "In the dry, we were in control."
The Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo was the most fast in the first session, but only 12th in qualifying after his team misjudged what tires to use when it started to rain, his team-mate Max Verstappen could only be in seventh place behind the French driver Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso and Renault's fifth place Carlos Sainz
Verstappen was cleared of the attack of French driver Romain Grosjean, the title with Hamilton, who won last Sunday from 14th place on the grid. in Germany, but crashed towards the end to give the Hamilton championship advantage of 17 points after 11 out of 21 races.
Hamilton looked at the back foot in the Hungarian practice.
The p British islander complained to the team's radio a lack of adhesion, having also been concerned about his tires. At the start of qualifying, Hamilton was even worried that his tires would "fall apart," but once again he turned out to be the best in wet conditions.
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