Lewis Hamilton’s first pole place because the finish of the 2021 season has ended Max Verstappen’s five-race pole streak and has given Mercedes some hope in their first victory of 2023 within the Hungarian Grand Prix
Hamilton took an implausible 9th pole place on the Hungaroring, pipping Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen by way of simply 0.003sec, with Lando Norris proceeding his wonderful shape with a top-three get started for the second one race in a row.
Verstappen has gained the former 5 rounds of the yr, taking his general to the yr for 8 from 10 rounds and will probably be favorite for Sunday’s Grand Prix. Alternatively, overtaking is tricky on the tight and twisty monitor and Hamilton and the entire Mercedes workforce have been buoyed after their best day of 2023 thus far.
When is it?
The 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix takes position from Friday July 21 till Sunday July 23 on the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, simply outdoor of Budapest.
What time do the periods get started?
All occasions British Summer season Time
Friday, July 21
Apply 1: 12.30pm
Apply 2: 4pm
Saturday, July 22
Apply 3: 11.30am
Qualifying: 3pm
Sunday, July 23
Race: 2pm
What have been the days after qualifying?
- Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 16.609secs
- Max Verstappen (Ned) Crimson Bull 1:16.612
- Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:16.694
- Oscar Piastri (Aus) McLaren 1:16.905
- Guanyu Zhou (Chn) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:16.971
- Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:16.992
- Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:17.034
- Fernando Alonso (Spa) Aston Martin 1:17.035
- Sergio Perez (Mex) Crimson Bull 1:17.045
- Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Haas F1 Staff 1:17.186
- Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spa) Ferrari 1:17.703
- Esteban Ocon (Fra) Alpine 1:17.841
- Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Scuderia AlphaTauri 1:18.002
- Lance Walk (Can) Aston Martin 1:18.144
- Pierre Gasly (Fra) Alpine 1:18.217
- Alexander Albon (Tha) Williams 1:18.917
- Yuki Tsunoda (Jpn) Scuderia AlphaTauri 1:18.919
- George Russell (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:19.027
- Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 Staff 1:19.206
- Logan Sargeant (USA) Williams 1:19.248
What TV channel is it on?
Sky Sports activities F1 have near-exclusive are living protection rights in the United Kingdom this yr and certainly for the following couple of with their standard superb workforce.
Sky’s qualifying protection on Saturday starts at 2.15pm BST with their race program beginning at 1.30pm on Sunday.
Channel 4 additionally has prolonged highlights for this spherical in addition to the remainder ones.
Their qualifying program begins at 6.45pm with their race protection at 6.30pm on Sunday.
What’s the climate forecast?
After a showery Friday, Saturday was once a transparent and wonderful day for qualifying.
Sunday additionally appears to be like transparent with not up to a 5 in keeping with cent probability of rain all over the day or even much less cloud duvet.
What do we all know in regards to the Hungaroring?
- Circuit period: 4.381km
- First grand prix: 1986
- Laps: 70
- Race distance: 306.63km
- Race lap file: 1:16.627 (Lewis Hamilton, 2020)
- 2022 winner: Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull
- Selection of corners: 14
- Overtaking probabilities: Lovely narrow, to be truthful. It’s (possibly unfairly) referred to as Monaco with out the partitions. Nonetheless, it’s not slightly as dangerous because it was and going into flip one with the help of DRS is the most efficient position.
