adminFORMULA One Drivers Championship leader Nico Rosberg took pole position for the today’s 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday while Mercedes team mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton was set to start last after his car caught fire.
Hamilton, 14 points behind Rosberg after 10 races, has won in Hungary for the past two years and four times in total and had been the favourite for pole but those hopes went up in smoke with the session barely started.
Red Bull’’s quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel qualified second, equaling his best grid placing of the season, in an all-German front row.
Valtteri Bottas starts third in a Williams with Australian Daniel Ricciardo fourth for Red Bull.
2014 Hungarian Grand Prix:
Qualifying results
1 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1min22.715
2 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull 1min23.201
3 Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams 1min23.354
4 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Red Bull 1min23.391
5 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1min23.909
6 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams 1min24.223
7 Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1min24.294
8 Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso 1min24.720
9 Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India 1min24.775
10 Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren
11 Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso 1min24.706
12 Adrian Sutil (Germany) Sauber 1min25.136
13 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India 1min25.211
14 Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber 1min25.260
15 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1min25.337
16 Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia 1min27.419
17 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1min26.792
18 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Caterham 1min27.139
19 Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia 1min27.819
20 Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Caterham 1min28.643
21 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes
22 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus
1-10: third and final qualifying session
11-16: second qualifying session
17-22: first qualifying session
— Reuters
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