George Russell

Russell described his flying lap as “mega” as the Mercedes driver came from nowhere to beat the Ferraris to pole position.

And Latifi made an error on the last corner his lap that caused the time to be deleted. Latifi is the only driver yet to pick up a point in F1 this season. Albon apologised over the team radio for what appeared to be a mistake on his flying lap. Thankfully for the defending champion he had already set a lap time good enough to get into the final qualifying session. Red Bull tried to give him a boost from back at base, but he was effectively stranded on the track. “That is a solid result, we were always off the pace on a single lap and now we are on pole so let’s see what we can do tomorrow. Perez, who struggled in Friday’s dry conditions, set a fairly middling flying lap that was initially chalked off by the stewards for exceeding track limits. “They drove it really well then gained confidence from run to run and this was the result. Cue more frustration for Mercedes, as they were afforded minimal time to figure out what went wrong the day before. Today I felt like I had the pace for pole position, but it went away from us in the final sector with a few snaps through the lap. I came across the line and looked at the screen and saw we came P1 and it was an incredible feeling.” Red Bull, meanwhile, endured a nightmare Saturday as power issues forced Max Verstappen to limp out of Q3 no higher than 10th.

Mercedes' George Russell took a shock pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix, the 13th round of the 2022 F1 world dhampionship.

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“Budapest is a circuit I have always loved. Russell will have the Ferrari duo of Sainz and Charles Leclerc, who starts third, snapping at his heels. “There are no points for qualifying but getting this result for all of us is pretty huge. I went round Turn 1, and I was a tenth and a half up. I want to be world champion because a feeling like this is something you can’t really dream of.” Today is another milestone of the many he is going to achieve.”

MERCEDES continue to struggle for pace at the Hungarian Grand Prix in treacherous conditions.

Last night, Russell claimed Mercedes weekend was still salvageable as he revealed the team had sacrificed lap time in practice. Nicholas Latifi eventually topped the session after fitting a set of the intermediate tyres right at the end as the track dried. Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel was the only major victim to the rain after he spun out with minutes remaining of the session.

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I came across the line and looked at the screen and saw we came P1 and it was an incredible feeling." "I was feeling great in the car, and the front row was definitely there so it would have been awesome to have got that front row for the team. "I mean, yesterday was arguably our worst Friday of the season and we worked so hard and we didn't know what direction to go in.

Russell starts the Hungarian Grand Prix in pole position but is wary of Ferrari's strategy as Leclerc seeks maximum points.

“That is a solid result, we were always off the pace on a single lap and now we are on pole so let’s see what we can do tomorrow. “They drove it really well then gained confidence from run to run and this was the result. “I tried to open the DRS and it wouldn’t open so that was a bit unfortunate,” said the seven-time world champion. “Congratulations to George, he did an amazing job and that is a great result for the team. “It might be a one-stop, it could be a three-stop. Tomorrow it’s going to be 22c and the track 30c, so it’s a completely different ball game.

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"Congratulations to George, he did an amazing job and that is a great result for the team. We can win this." "We have just got to be fast. It would have been awesome to get a front row for the team but these things happen. "Yesterday was probably our toughest Friday of the whole season and we were all here until 11pm last night scratching our heads. I don't think I'll ever have qualifyings that will ever come close to these two feelings."