Hungarian Grand Prix 2021
Pole position for Lewis Hamilton! The Briton is ahead of his teammate Bottas and Max Verstappen in 3rd!
There will only be Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas on medium tires at the start.
Those eliminated from Q2: Ricciardo, Stroll, Raïkkönen, Giovinazzi and Sainz. Note that Max Verstappen achieved his best time on soft tires.
? RED FLAG?
Sainz goes into the barriers heading into the final turn #HungarianGP ?? #F1 pic.twitter.com/h5Jt37xdvB
- Formula 1 (@ F1) July 31, 2021
Accident for Carlos Sainz in the last corner! Red flag in this Q2. The qualifying session is over for the Spanish driver.
Third time for Alonso who takes a good option in Q3. This is less the case for Esteban Ocon who is only 8th, half a second behind his teammate.
Lewis Hamilton sets the best time in medium ahead of Verstappen. Vettel on soft tires is in third position.
Here we go for Q2! 15 minutes to qualify in the top 10 and thus participate in Q3.
The Mercedes and Red Bulls are on medium tires.
It's over for Q1. Yuki Tsunoda is eliminated with the 16th time. Just like George Russell (17th) who was eliminated for the first time in Q1 this season. Latifi (18th), Mazepin (19th) and Schumacher (20th) are also out from Q1.
All the drivers return to the track for a final stint. There are less than 3 minutes left in this Q1.
While there are only 6 minutes left in Q1, the eliminated ones are for the moment: Tsunoda (16th), Russell (17th), Latifi (18th), Mazepin (19th) and Schumacher (20th) who has not yet performed the slightest time.
Sergio Perez finds himself 1 second behind his teammate.
Best time for Max Verstappen: 1.16.214. There are 9 minutes left of Q1.
1.16.610 for Bottas, Hamilton in 1.16.424. But Max Verstappen lights up purple!
The Mercedes are on the track! Bottas starts his time lap.
Best time of Kimi Raïkkönen ahead of Antonio Giovinazzi. The two Alfa Romeos are ahead of Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri).
Here we go for Q1! The drivers have 18 minutes to set a time. It was Yuki Tsunoda, who had an accident yesterday, who took to the track first.
It’s hot on the Hungaroring this afternoon:
As a reminder, Max Verstappen set the best time in FP1. Valtteri Bottas, the best time in FP2 and Lewis Hamilton, the best time in FP3. The duel is launched between the two teams.
Hello everyone and welcome to this live text of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix! The start of Q1 is scheduled for 15:00 p.m. Who, Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen, will take pole position?