Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying: Hamilton scrapes through to top 10 shoot out
Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant both sound frustrated on the Williams team radio. Albon is questioning why the they didn’t wait and go out later, while Sargeant is bemoaning the traffic situation.Valtteri Bottas and Nico Hulkenberg try desperately to save themselves but not today, lads. Lewis Hamilton is sweating waiting to see if he is safe… and he is! Just.Lando Norris is the quickest in the middle sector and is chasing down Max Verstappen’s top time. Can he do it? He can you know. Norris moves to the top of the timesheets, over two tenths faster than the Red Bull.The queue to get out of the pit lane is beginning to frustrate some drivers, with Nico Hulkenberg saying Haas are “being done here” as the German tries to find a space.”Not our usual standard for sure,” says George Russell to Sky Sports about his Q1 exit. Mercedes will be having a debrief as to what happened with the fuel situation at the end of the session.Andrew Priestley: The cooler weather conditions are playing to the strengths of this Mercedes car, but I’m not sure it’ll be enough to take the fight to Verstappen and the McLarens come the end of Q3.Sam: Checo crashes out in Q1. A few moment later Daniel Ricciardo tops Q1. It went from bad to worse for Checo.