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Hamilton had ‘no idea’ what he needed for pole position

Lewis Hamilton says pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix in soaking wet conditions came as a ‘shock’ to both him and Mercedes having been unable to pinpoint what lap time he’d need to produce in changeable conditions. After Q1 was held in partly dry and wet conditions, qualifying was met with a heavy rain shower which caused lap times to jump as the track rapidly changed. Hamilton’s Q3 pole position time of 1m 35.658s was around 20 seconds slower than his best efforts in the dry during practice which left him blind for what times he’d need to beat his rivals. But with Mercedes storming to a front-row lockout ahead of Ferrari and Hamilton taking his 77th career F1 pole...
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