Mercedes driver George Russell, will start from pole position in the upcoming Formula 1 race for Hungarian Grand Prix, after setting the fastest time in qualifying.

The Brit won the first pole position of his career at the track "Hungaroring", and he drove the fastest lap with a time of 1:17.377 minutes.

The second place went to the driver of "Ferrari", Carlos Sainz, 0,044 seconds behind his teammate Charles Leclerc was third (0,190), while McLaren's Lando Norris will start the race from fourth position.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Max Verstappen from Red Bull, who had problems with his car at the end of practice, also placed in tenth place.

Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez surprisingly failed to qualify in the third part of qualifying and finished 11th.

In the general classification after 12 races, Verstappen leads with 233 points, Leclerc is second with 170, while Perez is third with 163 points. The race for the Hungarian Grand Prix takes place on Sunday from 15.00:XNUMX.