Chequered flag is out.
This has got to count for Russell, was seventeenth,
crosses the line, stays seventeenth. The first time this season,
George Russell is knocked out in Qualifying 1. Sebastian Vettel moves up
into the top eight, he surely puts himself safely through into Q2. What about Daniel Ricciardo?
He's on the cusp at the moment. Stays thirteenth. And that's a worrying lap time,
really, for Daniel Ricciardo. Kimi Raikkonen then next in the Alfa Romeo. The last four races - knocked out in Q1. Kimi Raikkonen,
can he go ahead? Well, thirteenth. But he pushes Daniel Ricciardo
closer to the drop zone. Antonio Giovinazzi next
to cross the line, he stays fifteenth. That will be good news for the Australian. Mick Schumacher definitely
out of qualifying. Nikita Mazepin will join him. Nicholas Latifi will join him too. George Russell and Yuki Tsunoda
completing the five that make their exit out of qualifying. It was nervy moments for Daniel Ricciardo,
but he seems to be safely through. Leclerc goes second fastest.
Oh! And that is Carlos Sainz at the final corner into the barrier,
and you can hear the reaction from the crowd. He still managed to keep the engine going,
but they have red flagged the session. - So that was a combination of
the tyres and the rear just being raging hot, and the wind from the back.
And he just took a bit too much speed in. And these are the dynamics
nowadays on these cars. They're so sensitive. Once you get a big step out,
you lose a lot of downforce. and then it just gets worse and worse,
and you just can't control the car. - Lance Stroll is on pace
to get into the top 10, and does. He goes eighth fastest overall,
as Ricciardo is now outside of the top 10. He goes back into the top 10. It's now Sebastian Vettel under threat, and also Sergio Perez.
Lando Norris goes second fastest. Perez is now twelfth. Vettel is eleventh.
Perez crosses the line - goes fourth fastest. And on the soft compound tyre.
That's what he'll start the race on. And that could be crucial
for strategy for Red Bull tomorrow. Sebastian Vettel next
to cross the line - goes tenth fastest, pushes Daniel Ricciardo and Vettel's team mate,
Lance Stroll, out of the top 10. Kimi Raikkonen can't improve. Antonio Giovinazzi will be
the last driver to cross the line, and he is fourteenth and slowest
of the times we've had in this Q2 session. Ricciardo couldn't make it,
Stroll couldn't make it. Perez did, but he had to do it on the soft tyre. - Lewis is quicker in the first sector. - As is Valtteri Bottas as well.
There's less than a tenth of a second in it. But the Mercedes have a bit of
an advantage through the first part of the lap. - And usually that's the Verstappen sector. So, at the moment,
I would say advantage to Mercedes. Let's see how Verstappen
finishes the lap now. - Well, he's done a 27.0
for the second sector on this lap. Bottas has just put in a 26.8,
he's about two tenths up on Max Verstappen. Hamilton a 26.7, he's about three tenths up. Verstappen crosses the line -
goes fastest with a 1:15.9. But the two Mercedes cars
look to have the pace to put that time in a bit of trouble. Leclerc is now third fastest,
as Bottas goes onto provisional pole. It's Bottas, Verstappen, Leclerc,
Ocon and Gasly. Alonso, Norris... Hamilton on provisional pole then,
here in Budapest. He is three tenths of a second
ahead of his team mate. He's nearly half a second,
or over half a second clear of Max Verstappen. Sergio Perez fourth fastest. Where's this Mercedes pace come from? So Verstappen has now found himself
at the back of a queue here, Nico, and you could just tell there that
he was looking to try and get past a few drivers. Here go the games. Max Verstappen, at what stage
does he try and get past Lewis Hamilton here? - Lewis is not going
to let him past. There is no way. - He's going to have to get a little bit of
a move on here, Lewis Hamilton... Is that a lock up? - That was a strange one. Yeah. So, behind him are Verstappen and Perez. That clock is now ticking
down to five seconds. Are they going to make it, both make it,
to the line before the chequered flag comes out? We'll let you know in a couple of moments. Verstappen is well on his way,
as is Hamilton as well. I think they might just
have both made it to the chequered flag. And there really would have been
simmering tensions boiling over had they not made it to the chequered flag. But away then goes Hamilton. Has Perez missed it? I think I'm being told. Sergio Perez has missed the chequered flag. So he can't do any better than fourth. Verstappen has taken it,
but Perez has missed it. He didn't get to the flag in time,
this lap won't count. But neither Hamilton
nor Verstappen are improving on this lap. - Yeah, it's looking really good
for Lewis for pole position here. Also, Bottas is not not able
to go a lot faster at the moment. - So, Valtteri Bottas not improving. By about half a second down
through the first two sectors. Hamilton is a long way down. Verstappen is now set
a personal best through the middle sector. Is that going to be enough? I wonder. The track doesn't seem to be yielding
faster times in this final part of qualifying. That's got to be good news
for the man on provisional pole. Max Verstappen rounds the final corner... Lewis Hamilton takes the line.
He is on pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Verstappen can do nothing
to stop him on this Saturday afternoon. It's a Mercedes
front-row lockout - Hamilton and Bottas. It is Red Bull starting on
the soft tyres in the race - third and fourth. Sergio Perez didn't make it
to the line in time, and there was little he could do,
because had he got much closer to his team mate, he'd have been compromised
throughout the whole lap. But that must be a horrible sight
for a driver, coming around the final corner, knowing that the red lights are on
and your lap's not going to count. - But let's talk about Lewis' first lap in Q3. I mean, it was beautiful.
That lap time was just awesome. So he'd already had it
in the pocket there on that first lap. Phenomenal once again on this track. That's his favourite,
one of his favourite tracks. Such a good job.
Tomorrow is gonna be "get in there Lewis". Bot just needs to block.
I really disliked the TV direction today for the final part of Q3.
TV director tried to push the narrative that Lewis was slowing down on purpose even though we all saw later on the driver tracker and Max's onboard of the pit lane that everything Lewis did was normal.
I'm slowly getting that feeling that this championship is starting to slip thru Red Bull's fingers. Just like Ferrari did in 2017 and 2018.
Things will see tomorrow
Sainz fightback
N4rris
G6sly
That's it I quess
Expected much better qualifying from McLaren and Ferrari.
Hoping for a good race
Let's go, Pierre!