Hungarian GP Qualifying: Lando Norris takes pole as McLaren secure one-two ahead of Max Verstappen in thrilling sessionLando Norris took pole position as Oscar Piastri sealed a front-row lockout for McLaren; Max Verstappen third for Red Bull in chaotic session; red flags flown after crashes by Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda; 

Lando Norris claimed pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix as McLaren sealed a front-row lockout in a chaotic session.Norris kept his focus – as rain before and during qualifying created a dramatic spectacle at the Hungaroring – to narrowly beat his team-mate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole.The Brit had set the fastest time before Yuki Tsunoda’s crash brought out the second of two red flags with two minutes and 13 seconds remaining in Q3, after which more rain fell to ensure the leaders were unable to improve on used tyres.Moments before Tsunoda’s crash, as the drivers did what were meant to be their second and final flying laps of Q3, Piastri had gone just 0.022s slower than Norris, with Verstappen only a further couple of hundredths back in third. Norris was unable to finish his second effort due to the incident.Carlos Sainz was fourth and Charles Leclerc sixth, with Lewis Hamilton splitting the Ferraris in fifth after his Mercedes team-mate George Russell made a shock Q1 exit as a result of the team failing to provide him with enough fuel.McLaren are also well placed to close a seven-point deficit to second-placed Ferrari in the constructors’ standings, and to decrease a 78-point gap to leaders Red Bull.Sergio Perez crashed out of qualifying in Q1 after the Red Bull driver slammed straight into the barriersNorris said: “[I’m] very, very happy. Not an easy qualifying, different conditions like that, but always ending up on top is the best part of it all. Especially for the team, a one-two is even better, so congrats to the team.”We have already got confidence, so it’s not like we need a lot more of it or we are searching for it. We have come into this weekend off the back of the last few happy and confident we can do a good job and we have a good car to fight for pole, which is what we did today.”We are in the best position for whatever the conditions throw at us. Two cars at the front row, we can control it from there, so as long as we stay where we are we’ll be happy.”Fernando Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll took seventh and eighth, respectively, in an improved performance from Aston Martin.Daniel Ricciardo beat RB team-mate Tsunoda to ninth, with the Australian gaining a position after becoming the only driver to improve his time in the period at the end of Q3 following the red flag.