- McLaren driver beat teammate, Oscar Piastri, into second
- Session interrupted by stoppages after two crashes
Lando Norris took pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with a breathtaking lap for McLaren in Budapest. He beat his teammate, Oscar Piastri, into second place to lock out the front row, with the Red Bull of Max Verstappen in third. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fourth and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in fifth, while his teammate, George Russell, had a shock elimination in Q1.
After a session interrupted by two stoppages after crashes, Norris held his nerve in what had been changeable, tricky conditions after early rain, to nail what was one of the best single laps he has put together to dominate the grid at the Hungaroring, with Piastri finishing just 0.044sec in arrears.