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Lewis Hamilton took pole at qualifying yesterday. / Photo AFP
In the rain that hit Budapest, the Brit (Mercedes) took pole yesterday. He will be ahead of teammate Valterri Bottas starting this afternoon.
Lewis Hamilton sees a "blessing": the rain has come to the rescue of the British Mercedes to offer yesterday the pole position of the Hungarian Grand Prix, a week after surprise victory in Germany under the same conditions
The leader of the Formula 1 World Championship, with seventeen points clear of Sebastian Vettel, will be ahead of today's Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Ferrari's other Finnish Kimi Räikkönen and the 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 twisted course, a feature unfavorable to Mercedes, commented the English.
"The others (Ferrari and Red Bull, Editor's note) were faster than us during the tests, then the heavens opened and that put the things to zero, "he continued, after having made a superb last lap, which allowed him to beat Bottas by 260/1000 and Räikkönen by 528/1000.
" To succeed perfectly "
" This first line is a very good thing because it is difficult to overtake on this track, "was satisfied Bottas.
" In practice, we were only the third fastest on the long relay, so we will have to succeed. perfectly, "continued the Finn.
" In the wet, we 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 go in the race.
These "intense" and "eventful" qualifications, the general opinion, also gave birth to a third unpublished line composed of the Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr (Renault ) and the French Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso). The first Red Bull of the Dutchman Max Verstappen is 7th.
Placed in the fourth row, the New Zealander Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso) is the subject of an investigation of the commissioners for having embarrbaded the Frenchman Romain Grosjean (Haas) during the third and final part of the qualifications
Force India in receivership
Note the elimination in the first part of the qualifications of the Force India of the French Esteban Ocon (18th) and the Mexican Sergio Pérez (19th), in a decidedly difficult weekend.
The Silverstone-based Indian team in England – in financial difficulty since winter, whose founder and co-owner, Indian businessman Vijay Mallya, is fighting extradition to his home country. country, where he is charged with money laundering and fraud – was placed in receivership in Britain on Friday.
"We are going to get in touch with the main parties p in order to obtain the best result for the creditors, "said the insolvency administrator. "In the meantime, the team will continue to function normally."
This situation should favor a transfer from Ocon, that the rumor announces to Renault and which his stable and Mercedes, who manages his career, opened the door on Friday.
At the end of the Hungarian GP, the 12th round of the season, F1 will take its summer holidays, until the end of August in Belgium
The grid
1st line. -Lewis Hamilton (GBR / Mercedes); Valtteri Bottas (FIN / Mercedes)
2nd line -Kimi Räikkönen (FIN / Ferrari); Sebastian Vettel (GER / Ferrari)
3rd line -Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP / Renault); Pierre Gasly (FRA / Toro Rosso-Honda)
4th line -Max Verstappen (NED / Red Bull-Renault); Brendon Hartley (NZL / Toro Rosso-Honda)
5th line. -Kevin Magnussen (DEN / Haas-Ferrari); Romain Grosjean (FRA / Haas-Ferrari)
6th line -Fernando Alonso (ESP / McLaren-Renault); Daniel Ricciardo (AUS / Red Bull-Renault)
7th line -Nico Hulkenberg (GER / Renault); Marcus Ericsson (SWE / Sauber-Ferrari)
8th line – Lance Stroll (CAN / Williams-Mercedes); Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL / McLaren-Renault)
9th line -Charles Leclerc (MON / Sauber-Ferrari); Esteban Ocon (FRA / Force India-Mercedes)
10th line. -Sergio Pérez (MEX / Force India-Mercedes); Sergey Sirotkin (RUS / Williams-Mercedes)
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