The countdown continues for the Hungarian GP, the last race to be held before the summer break in Formula 1. The pilot, who will start the race first from his pocket, was a real last-second surprise.
The qualifying rounds for the Hungarian GP, the last GP to be held before the season break in Formula 1, have been completed. The qualifying laps are different from what we’re used to this season, and it’s a surprise. pole position The winner has emerged.
In fact, in the third practice session in the morning, Williams, who is not known for his steering control. by Nicholas Latifi The fact that he was the fastest pilot and the rain that fell in that session seemed to herald that we would see an interesting qualifying lap. There was no rain in the qualifying rounds, but there were a lot of interesting things.
A Mercedes in the first pocket
First session of qualifying rounds relatively normal while passing, none of the favorites had a problem at this stage. 4-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, who opened an Instagram account recently and announced that he would bid farewell to the tracks at the end of the season, was eliminated in the first session. Other names eliminated in this session were Tsunoda, Albon, Gasly and Latifi.
The surprise of the second session is the Red Bull team. Sergio Perez‘s remained in the 11th place and was eliminated. He was followed by Zhou, Magnussen, Stroll and Mick Schumacher. Perez complained of wasting time as he fell behind Magnussen on the time lap.
In the last session of the qualifying rounds, surprises chased each other. Championship leader and defending champion with power issues Max Verstappen, was able to take the 10th place as the last of the session. Standing out with its high performance in slow bends Ferrari on the other hand, he had no problems and came to the last moments of the session with both pilots starting on the first line. In the last seconds of the session, the young driver of Mercedes George Russell He achieved the first pole position victory of his career.
Starting tomorrow’s race, the grid line-up will be as follows, unless there is a penalty or an engine change:
- Russell
- Sainz Jr.
- Leclerc
- Norris
- ocon
- alonso
- Hamilton
- Bottas
- Ricciardo
- Verstappen
- Perez
- zhou
- Magnussen
- Stroll
- Mick Schumacher
- Tsunoda
- albon
- Vettel
- Gasly
- Latifi
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Source :
https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2022/races/1117/hungary/qualifying.html