Lando Norris beats Lewis Hamilton to Hungarian Grand Prix pole

McLaren’s Lando Norris will take pole position for Sunday’s Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix after beating Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton by 0.012 seconds.

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Norris has continued with his form from final practice earlier on Saturday, with the Briton converting his performance in FP3 into pole position in qualifying, beating Hamilton by 0.012 seconds.

The defending world champion had dominated qualifying, setting the fastest lap times across all three individual sessions, with Hamilton and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc rounding out the top three at the Hungaroring.

Going into qualifying, Ferrari decided to be the only team in Q1 to utilise their fastest runs on the medium compounds, whilst everyone else used the softs. The yellow-ringed tyres were enough for the two Scuderia to progress into Q2.

From there, it looked to be a fight for the fastest lap against the two Ferraris and Norris. In Q2, Hamilton was able to progress into the final third using only one set of soft tyres, whilst Leclerc had to use two sets.

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Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli had a touch-and-go moment, needing to deliver on his final lap of Q2 after his banker lap was deleted for track limits at turn seven. Thankfully, the championship leader was able to progress, having secured eighth place overall.

Drama wrapped up qualifying as everyone else was setting out their final runs, with Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen spinning out at the final corner. This impacted the final run of George Russell, who aborted his final lap, finishing seventh overall. However, the Mercedes driver soon retired at the end of qualifying, stopping out on track at turn one.

However, Antonelli found himself in hot water with the stewards, qualifying fourth, as he was noted for a yellow-flag infringement. But he was not the only one, with Hamilton getting his own investigation for impeding McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.

Lando Norris pips Lewis Hamilton in final Hungarian Grand Prix practice

Qualifying results

1. Lando Norris, McLaren
2. Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
3. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
4. Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
5. Oscar Piastri, McLaren
6. Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
7. George Russell, Mercedes
8. Isack Hadjar, Red Bull Racing
9. Arvid Lindblad, Racing Bulls
10. Nico Hulkenberg, Audi
11. Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls
12. Pierre Gasly, Alpine
13. Franco Colapinto, Alpine
14. Gabriel Bortoleto, Audi
15. Esteban Ocon, Haas
16. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
17. Oliver Bearman, Haas
18. Carlos Sainz, Williams
19. Alexander Albon, Williams
20. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
21. Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac
22. Sergio Perez, Cadillac

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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.