Ferrari's Carlos Sainz insisted that he had the pace to win pole position for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, despite missing out to Mercedes' George Russell in the final seconds of qualifying. Sainz had laid down a formidable target with his first run in Q2, almost half a second clear of his team mate Charles Leclerc and the rest of the field. But with the track improving after the earlier soaking had initially left it 'green', his rivals started clawing back the deficit leaving Sainz having to push hard on his final run to stay ahead. Read also: Russell stuns with surprise maiden pole in Hungary He thought he's done it with his final time of 1:17.421s, only for Russell to pip him by...
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