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2023 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying: Lewis Hamilton took pole

Lewis Hamilton took pole for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at Hungaroring.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Lewis Hamilton
Pole team
Mercedes
Front row
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen
Classified
Top 20
Round
12
Circuit
Hungaroring
Qualifying date
July 22, 2023

The front of the grid

Lewis Hamilton qualified first for Mercedes. Max Verstappen secured the other front-row place for Red Bull, with Lando Norris third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, and Lando Norris. P4 through P20 were Oscar Piastri, Guanyu Zhou, Charles Leclerc, Valtteri Bottas, Fernando Alonso, Sergio Pérez, Nico Hülkenberg, Carlos Sainz Jr., Esteban Ocon, Daniel Ricciardo, Lance Stroll, Pierre Gasly, Alexander Albon, Yuki Tsunoda, George Russell, Kevin Magnussen, and Logan Sargeant.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jun 17, 2024.

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