Hungarian GP - Hamilton on pole after thrilling wet qualifying

Summary

Qualifying affected by thunderstorm and heavy rain
Lewis Hamilton takes pole position, Valtteri Bottas P2
Kimi Raikkonen P3, Sebastian Vettel P4
Eliminated in Q2: Alonso, Hulkenberg, Ricciardo, Ericsson, Stroll
Eliminated in Q1: Vandoorne, Leclerc, Ocon, Perez, Sirotkin
Force India enter administration
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Michael Emons and Niamh Lewis

Medium, soft and ultrasoft this weekendpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
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Rivlud: Mercedes not looking good currently, think Valtteri Bottas will start ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who will start 4th/5th. Wonderful to see the resurgence of Ferrari this season and really applying pressure and having the best car!
Mr Kevin Prior: If there is a wet qualifying then that’s Hamilton and Verstappen country. Hope it rains.
Bottas currently second (+0.450 behind Vettel), Hamilton fourth (+0.901)
Different strategies from Red Bullpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator
Ricciardo did his lap on the ultrasofts, while Verstappen is on the softs, but he is a couple of tenths away from Ricciardo...
More McLaren woepublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
McLaren news and problems for Stoffel Vandoorne, whose car is being checked out by the mechanics. He was 16th in FP1, 19th in FP2 and slowest by nearly five tenths today. Struggling.
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Postpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
How about this from a team radio message from Sebastian Vettel. "Something flew into my cockpit, no clue what it is," says the baffled German.
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Postpublished at 11:30 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
"Can you do something with my rear brakes"? asks Charles Leclerc after being one of many to go wide.
He has gained lots of plaudits so far this season and is 10th in the times today.
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Postpublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Ricciardo has not been out there for long and on one of his laps saw Kevin Magnussen get in his way.
Out the way, Kevin...
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Back to FP3...published at 11:27 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
Lewis Hamilton flung off the road at turn nine, he's still fourth behind Raikkonen and ahead of Ricciardo.
Postpublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
That lap of 1:16.343 from Sebastian Vettel is looking an absolute cracker. Bottas is four tenths behind, Raikkonen seven tenths behind and Lewis Hamilton, who has just gone wide at Turn Nine, nine tenths behind.
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"Why call a team Force India?"published at 11:25 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator
Why call a team Force India? I heard that the Force bit stands for 'Formula One Race Engineering'... does anyone remember that story?
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Get Involved #bbcf1published at 11:24 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Your reaction to Force India going into administration
Jason Murtagh: Is it a foregone conclusion that the name Force India will be consigned to the history books if a new buyer is found?
JJ Jackson: Talking of wealthy father's, is there not a wealthy chap interested in a stake in McLaren?
Stoo G: Given that Force India were talking about dropping the Force India name earlier this year, it seems more than likely that any new owner would do so...
Postpublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
An angry Romain Grosjean about Esteban Ocon over his radio: "What is he doing?"
Both have done OK so far, Grosjean is ninth quickest, one of the few on the softs, with Ocon a place further back.
Postpublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Even faster from Sebastian Vettel. He trims the best time down to 1:16.343. The German means business today.
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Postpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Hamilton on his team radio: "Vibration on the brakes"
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Get Involved #bbcf1published at 11:18 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Your reaction to Force India going into administration
Jennifer Harris: re comment by Blackburn Lad. The reason why Segio Perez might instigate proceedings against Force India is probably because he hasn't been paid.
Karen Waddy: Whatever happens to Force India, I hope they keep the bright pink livery. It's refreshing to see such a bold colour choice on the race track.
Amit Mandalia‏: I do wonder if Perez’s action is based on rumours of someone like Lawrence Stroll buying Force India and potentially replacing both drivers so maybe fearing losing his drive & then what is may be owed?
'Challenging weekend for the Force India team'published at 11:16 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
When I was [test driver] for Lotus, we didn't have a hospitality box because the team didn't pay, and we had to scrounge around for food for the weekend. It's an uncomfortable situation to be in. In F1 we talk about the peak condition you have to be in, the mental and physical state - when you go into a race and you don't know if the team is actually going to run it's stressful.
When I was driving here in Hungary in 2015 in FP1 in we didn't have any tyres because Pirelli hadn't been paid, so I was there ready to race and we didn't have any tyres to put on the car. It's difficult for everyone because nobody really knows what's going on, and of course everyone wants to keep their jobs. So it's going to be a challenging weekend for the Force India team.
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Vettel flyingpublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
A cracking lap from Sebastian Vettel. Fastest yesterday with a 1:16.834, and he has just smashed that best effort with a stunning lap of 1:16.343, more than six tenths faster than anyone else has done so far today.
Bottas is second, Raikkonen third, Hamilton fourth, with no times from the Red Bull pair yet.
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Postpublished at 11:13 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
Both Red Bull drivers were among the fastest three in both of the sessions yesterday, so can they convert that into places on the front row in qualifying later on?
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Postpublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
A couple of drivers have set times, Kimi Raikkonen with a 1:17.057 and Carlos Sainz with a 1:18.206.
In comparison, Sebastian Vettel's best time yesterday was a 1:16.834 so that looks a pretty good start from the Finn.
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Tyre newspublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 28 July 2018
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