George Russell took a magnificent pole position for Mercedes at the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix, the first of his Formula 1 career knocking the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz into second.
Just when it looked like Ferrari were about to lock out the front row, the Mercedes man went first, with Charles Leclerc down in third place.
The shocks kept coming as Max Verstappen only qualified in 10th after a loss of power in the Red Bull.
The third biggest shock came in Q2 from Sergio Perez with the Red Bull driver only able to put his car in 11th place, and that came after he had a lap deleted, then reinstated.
Sebastian Vettel, who announced his retirement from F1 at the beginning of the weekend, didn’t manage to make it out of Q1.
F1 Hungarian GP 2022 – Qualifying Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q3 time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:17.377 |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.044 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.190 |
| 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.392 |
| 5 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +0.641 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +0.701 |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.765 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +0.780 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +1.002 |
| 10 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +1.446 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | Eliminated in Q2 |
| 12 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | Eliminated in Q2 |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | Eliminated in Q2 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | Eliminated in Q2 |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | Eliminated in Q2 |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | Eliminated in Q1 |
| 17 | Alexander Albon | Williams | Eliminated in Q1 |
| 18 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | Eliminated in Q1 |
| 19 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | Eliminated in Q1 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | Eliminated in Q1 |
