Hamilton holds F1 records for wins and poles and has a record eight wins at the Hungarian GP, including the last three
Lewis Hamilton's 101st pole position in Formula One snapped a six-race barren run and set him up perfectly for a shot at a 100th career win in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. (More Sports News)
The British driver holds F1 records for wins and poles and has a record eight wins at the Hungarian GP, including the last three.
While Silverstone is his home track 바카라 he has also won there eight times 바카라 Hamilton feels right at home at the Hungaroring.
He first won here in 2007, just the third win in his glittering career. His first Mercedes win in 2013 was also on this sunlit track, set amid the rolling hills and countryside of Mogyorod about 20 kilometers (12 1/2 miles) from Budapest.
Hamilton had not been on pole since the Spanish GP in early May. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took the next two poles and Red Bull's Max Verstappen clinched four in a row as he soared ahead in the championship.
But Hamilton's controversial victory two weeks ago at the British GP trimmed Verstappen's lead from 33 points to eight. Hamilton could even move ahead in the final race before the midseason break.
Hamilton, who was .315 seconds ahead of Bottas and .421 clear of Verstappen in third place, was in a musical mood.
"I just had the song 바카라YMCA바카라 in my head the whole time,바카라 Hamilton said afterward, laughing in reference to the Village People's cheesy 1970s anthem. 바카라No idea why, but it바카라s a great song.바카라
"It was an amazing qualifying lap,바카라 Hamilton said on track as some sections of the crowd jeered him, one week after he was ruled at fault for the crash which sent Verstappen out of the British GP.
Hamilton did not let it bother him.
"It바카라s sport, right? And people act wild. I don바카라t take it to heart," he said. 바카라I must be doing something right to be up front.바카라
But Bottas was upset by those booing his teammate, saying, 바카라These people need to question themselves, it바카라s not right.바카라
Verstappen, who leads Hamilton 5-4 for wins and 5-3 for poles, said it was 바카라not correct바카라 but drivers should be immune to it.
"We shouldn바카라t get disturbed by these kind of things," he said. "It바카라s not nice but it shouldn바카라t influence us.바카라
Yet, moments later, he was disturbed by a question in the news conference about the first-lap crash last week at Silverstone.
Interrupting the conference host's question mid-sentence, Verstappen said 바카라Can we stop about this?" He then used several expletives in an angry outburst, two days after talking at length about what he called Hamilton's 바카라disrespectful바카라 victory celebrations at Silverstone.
His teammate Sergio Perez placed fourth.
Verstappen led Q1 바카라 the first section of qualifying 바카라 from Hamilton and Q2 from Norris. The orange-shirted Dutch fans in one section of the main grandstand roared every time he zoomed past.
But Hamilton and Bottas were quicker than Verstappen on their first runs in Q3.
Pole could prove crucial given that the sinewy and tight 4.4-kilometer (2.7-mile) circuit is arguably the hardest track to overtake on after Monaco.
About halfway through Q2, Carlos Sainz Jr. lost the rear of his Ferrari and slid off into a wall. The front wing dropped under the front tires. The Spaniard will start from a lowly 15th on Sunday.
Leclerc qualified in seventh behind Norris and AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly.
Mick Schumacher starts from 20th and last place. He sat out qualifying after crashing in the final practice and his Haas team was unable to repair his car in time.
Earlier, Hamilton clocked the fastest time in the third and final practice, followed by Verstappen and Bottas.
The session was interrupted with about 15 minutes left when Schumacher 바카라 son of seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher 바카라 flew off track into a tire wall. He was unharmed but damaged the left side and lost the front wing on his Haas car, which was taken off track by a crane.
There was a near miss in the pit lane shortly after as Alfa Romeo driver Antonio Giovinazzi pulled out of the garage just as Aston Martin's Lance Stroll was coming past. Stroll slightly clipped the front wing of Giovinazzi's Alfa Romeo but there was no damage.
On Friday, Verstappen topped the first practice and Bottas led the second one.
Following Hungary, the season will resume on Aug. 29 at the Belgian GP in Spa. (AP)