Hungarian GP: George Russell produces stunning lap to seal first-ever F1 pole

George Russell sealed his first-ever Formula 1 pole position on Saturday afternoon, as he produced a stellar lap to stun the Ferraris at the Hungaroring.

The Mercedes driver has had a fine year so far in his first campaign with the Silver Arrows, and he could go into the summer break as a Formula 1 race winner, should he convert pole into victory tomorrow afternoon.

Certainly, there is a good chance of him doing that given how difficult it is to overtake at the Hungaroring, though obviously the new-era cars will aim to try and change that issue come lights out tomorrow.

Alongside Russell will be Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari, with the Monegasque looking to make amends for the mistake he made in France and try and close the gap down at least a little to Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ standings before the few weeks’ break ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix at the end of August.

He has a decent chance of making some inroads, too, with Verstappen only quick enough to seal 10th place in qualifying, though he was suffering with a lack of power in the Red Bull come Q3 and that largely explained the issues he was facing.

Behind the front row, Carlos Sainz will line up third in the other Ferrari, whilst Lando Norris continued a strong weekend by putting his McLaren in P4, ahead of the two Alpine cars of Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso.

Norris has been having another impressive race weekend with him going quickly in every practice section, whilst the McLaren has looked poised and balanced in the twisty sections of the Hungaroring, underlined by team-mate Daniel Ricciardo also being in the top ten with him lining up in P9.

On row four, meanwhile, are Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.

Lewis revealed after the qualifying session he