Lewis Hamilton leads the provisional grid for the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Row 1 | 1. Lewis Hamilton 1’15.419 Mercedes | |
2. Valtteri Bottas 1’15.734 Mercedes | ||
Row 2 | 3. Max Verstappen 1’15.840 Red Bull | |
4. Sergio Perez 1’16.421 Red Bull | ||
Row 3 | 5. Pierre Gasly 1’16.483 AlphaTauri | |
6. Lando Norris 1’16.489 McLaren | ||
Row 4 | 7. Charles Leclerc 1’16.496 Ferrari | |
8. Esteban Ocon 1’16.653 Alpine | ||
Row 5 | 9. Fernando Alonso 1’16.715 Alpine | |
10. Sebastian Vettel 1’16.750 Aston Martin | ||
Row 6 | 11. Daniel Ricciardo 1’16.871 McLaren | |
12. Lance Stroll 1’16.893 Aston Martin | ||
Row 7 | 13. Kimi Raikkonen 1’17.564 Alfa Romeo | |
14. Antonio Giovinazzi 1’17.583 Alfa Romeo | ||
Row 8 | 15. Carlos Sainz Jnr No time Ferrari | |
16. Yuki Tsunoda 1’17.919 AlphaTauri | ||
Row 9 | 17. George Russell 1’17.944 Williams | |
18. Nicholas Latifi 1’18.036 Williams | ||
Row 10 | 19. Nikita Mazepin 1’18.922 Haas | |
20. Mick Schumacher No time Haas |
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2021 Hungarian Grand Prix
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jlb
31st July 2021, 15:12
Alonso got a 5 pos. penalty. Just sayin’.
Chaitanya
31st July 2021, 16:58
for what?
Jere (@jerejj)
31st July 2021, 15:13
Unnecessary and unfair from Hamilton, although Perez didn’t need to leave such a gap on the pit exit.
2007 feeling.
Ben
31st July 2021, 15:16
2007 Alonso gave Hamilton no choice. Here RedBull could have gone first, Max could have pushed for an overtake. Max also still got his lap in, so nothing like 2007.
DeanR
31st July 2021, 15:18
RB should’ve put their drivers in better positions. Bit of payback for the last 2 weeks Of BS from RB me thinks. Loving the rivalry. PP No 101. Get in. Lewis eats up those Boos too! Keep em coming!!!
DaveW (@dmw)
31st July 2021, 15:18
Bottas was right in front of him on the out lap. You wanted him to wave verstappen past and lose his own lap? It’s a race going on this weekend.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
31st July 2021, 15:19
I guess now we know that ”HAM dirty tricks” nickname is not a complete invention.
Andy (@andyfromsandy)
31st July 2021, 16:16
It is called gamesmanship. RBR lost. They had plenty of time, maybe 3 minutes or so to send out the cars. Perez engineers cocked up.
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:15
Waiting for the RB salt. VER was free to leave the pits at any stage – he was also free to takeover.
Nothing that you just experienced was illegal. Feel free to check the rule book.
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:15
Starting on softs could be the nail in the coffin for RB.
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st July 2021, 15:16
@theswift I think there’s a ‘maximum laptime’ rule that you need to follow on the out lap, which Lewis may well have exceeded.
Interesting tactics.
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:17
Prove it.
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st July 2021, 15:18
I can’t prove a ‘may well have exceeded’, I’m saying it may have happened. The rulebook itself is there for us all to see.
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:19
So you don’t know the rules. The delta is 1M 31S, he didn’t exceed that. Fact.
Anything else?
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st July 2021, 15:20
@theswift Do you know what his out lap time was?
DaveW (@dmw)
31st July 2021, 15:21
The stewards have stopwatches I assume.
Ironman
31st July 2021, 15:54
If he had exceeded it we all would have Red Bull screaming about it. Horner would have set up a diorama with Matchbox cars to prove it.
Jere (@jerejj)
31st July 2021, 15:58
@wsrgo @theswift You can view these things here:
https://www.fia.com/documents/season/season-2021-1108/championships/fia-formula-one-world-championship-14/event/34508
Ben
31st July 2021, 15:18
It’s only between two points which he definitely didn’t exceed @wsrgo
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st July 2021, 15:19
Which two points?
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:20
Safety car line 2, to safety car line 1.
Barry Bens (@barryfromdownunder)
31st July 2021, 15:20
>Alleged breach of Article 27.4 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations, driving unnecessarily slowly
Yeah, about that…:clown:
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:21
Barry, you’re such a noob. Do you not even know where the delta is measured to and from?
Barry Bens (@barryfromdownunder)
31st July 2021, 15:22
>noob
Oh dear, it’s a 12 year old with a keyboard and sweaty palms
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:23
It’s fitting, as you don’t know the rules. 40 going on 12, that’s how life should be :-)
Dave
31st July 2021, 15:49
Did I hear “You say me noob”?
Bonno (@inininin)
31st July 2021, 15:15
Quite embarrassing to resort to such tactics
MXMXD (@mxmxd)
31st July 2021, 15:19
Horner and Marko brought it on themselves.
Ben
31st July 2021, 15:21
+1 don’t slander a professional Champion and make him out to be the villain and expect no retaliation.
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:24
+ 1
DeanR
31st July 2021, 15:21
Quite embarrassing that RB cant manage their drivers track positions better. Why no discussion about the huge difference in lap time? Lewis smashed it with his first lap so RB shouldve known not to put his drivers behind him on their out lap. Stupid from RB.
mystic one (@mysticus)
31st July 2021, 15:29
Surprised to see horner finds nothing wrong even accepts and said they have the right to do in this game of tactics… not sure what the fans are about? there is a delta check between certain points in the track so if ham ignores the delta on his screen he will have a penalty (what happened to when you dont get a penalty nothing wrong is done?? ey? hypocrites?)
Booing when there is nothing made… too many sour fans or maybe paid gov officials (yeah thrown a bit of conspiracy there due to lgbt stuff) if max did this, would that make it ok?
Adam (@rocketpanda)
31st July 2021, 15:16
This is your GOAT? This? Disgusting.
Ben
31st July 2021, 15:19
All time record pole holder, 7x WDC, just getting another pole with a stunning lap.. yeah that’s the GOAT alright
Adam (@rocketpanda)
31st July 2021, 15:22
He doesn’t need you white-knighting him.
Ben (@x-f1-x)
31st July 2021, 15:29
+1
mystic one (@mysticus)
31st July 2021, 15:33
He doesn’t need you black-knighting him. He just made his GOAT +1
DeanR
31st July 2021, 15:38
And you slating him is somehow better?
MG1982 (@mg1982)
31st July 2021, 15:24
With the best car and in front of a team mate who had to settle behind all these years?? Get real!
Ben
31st July 2021, 15:30
I don’t remember Rosberg, Alonso or Button who are all also WDC by the way agreeing to settle behind very often. Who has Max beat again? Ricciardo who can’t beat Norris then Gasly, Albon and Perez. Wow. Can’t wait until he goes up against a champion in the same car and gets completely shown up.
DeanR
31st July 2021, 15:22
Yup 👍
Emma
31st July 2021, 15:25
Lol! Go out early next time or simply overtake.
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:27
Apparently that’s not obvious solution to some…
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:18
No, the fans are disgusting. I hope HAM feeds from them. I expected nothing less from VER fans.
Bonno (@inininin)
31st July 2021, 15:19
Does it get tiring, commenting like this? You just pick fights with anyone that doesn’t agree with you
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:21
Ironic.
Ben (@x-f1-x)
31st July 2021, 15:31
Yep lol. And if you don’t agree, you’re racist! Lol
René (@)
31st July 2021, 15:22
Racefans troll of the year. Allready unbeatable.
S
31st July 2021, 15:25
@theswift How desperate are you?
This is exactly the type of comment that regularly comes from Hamilton fans.
Swifty (@theswift)
31st July 2021, 15:28
So I didn’t hear them booing? Should I support that? Should any sport support that?
Please, do tell me what I said that’s wrong…?
DeanR
31st July 2021, 15:43
Disgusting? Nah. Lewsi feeds off this. The more negativity the more inspired he becomes. I’m hoping for this at every track to seasons end. Especially looking forward to Zandvoort!! Bring it on!
Manto
31st July 2021, 15:19
Interesting tactics – LH 2019
jlb
31st July 2021, 15:19
Just like BLM fans cheered when Max nearly diea in Copse
DaveW (@dmw)
31st July 2021, 15:24
Why don’t you just say, black people. It’s no more clever. Go away.
neiana
1st August 2021, 7:45
@dmw cuz BLM is mainly young, stupid white people telling black people to be offended so the white people can feel good about themselves.
Barry Bens (@barryfromdownunder)
31st July 2021, 15:21
Hamilton was already driving too slow in the pitlane, didn’t warm up his tyres at all during the lap, slowed down even more in S3 and ‘accidently’ locked up for good meassure before the final corner too. I’d be surprised if this doesn’t lead to a grid penalty
Ben
31st July 2021, 15:23
A penalty for what?
DeanR
31st July 2021, 15:25
Hehehehe you’ve made my day Barry!
Emma
31st July 2021, 15:26
A penalty for locking up? The salt 😁
DaveW (@dmw)
31st July 2021, 15:26
This is exhausting now. He could have gone around him in the pit lane just like vettel did in q2. Or at any point on the out lap.
nickthegreek (@nickthegreek)
31st July 2021, 15:27
which rule did he break? he drove faster than the 1:31 threshold
S
31st July 2021, 15:29
It won’t, but it should.
This was up there with the most unsporting behaviour I’ve seen in F1 since some of Schumacher’s antics.
ian dearing
31st July 2021, 16:00
So every one else on that track who left a bigger gap than what was between Bottas and Ham should be charged with unsportsmanlike behaviour? Obviously over all three sessions. So thats about every driver. Apart from Mazepin
S
31st July 2021, 16:12
It surprises me not even a tiny bit that you responded to this article in defence of Hamilton and Mercedes. Several times.
You know as well as everyone what Mercedes were up to, and equally you’d be pretty annoyed if the roles were reversed and Hamilton had been in Perez’s position.
I don’t care for either team, but I really hate poor sportsmanship. Seeing more and more of it in F1 these days.
I guess it’s difficult to apply sportsmanship to something is now barely recognisable as a sport.
ian dearing
31st July 2021, 17:50
So you can’t answer the question, or have an opinion on it. So no change there.
And if I was Perez I would be annoyed about RB putting me out right up Max’s gearbox and behind the driver whose pole I want. Or are you here to tell me why that was a good strategy for Perez?
And I know exactly what Ham was up to. Doing the same as he has done all his career, showing people the same respect they show him.
matt
31st July 2021, 18:58
his out lap was quicker than his previous 2 outlaps,,plus bottas was ahead of him.
so what you believe is completely wrong.
jamt
31st July 2021, 15:21
I quite not understand what’s Hamilton was trying to do. Such a stupid and unnecessary strategy only speaks about himself and Mercedes who allows him to do this. Clearly against what the rules try to forbid even when, probably, he was within the rules.
nickthegreek (@nickthegreek)
31st July 2021, 15:24
he was within the rules, he drove faster than 1:31, and he was trying to prevent Max from warming up the tyres. nothing illegal about this, all the haters here need to get over themselves
Emma
31st July 2021, 15:36
Stupid? Pray explain how?
ian dearing
31st July 2021, 15:57
You mean leaving the same gap between him and Bottas as just about every other left between themselves and the guy in front of them?
Melbourne '96 (@melbourne-96)
31st July 2021, 15:22
Hamilton got the public’s opinion and they were absolutely right, so much for British sportsmanship!
DeanR
31st July 2021, 15:29
Lewis slated the Hungarian Govt, beat Max to PP and ruined RBs final lap. He was never going to get any other reception. He upset 90% of the crowd. CROWD being the operative word.
Lewis eats that negative stuff for breakfast. Keep the boos coming as it will only inspire him further.
Alex
31st July 2021, 16:20
To be honest not many people in Britain actually like the guy as he comes across as a narcissist. It’s only usually his fans.
DeanR
1st August 2021, 8:08
Wrong. 2 SPOTY wins, packs out silverstone every year, knighted… Daily Mail readers dont like him but thankfully they arent a representation of Britain nowadays.
You watch the attendance at Silverstone fall through the floor when he retires. It will turn into a Dutch stronghold and then you’ll see what Lewis means to the vast majority of non daily mail reading Britons.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
31st July 2021, 15:22
RBR = best car, uh?!
mystic one (@mysticus)
31st July 2021, 15:45
RBR = Best car by a margin but mediocre/questionable first driver, and good/experienced second driver with a mediocre setup/car given :)
Dave
31st July 2021, 15:52
The movement against the first driver: Still ongoing three years later!
DeanR
1st August 2021, 8:09
Are you broken?
Dave
2nd August 2021, 16:58
You’re a Lewis fan and you’ve been praising Max sometimes. I turned my back on Max after Baku 2018 and you already know it. “aRe YoU bRoKeN”? It’s none of your business.
Dave
15th August 2021, 20:00
ArE yOu BrOkEn?
What you say punk? What you say punk? What you say punk? You scored another own goal didn’t you? Shut the hell up punk, nothing is broken with me, and I see this as an attempted killshot on me. You are broken, so get out of my sight. You’re a loser and a sucker, you understand me?! You still can’t see where the hell Report button is, so get out of my sight.
Moshambles (@moshambles)
31st July 2021, 15:22
Stunning lap. Hopefully it’s a good race with the differing strategies
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st July 2021, 15:23
Well weren’t those some interesting tactics.
I love how people who booed Leclerc for crashing ‘intentionally’ in Monaco are cheering Hamilton for ruining Q3 for himself and everyone else (he knew his tyres would be way below temp with that weird start/stop stuff).
I really wish Lewis wasn’t such an upstanding guy off the track, because on it, he is such a heel. Has been since Fuji 2007.
If I'm not wery much mistaken (@ifiamnotwerymuchmistaken)
31st July 2021, 15:25
Even with a couple of mistakes in the last two corners HAM was waaaay faster. Even Bottas was faster then RB, meaning the Merc was unbeatable here.
I’m hoping it’s just a Merc track, and we get some close fighting in the future, but for tomorrow I don’t see anything but an easy, cruising speed 1-2 for the Merc, and a distant 3rd for VER.
Maybe we get to see some racing in the midfield.
The out lap was perfectly executed by HAM, nothing RB could’ve done about it after exiting the pit behind the Merc.
HAM is really going all out to get into VERs head, so that gives me hope Merc don’t think they can maintain this speed diference all season.
ian dearing
31st July 2021, 15:41
The only reason the RBs were sent out behind the guy with a half second gap in his pocket was to get into Hams head. Which fell apart before the end of the pit lane. Even Rosberg couldn’t see why the RBs came out behind the pole sitter. Not that there was any chance of Max making up that gap.
RJ
31st July 2021, 15:26
Hamiltons’s final flying lap was, but for S1, quite slow. already down 1.2s after S2 – thereby putting him quite close in front of Verstappen, probably hurting his downforce.. Lewis’ time was 1.17! in that lap!
Moshambles (@moshambles)
31st July 2021, 15:27
Haha!! What a dumpster fire of a comment section this has become. It’s never been great but yikes 🤢
Pinak Ghosh (@pinakghosh)
31st July 2021, 15:27
More than the Q3 ‘gamesmanship’, softs at the start, not the optimal choice in this track. Its definitely advantage Mercedes, strategy wise. Interesting qualifying. Was hoping to see both Ferrari cars in top 10. I think we have seen enough of the season so far to say that the Norris-Ricciardo gap is glaring.
mystic one (@mysticus)
31st July 2021, 15:50
Red Bull/Max’s only chance is first corner and hope they get over their grudge and out to get a revenge into first corner, that will make everyone puke at this point… hoping for a good race and good start up tomorrow it is down to bottas making a good get away and blocking max otherwise max will be pressured into doing something silly and hope he gives us a good fight and not a good conspiracy and bad ending to championship
Dom (@3dom)
31st July 2021, 15:29
This battle for the championship this year is becoming truly epic! The fight on and off track is so intense. Hope it does actually last throughout the season!
jlb
31st July 2021, 15:30
Five pos. penalties matter
PStaffan
31st July 2021, 15:31
What Lewis did is ok for the delta time, but it wasn’t exiting to see, so he made the qualifying boring. And just come clean and say it’s that tactic, don’t come talking about that the set was slower or anything.
It was obvious for anyone from the start on the outlap that he was going to do this.
DeanR
31st July 2021, 16:43
So why didn’t RB react accordingly? Or Max for that matter. He was free to overtake Lewis at any point. This was a cock up by RB. Nothing more, nothing less.
DaveW (@dmw)
31st July 2021, 15:31
Well done to Gasly again. An eyelash behind Perez.
Plossl (@)
31st July 2021, 15:32
The bitterness, the salt, the booing, RB are really starting to turn to the dark side.
Mega lap from Lewis, but wouldn’t be surprised if Max and he’s elbows are in P1 after T1 being on the soft’s.
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st July 2021, 15:46
@f1-plossl Indeed, that last Q3 lap was mega! Those beautiful yellow sectors.
Plossl (@)
31st July 2021, 16:13
There was nothing stopping Max from overtaking on the out lap, if RB decide to let there cars out so late is that Mercs fault? It all comes down to Lewis aced he’s first lap and Max didn’t.
All this crying foul by RB fans is becoming a bit of a habit, perhaps to cover the fact that SuperMax might not be so super after all?
Zap (@)
31st July 2021, 15:37
Mercedes uses Strategy! It’s Super Effective!
Zap (@)
31st July 2021, 15:43
Red Bull uses Sore Loser! It’s not very effective…
Dave
31st July 2021, 15:54
If we had a football equivalent to RaceFans, I would’ve made Pokemon references on the France-Switzerland match. And it’s funnier for me. Just saying.
DeanR
1st August 2021, 8:14
Are you alright Dave? You seem to have a glitch.
Dave
2nd August 2021, 16:56
I will not disclose my current condition until you confirm that you always left-click. And also, my behavior is none of your business.
Dave
15th August 2021, 19:58
aRE YOU aLrighT DaVe? You SEEm To haVE A gLitCh.
What the hell are you on, punk who can’t see where Report button is posted? Shut the hell up punk. You can’t killshot me.
terro (@terro)
31st July 2021, 15:38
I don’t understand why all these “fans” say HAM did smth wrong. First of all he had BOT in front who was driving slow, allegedly. Although none of them breached the min delta time. Second of all VER couls have overtaken him, he had plenty of opportunities. It looks to me that people are blinded by their bias towards one or another and just comment rubbish here without looking at the facts. Get over yourself people, just try to enjoy thid fierce rivalry.
If anything RB should have sent their drivers first, they had plenty of time, and usually they do right in front of Merc drivers, so why not now? They dropped the ball this time. And even if this is payback from Merc, it is deserved after all the antics from RB this week. Just get over it and focus on championship instead of useless appeals and statements. If Merc did anything intentionally, which led to thia, well as long as they were in the rules then Kudos to them. They take advantage of any trick in the book and that is why, like it or not, they won both championships for so many years in a row.
ian dearing
31st July 2021, 15:46
I don’t think certain posters want to recognise where Bottas was.
S
31st July 2021, 15:55
I think some want to deflect that Mercedes were pulling the strings, but Hamilton was also being a bit of a jerk too.
David BR (@david-br)
31st July 2021, 16:37
Given Red Bull’s stream of insinuations and allegations the past two weeks, you really expected Hamilton to give their cars a free tow to beat his time? All legal so what have Red Bull to complain about? Sportsmanship? Seriously, after accusing LH of ‘dirty driving’? All they’ve done is focus Hamilton even more.
DeanR
31st July 2021, 16:46
Any advances on “jerk”?
So salty, so funny! 🤪
ian dearing
31st July 2021, 15:48
But well done Max for what he said in the press conference.
David BR (@david-br)
31st July 2021, 16:28
I missed it, what did he say?
ian dearing
31st July 2021, 17:57
In reply to a question he responded with ‘I suggest; with all deference, that you would do me the kindness of not referring to my previous outing in the United Kingdom.’
Now put that in Max’s words and beep out 90% of it.
David BR (@david-br)
31st July 2021, 18:47
Yes, I’ve seen it now, maybe closer to 95% :) He also condemned the booing.
DeanR
31st July 2021, 16:47
Yes. Credit where it’s due. Kudos Max.
Dave
15th August 2021, 20:02
I’m a Neverstappen fan, remember that!
David BR (@david-br)
31st July 2021, 16:31
Gasly Tsunoda
That is one seriously big gulf in performance. Shame Sainz messed up. And Ricciardo lost it again today.
I have an opinion
31st July 2021, 22:41
Disappointing qualifying from Ricciardo, but he is in the “silver lining” position of eleventh. Hopefully he can make a race of it on Sunday.
David BR (@david-br)
1st August 2021, 0:15
Hope so too, Lando Norris is having an astounding season but Danny Ricciardo is much better than he’s been showing.
Patrick (@anunaki)
31st July 2021, 19:02
The comment section is getting more annoying every race it seems.
Dave
15th August 2021, 20:01
This punk who can’t see where Reply and Report button are placed just can’t win over me at all. What a punk. Loser. Sucker. 4-2 to me. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.