HUNGARORING • George Russell of Mercedes simply could not hide his excitement after he took the first pole position of his Formula One career yesterday, when he topped the times in qualifying for today’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
The British driver posted a sensational final flying lap to edge out Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who was just 0.044sec behind.
Charles Leclerc in the other Ferrari and McLaren’s Lando Norris are on the second row for today’s 13th round of the 22-race season.
“I am over the moon, absolutely buzzing,” said Russell.
“I mean, yesterday was arguably our worst Friday of the season (when we struggled during practice). We worked so hard but didn’t know what direction to go in.
“(Today) I came across the line and looked at the screen and saw we came in at P1 and it was an incredible feeling.
“We are going to be absolutely going for it but either way that was a special day no doubt.”
Russell’s first pole in his 73rd grand prix was also Mercedes’ first since last year’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and signalled that the team may finally have overcome their struggles with the new “ground effect” aerodynamic regulations this season.
This story is from the July 31, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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