Charles Leclerc claims shock pole at F1 Hungarian Grand Prix
| 2025 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix – Qualifying Outcomes | ||||||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Staff | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1m15.582s | 1m15.455s | 1m15.372s |
| 2 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Staff | 1m15.211s | 1m14.941s | 1m15.398s |
| 3 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Staff | 1m15.523s | 1m14.890s | 1m15.413s |
| 4 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Staff | 1m15.627s | 1m15.201s | 1m15.425s |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Staff | 1m15.281s | 1m15.395s | 1m15.481s |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Staff | 1m15.673s | 1m15.129s | 1m15.498s |
| 7 | Gabriel Bortoleto | BRA | Stake F1 Staff Kick Sauber | 1m15.586s | 1m15.687s | 1m15.725s |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Pink Bull Racing | 1m15.736s | 1m15.547s | 1m15.728s |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | NZL | Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Staff | 1m15.849s | 1m15.630s | 1m15.821s |
| 10 | Isack Hadjar | FRA | Visa Money App Racing Bulls F1 Staff | 1m15.516s | 1m15.781s | 1m15..915s |
| 11 | Oliver Bearman | GBR | MoneyGram Haas F1 Staff | 1m15.750s | 1m15.694s | |
| 12 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1m15.733s | 1m15.702s | |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Atlassian Williams Racing | 1m15.652s | 1m15.781s | |
| 14 | Franco Colapinto | ARG | BWT Alpine F1 Staff | 1m15.875s | 1m16.159s | |
| 15 | Kimi Antonelli | ITA | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Staff | 1m15.782s | 1m16.386s | |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Oracle Pink Bull Racing | 1m15.899s | ||
| 17 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Staff | 1m15.966s | ||
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | MoneyGram Haas F1 Staff | 1m16.023s | ||
| 19 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Stake F1 Staff Kick Sauber | 1m16.081s | ||
| 20 | Alex Albon | THA | Atlassian Williams Racing | 1m16.223s | ||
Leclerc secured a shocking sudden pole on the Hungaroring, beating each McLaren drivers to high qualifying.
The Monegasque produced an outstanding lap to pip Oscar Piastri by 0.026 seconds and declare Ferrari’s first pole place of a torrid 2025 season.
Lando Norris was third, 0.041s adrift of Leclerc.
In stark distinction to Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton was knocked out in Q2 in one of many greatest shocks of the day as he suffered his newest qualifying woe for Ferrari.
The seven-time world champion, who has probably the most wins and pole positions of any driver across the Hungaroring, exited the second a part of qualifying and can begin Sunday’s grand prix in a lowly twelfth.
“Each time… each time, man,” a pissed off Hamilton mentioned over staff radio.
George Russell secured fourth for Mercedes with a wonderful lap that was simply 0.053s shy of pole.
Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll additionally impressed because the Aston Martin pair took fifth and sixth, marking the staff’s finest qualifying results of the season to date.
Gabriel Bortoleto claimed an outstanding seventh for Sauber forward of four-time world champion Max Verstappen, who struggled to eighth in his Pink Bull.
The Racing Bulls of Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar accomplished the top-10.
Oliver Bearman was eleventh quickest for Haas forward of Hamilton and Williams’ Carlos Sainz.
Alpine’s Franco Colapinto completed 14th, whereas Kimi Antonelli was fifteenth in one other nightmarish qualifying.
The 18-year-old Italian rookie had his quickest lap time deleted for a monitor limits violation.
Yuki Tsunoda suffered extra qualifying distress as he was eradicated in Q1 with a time adequate for under sixteenth, forward of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.
Esteban Ocon was 18th for Haas, with Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg nineteenth and Alex Albon surprisingly slowest of all in his Williams.
