Lewis Hamilton is on provisional pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas.
| Row 1 | 1. Lewis Hamilton 1’35.658 Mercedes | |
| 2. Valtteri Bottas 1’35.918 Mercedes | ||
| Row 2 | 3. Kimi Raikkonen 1’36.186 Ferrari | |
| 4. Sebastian Vettel 1’36.210 Ferrari | ||
| Row 3 | 5. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’36.743 Renault | |
| 6. Pierre Gasly 1’37.591 Toro Rosso | ||
| Row 4 | 7. Max Verstappen 1’38.032 Red Bull | |
| 8. Brendon Hartley 1’38.128 Toro Rosso | ||
| Row 5 | 9. Kevin Magnussen 1’39.858 Haas | |
| 10. Romain Grosjean 1’40.593 Haas | ||
| Row 6 | 11. Fernando Alonso 1’35.214 McLaren | |
| 12. Daniel Ricciardo 1’36.442 Red Bull | ||
| Row 7 | 13. Nico Hulkenberg 1’36.506 Renault | |
| 14. Marcus Ericsson 1’37.075 Sauber | ||
| Row 8 | 15. Stoffel Vandoorne 1’18.782 McLaren | |
| 16. Charles Leclerc 1’18.817 Sauber | ||
| Row 9 | 17. Esteban Ocon 1’19.142 Force India | |
| 18. Sergio Perez 1’19.200 Force India | ||
| Row 10 | 19. Sergey Sirotkin 1’19.301 Williams | |
| 20. Lance Stroll* No time Williams |
*Pit lane start due to front wing specification change.
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Michael (@freelittlebirds)
28th July 2018, 15:08
Thanks to ESPN News! I missed qualifying since my package which includes several hundred channels doesn’t include it:-(
What is that channel anyway?
Mach1 (@mach1)
28th July 2018, 15:12
When Qualifying is better than an actual race……
Understeer (@abdelilah)
28th July 2018, 15:12
The wet conditions filters the excellent from the good and bad drivers, no N° 2 driver to make way for the lead driver, amazing pole by Lewis.
Gary
28th July 2018, 15:16
Do you have a PhD in oversimplification? Yes, great lap by Lewis.
koddamn (@gufdamm)
28th July 2018, 15:27
Was he lying? Lewis was able to dial in the pace much quicker than the other drivers. That proves a point. Not sure what happened with max, however.
Understeer (@abdelilah)
28th July 2018, 15:28
Your comment made my day :)
MG1982 (@mg1982)
28th July 2018, 15:39
So, BOT is the 2nd best driver in F1 at the moment?!? There’s no doubt he isn’t, therefore stands out you’re inflating HAM performances as a driver.
koddamn (@gufdamm)
28th July 2018, 15:53
Where was Vettel in Q3?
Carlos Medrano (@carlosmedrano)
28th July 2018, 15:58
Behind kimi
koddamn (@gufdamm)
28th July 2018, 16:07
So Vettel got beat by the no. 2 driver…
Sham (@sham)
28th July 2018, 15:15
What a qualifying. Really entertaining. Let’s hear the Vettel fans come up with reasons why he was beaten soundly in challenging conditions… Again.
Lewis really is the man when the going gets tough, but the top 3 along with Gasly and Sainz should be really happy.
f12007v (@f1fan-2000)
28th July 2018, 15:21
Yes Kimi destroyed Vettel in the wet
Kingshark (@kingshark)
28th July 2018, 15:29
@sham
Or maybe Mercedes is just better than Ferrari in these conditions?
Bottas comfortably outqualified both Ferrari cars, and he’s nothing special in the rain.
Michal (@michal2009b)
28th July 2018, 15:35
@kingshark
No one cares. But if Mercedes had the same gap in the dry then it’s because of a car.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
28th July 2018, 15:37
Actually, that’s what you guys keep telling about Ferrari every time they take PP.
koddamn (@gufdamm)
28th July 2018, 15:57
Because it is the car. Vettel proves yet again how much he needs a dominant car to do well in F1. Vettel withers in changing conditions. I’d go as fas as to say if Ferrari had a more quality driver like Alonso in that car. You’d see how dominant it really is.
Todfod (@todfod)
28th July 2018, 16:42
@kingshark
Not really. There was nothing to suggest Mercedes were quicker in the rain this qualifying session. In fact, in Q2 it definitely looked like Ferrari were more comfortable in the wet. Also, Kimi could have taken pole here today if he wasn’t impeded by one of the Haas drivers. Ferrari definitely had the pace to put it on pole.
I think the Mercedes drivers are better than the Ferrari drivers is a more believable explanation.
Kingshark (@kingshark)
28th July 2018, 16:58
@todfod
Bottas was slower than Massa (of all drivers) in the rain when they were teammates at Williams, so this is rather unlikely.
Based on what exactly? Vettel’s lap was done when the track was at its best because of an inters gamble.
Todfod (@todfod)
28th July 2018, 17:23
@kingshark
Well.. if we’re going by past records, then Kimi hasn’t been spectacular in wet conditions either. So it’s understandable why he finished behind Lewis and Bottas. Vettel finished behind Kimi, which further proves that he underperformed.
Just seems like you’re trying to twit facts to say that Mercedes was stronger. But when you look at the different sector times put in by both Kimi and Vettel in Q2 and Q3 of the qualifying session, it was obvious they had a clear shot at pole. They just got out performed. Simple as that.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
28th July 2018, 17:36
Your bias is ridiculous. So, in Q2 it wasn’t the driver (VET), but it was the car…..!!!!!! If it was HAM, more than sure it would have been the driver! Unlike you, I’ll reckon this time you’re right, but not because Ferrari was actually the better car, but because in Q2 the track got worse as the session evolved and VET made the best bet regarding the tyres when the session started and the track was faster. That’s why he finished +2sec ahead of 2nd position. It wasn’t the car, wasn’t his skills.
Todfod (@todfod)
29th July 2018, 7:27
@mg1982
What’s ridiculous is how Vettel fans like yourself believe that the only reason he wasnt on pole was because Ferrari wasn’t quick enough.
You still ignore the facts that he crashed in tricky conditions last weekend and qualified behind his teammate this weekend.
AMG44 (@amg44)
28th July 2018, 15:16
What a session. Really good job by both Mercedes drivers. Ordinary performance by Max. That was his chance to get on the front row.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
28th July 2018, 15:17
Yuck, it’s pouring down with luck for HAM and Mercedes! RAI in front of VET might prove to be more bad news for Ferrari, HAM/Mercedes having big chances to run away with the victory, BOT playing again the role of roadblock having a big role here.
HUHHII (@huhhii)
28th July 2018, 15:17
So apparently Kimi was blocked by one of Haas in his final flying lap and that potentially cost him the pole. Would be interesting to see onboard from Kimi’s last lap.
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
28th July 2018, 15:56
@huhhii which one was it? was it Kevin? He would never, ever do something like that!!!
Todfod (@todfod)
28th July 2018, 15:22
What a stellar qualifying session! Great effort from Kimi and Bottas but Lewis just showed everyone why he’s still F1’s top dog. A little disappointed with Max’s performance, I expected him to be in the hunt for the top 3 today.
Vettel underperformed again, but I’m sure he’ll get a 100% support from his team and teammate in the race tomorrow to make up for his lack lustre performance.
anon
28th July 2018, 15:34
@todfod, Red Bull as a whole had a terrible session – the strange tyre calls for Ricciardo that saw him only just get out of the Q1, before then making a similar error in Q2, was entirely self inflicted and completely removed Ricciardo from the equation (I still can’t work out why they were so keen to put him on the softs in Q1).
In fact, their comparatively poor performance was probably the biggest surprise given that they’d been hoping for rain in the belief that it would bring them closer to the front – if anything, at times it seemed to increase the performance deficit they had to the front runners, though it has to be said that the mistakes Verstappen made (reported as going off at least twice in the final part of qualifying) exacerbated that.
I can understand why Vettel would want to be a little cautious in those circumstances though – another crash after what happened in Germany would have been a real blow for him and for the team, so I can see why he’d want to sacrifice a little time today and bank 4th rather than risk a spin into a barrier and having to start much further back if he damaged something like his gearbox, for example.
Todfod (@todfod)
28th July 2018, 15:43
Agree about Red Bull’s calls. Sending Ricciardo out on the softs seemed like such a bad idea, followed by sending him too late out in Q2 again. Although, Verstappen qualifying behind the Toro Rosso was his own doing.
Regarding Vettel, he just doesn’t seem as impressive in changing or wet conditions as some of the top drivers on the grid. Maybe his German Gp’s blunder was on his mind, but you’d expect a 4 time WDC to rise to the occasion instead of being over cautious and slow.
Joao (@johnmilk)
28th July 2018, 16:18
Vettel is very inconsistent in this sort of weather, it either clicks and he performs amazingly or it doesn’t and he just looks ordinary. This season for some reason it hasn’t clicked in any of the two occasionsso far
MG1982 (@mg1982)
28th July 2018, 15:35
How the heck do you have all this info: VET underperformed, HAM top dog, great effort by RAI and SAI?! You’re blatantly making up things. 0,25sec in front of BOT in wet conditions means HAM is no top dog at all. Would agree if it was 1,25sec. Mercedes had the upper hand by sending their drivers on-track so that they cross the finish line in the dying seconds of the session. And Brundle said it from the start, the driver who’ll cross the finish line last will have the biggest chances to take the PP. And obviously Mercedes favoured HAM again by sending out BOT first.
Todfod (@todfod)
28th July 2018, 15:37
@mg1982
I don’t know if you’re being serious or sarcastic. Maybe you should mention it at the end of the comment.
Dean
28th July 2018, 15:44
Hehehe…what a comment! Co.eh the hour, cometh the man. That was a stonking lap from lewis. Nobody can match lewis when the stuff falls…nobody. Still, loving you salty comment 😀
Dean
28th July 2018, 16:07
Apologies, Comment was a bit all over the place. COMETH, When the WET stuff falls and loving YOUR salty comment. Damn phone.
Mark Saunders (@mcs1)
28th July 2018, 15:44
You sound like a biased Crashtell fan.
koddamn (@gufdamm)
28th July 2018, 16:02
Vettel underperformed, FACT. Kimi beat him. Vettel is really ordinary. almost reminds me of Rosberg in the wet, no talent shown. It might not seem that way, but I sympathize with you being a Vettel fan.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
28th July 2018, 16:22
Must be shocking to some people, actually I’m not much of a VET fan, but more like a Ferrari fan. I like RAI more, but he lost it so much that I gave up on him completely. I give it to you that HAM seems to be the better driver overall, most likely the best in F1 since he arrived. VET pretty much cemented his position as 2nd or 3rd best with all these mistakes he did in the last 2 years.
Todfod (@todfod)
28th July 2018, 16:36
Must be difficult as a Ferrari fan to see them finally build a championship winning car and not have a driver good enough to win it for them.
Kingshark (@kingshark)
28th July 2018, 17:00
@todfod
Must be even more difficult being an Alonso fan and watch him trundle around in the midfield.
Vettel will come good in the second half of the season just like he did in 2012 after an inconsistent start. You can quote me on this.
Todfod (@todfod)
28th July 2018, 17:09
@kingshark
Not really. F1 is all about opportunity. He doesn’t have the opportunity to win, so I don’t expect him to.
However, if Alonso was in the current Ferrari challenger and performed as poorly as Sebastian… then that would hurt.
The only way he will win the championship is if Ferrari dominates Mercedes, like Red bull did from 2010 to 2013, or else he’ll fall short. You can quote me on this.
Kingshark (@kingshark)
28th July 2018, 17:20
@todfod
Red Bull was dominant in 2012? That is some serious revisionism.
Mercedes from 2014-2016 had a bigger advantage than Red Bull ever did. Despite that, Hamilton hasn’t come close to touching some of Vettel’s records, including:
– most poles in a season
– most wins in a season
– most consecutive wins
Todfod (@todfod)
28th July 2018, 17:31
@kingshark
In 2012, Red Bull was the best car. McLaren was quicker on many an occasion but they didn’t make it to the end of the race. The red bull was as good in 2012 as the Mercedes was in 2017 (not by a large margin, but the better car nonetheless).
I don’t see the point of quoting Vettel’s records of most poles, most wins, etc. Hamilton had a tougher teammate and he was racing him without favouritism from the team. The true test comes when you’re racing against a top driver in a team of equal calibre, and that’s where Vettel falls short. It’s great to break records when the going is easy, but let’s see how he stacks up when the going get’s tough. So far, he’s falling short.
Kingshark (@kingshark)
28th July 2018, 18:56
@todfod
I don’t see any evidence that Rosberg was any better than Webber.
koddamn (@gufdamm)
28th July 2018, 20:55
@kingshark
But you do see evidence that he enjoyed more team support than Hamilton?
Todfod (@todfod)
29th July 2018, 7:30
@kingshark
Of course you wouldn’t.
Mark Saunders (@mcs1)
28th July 2018, 15:22
Great qualifying session … Lewis outstanding , Vettel very poor again, Sainz and Gasly great driving.
Picklehead
28th July 2018, 15:23
Merc 1-2 can only mean one thing….Ferrari win. Lol.
Transmix
28th July 2018, 15:41
Come’n Vettel, make me happy tomorrow like you did last Sunday!
Patrick (@anunaki)
28th July 2018, 15:45
Max complaining on Dutch tv his car didn’t have any grip in the rain.
He also referred to restarts with cold tyres that seem to have the same issue this season.
digitalrurouni
28th July 2018, 16:04
Well then my predictions totally got blasted away though I was thinking more along the lines of if the track was dry in my defense. I had predicted Hamilton 4th or 5th but wow!! Well done! I am eating humble pie!
Jorge Lardone (@jorge-lardone)
28th July 2018, 17:36
Two Toro Rosso in the first 8 cars!!!That is a surprise!!!
otto
28th July 2018, 17:58
Looks to me like Mercedes have a better handling car in the wet because Bottas is nothing special .Same for German Gp.
krxx
28th July 2018, 19:52
+AMG