Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix as he beat team-mate Nico Rosberg by over half a second in qualifying at the Hungaroring.
Having been fastest in all three practice sessions, Hamilton continued his perfect weekend with a best time of 1:22.020 to comfortably beat Rosberg, who had appeared a threat at the start of the final attempts. However, Hamilton had plenty in reserve to deliver an impressive lap which gave him his ninth pole position of the season.
Rosberg came under threat from Sebastian Vettel on the final run, with Vettel ending up third but just 0.144s slower than his fellow German. Daniel Ricciardo was even closer to Vettel, qualifying 0.035s adrift of his former team-mate in fourth place.
Kimi Raikkonen will start from fifth place have set a time exactly one second slower than Hamilton, with Valtteri Bottas - tipped to replace Raikkonen at Ferrari - alongside him in sixth. Daniil Kvyat, Felipe Massa, Max Verstappen and Romain Grosjean complete the top ten, with reliability issues for McLaren preventing Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button from attempting to reach Q3.
Q2 was interrupted by a red flag as Alonso stopped at the pit entry. The Spaniard then started pushing his car in to the pit lane on his own, before marshals helped him get it back to the garage. Sadly for Alonso, the issue was terminal for his session and he was eliminated.
With Alonso already out, the remaining four slots were filled by Nico Hulkenberg, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez and Pastor Maldonado. Force India's problems on Friday put the team on the back foot, but Maldonado will be disappointed to be 0.8s down on team-mate Grosjean's time which took him through.
Jenson Button was unfortunate to drop out in Q1 as he missed out by just 0.1s on his final lap having been running strongly early in the session. As everyone improved on their final laps, Button failed to get deployment of the ERS on the pit straight and the team confirmed it had cost him a spot in Q2.
Button joined the two Sauber drivers in the bottom five, with Marcus Ericsson outqualifying Felipe Nasr by just over 0.1s, while Roberto Merhi beat team-mate Will Stevens by half a second as the two Manors will start from the back row.
AS IT HAPPENED: Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying
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| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:22.890 | 1:22.285 | 1:22.020 |
| 02 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.979 | 1:22.775 | 1:22.595 |
| 03 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:23.312 | 1:23.168 | 1:22.739 |
| 04 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:24.408 | 1:23.230 | 1:22.774 |
| 05 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:23.596 | 1:23.460 | 1:23.020 |
| 06 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:23.649 | 1:23.555 | 1:23.222 |
| 07 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:23.587 | 1:23.597 | 1:23.332 |
| 08 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:23.895 | 1:23.598 | 1:23.537 |
| 09 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:24.032 | 1:23.781 | 1:23.679 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:24.242 | 1:23.805 | 1:24.181 |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:24.115 | 1:23.826 | |
| 12 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:24.623 | 1:23.869 | |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:24.444 | 1:24.461 | |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:23.895 | 1:24.609 | |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:24.563 | ||
| 16 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:24.739 | ||
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:24.843 | ||
| 18 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:24.997 | ||
| 19 | Roberto Merhi | Manor | 1:27.416 | ||
| 20 | Will Stevens | Manor | 1:27.949 |
