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BUDAPEST
AFP
Lewis Hamilton regarded it as a "blessing". The rain came to the rescue of the British driver Mercedes so that he reached yesterday the pole position of the Hungarian Grand Prix, a week after his surprising victory in Germany with the same conditions.
The leader of the F1 World Championship, with 17 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel, will start today from the front row ahead of his teammate, Finland's Valtteri Bottas. The Ferrari of the other Finnish Kimi Räikkönen and the German Sebastian Vettel, faster on the dry asphalt and in the overwhelming heat of free practice, will occupy the second line.
" Could not be expected" In a backdoor way, a feature that does not favor the Mercedes too much, commented the Englishman, winner at Hockenheim from the 14th position on the grid.
" The others (Ferrari and Red Bull) were faster than us during the rehearsals and then the sky opened, which set things down," he continues. after a successful final round, which allowed him to overtake Bottas at 260 thousandths and Räikkönen at 528.
Force India in receivership
° To emphasize the 39 Elimination in the first part of the clbadifications of the two Force India, the French Esteban Ocon (18th) and the Mexican Sergio Pérez (19th), in a definitely complicated weekend
The Indian team based in Silverstone ( England) – with economic problems for months and whose founder and co-owner, Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, is fighting extradition to his country, where he is accused of money laundering. money and fraud – became judicially administered this Friday e n Great Britain.
" We have been in urgent contact with key stakeholders in order to obtain the best result for creditors," announced the court administrator. . "Meanwhile, the team will continue to function normally."
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