Hungarian F1 GP: Hamilton's Mercedes Takes the Pole

Lewis Hamilton won his 90th time trial, improving the Hungaroring's lap record by more than a second, he can start the 35th Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position this Sunday.

At the Hungaroring, one of the slowest tracks on the Formula One race calendar, most experts expected Red Bull to advance, but instead, Mercedes' dominance continued, and even Red Bull, which was strong in slow corners, was even surpassed by Racing Point, which is based on Mercedes, index.hu reports.

At the beginning of Saturday's time trial of the 35th Hungarian Grand Prix, the teams were visibly uncertain about what weather they could expect, so at the beginning of the 18-minute first stage, cars lined up at the exit of the pit lane to drive a usable lap as soon as possible as the it started to rain.

Q3 was opened at an insane pace by defending Hungarian GP champion and six-time world champion Hamilton, immediately improving his track record, set a few minutes earlier, to 1: 13,613 . This speed was already too much for teammate Valtteri Bottas, the Finnish driver followed Hamilton only 3 decimal places – with Lance Stroll one second behind.