Lewis Hamilton claims his fifth consecutive Pole Position of the season in Hungary

In qualifying for the Hungarian GP this afternoon, Lewis Hamilton claimed his fifth Pole Position of the season ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel.

During Q1, we saw Nico Rosberg not being happy with his set up, asked his team to see if there is anything wrong with the car and the team responded that they were looking into the situation.

In the second half of Q2, we saw Fernando Alonso stopping on track just at the entrance of the pit lane with engine problems on his McLaren-Honda. This then brought out the red flags while the marshals recovered the McLaren-Honda safely off the track.

But it was Lewis Hamilton who took his fifth Pole Position of the season with a lap time of 1.22.020 ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg in second place who was 0.575 seconds behind him but was ahead of Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel in third place who was 0.719 seconds behind the Mercedes of Hamilton.

Daniel Ricciardo qualified in fourth place ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in fifth place Valtteri Bottas in sixth place and Daniil Kvyat in seventh place. Felipe Massa qualified in eighth place and was ahead of Max Verstappen in ninth place and Romain Grosjean who rounded off the top ten finishers of the session.

Nico Hulkenberg will qualify in eleventh place for the Hungarian GP ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr in twelfth place, Sergio Perez in thirteenth place, Pastor Maldonado in fourteenth place and Fernando Alonso in fifteenth place who did not set a time in Q2 due to his engine problems.

As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Jenson Button qualifed in sixteenth place but he was ahead of Marcus Ericsson in seventeenth place and was ahead of his team mate Felipe Nasr in eighteenth place and ahead of the two Manor F1 drivers of Roberto Merhi and Will Stevens.

The classification of Qualifying for the Hungarian GP is as follows:-

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1.22.020
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 0.575s
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 0.719s
4. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 0.754s
5. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1.000s
6. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 1.202s
7. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull Renault, 1.312s
8. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 1.517s
9. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1.659s
10. Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes, 2.161s
11. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.23.826
12. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 1.23.869
13. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 1.24.461
14. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, 1.24.609
15. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, No Time
16. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 1.24.739
17. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.24.843
18. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.24.997
19. Roberto Merhi, Manor, 1.27.416
20. Will Stevens, Manor, 1.27.949

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa