Lewis Hamilton (Photo credit: Dwonderwall)
Budapest – British driver Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position for the fourth time this season after edging Sebastian Vettel in qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday.
The Mercedes driver sounded stunned when his team announced over the race radio that he had beaten three-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel right at the end of the session.
“I’m really surprised,” said Hamilton, who is looking for his first race win of the season. “We’ve got a steep hill to climb tomorrow with these tires and these conditions.”
Hamilton clocked 1 minute, 19.388 seconds, just ahead of Vettel’s best lap of 1:19.426.
“There wasn’t much missing. Lewis did a really good job,” said Vettel, who has never won in Hungary.
“It’s stupid to sit here and say ‘We should have done this and we should have done that.’ I could be on pole, but still I think it puts us in a great place for tomorrow.” – ndtv
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