Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not take his team’s display at the Hungarian Grand Prix to mean that his side are back in the title picture. George Russell took a stunning pole position in qualifying, while Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was eliminated in Q2, before Max Verstappen suffered a power issue in Q3, leaving them to start 11th and 10th respectively. Carlos thought he had gained Ferrari’s ninth pole of the year, only to be denied by the 24-year-old, whose team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton ended up P7 after his DRS failed on the final run. Charles Leclerc passed Sainz in the first pit stop phase, before overtaking Russell in the second stint to take the lead, and he was...
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