Hungarian Grand Prix: George Russell takes shock first career pole
Russell's first career pole came in the most spectacular style, as the 24-year-old beat Sainz by 0.044secs. Leclerc was 0.146secs slower than his team-mate in third.Mercedes had been way off the pace on Friday, and were also struggling in Saturday's wet final practice session.But Russell gave a glimpse of what might be possible with second fastest time in the first qualifying session, and he was also second fastest after the first runs in the final session, albeit 0.
Mercedes have made strides in taming it as the season has progressed, but they came to Hungary with no concept that they might be in a battle for pole. Leclerc said: "Today has not been a great day, I have been struggling massively with the tyres, just struggling to get the tyres in the right window. The pace is there, we just have to understand what went on with the tyres and we can come back tomorrow."
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