Strols opened the third qualifying session with a lap of 14.671 seconds. Hamilton responded with a new track record of one minute and 13,613 seconds.
In the fourth corner, Racing Point driver Serhio Peress finished his lap, but Strol was 0.747 seconds ahead of Hamilton teammate Botass, 0.311 seconds behind the leader.
The two Ferrari drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Clecker, respectively, climbed to fourth and fifth place, but immediately pushed both down.
Once again, the track record was corrected by Hamilton, stopping at one minute and 14,447 seconds. He was 0.107 seconds ahead of Botas, 0.930 ahead of Stroll, 1.098 seconds of Peres, 1.327 seconds of Fellis and 1,370 seconds of Clare.
The victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix allowed the British to stand next to the seven-time world champion German Michael Schumacher in honor of the record holder of this race, both of whom were the fastest in the qualifying race “Hungaroring” seven times.
Hamilton’s Hungarian “Grand Prix” was also a success in the 90th pole position, a new and ever-improving F-1 record. The closest follower with 68 victories is also Schumacher, but the closest follower among the currently ranked riders is Vettel, who with 57 victories qualifies in fourth place after the Brazilian legend Airton Senna, who has 65 qualifying successes.
Red Bull’s Max Verstapen (+1,402) finished seventh, followed by two McLaren drivers, Lando Norris (+1.519) and Carlos Sains (+1.580).
“Alpha Tauri” driver Pierre Gasli, on the other hand, continued to chase after technical problems without even driving on the track.
The first round of qualifying was not won by the two Haas pilots Kevin Magnussen, who was just 0.047 seconds behind Nicholas Latif (Williams), and Romens Grožāns, who was joined by Alpha Tauri, finishing Alfa Romeo in the last two places. “pilots Antonio Giovinaci and Kimi Reiken.
Daniel Rikjardo (Renault), who took 11th place, did not make it to the last race, losing 0.153 seconds to tenth place winner Gasli. Behind Richtero were George Russell (“Williams”), Alexander Albon (“Red Bull”) and the other Renault driver, Esteban Ocon.
Before that, Botass reached the fastest time in the third practice runs, completing the lap in a minute and 15,437 seconds, overtaking Hamilton by only 0.042 seconds.
The third was Perez, who lost 0.161 seconds to Bot, and the fifth was his teammate Lens Strols (+0.596). The fourth place was won by Lekler (+ 0.344)), the sixth – Verstapen, but the four-time world champion from “Ferrari” and the winner of the second practice race on Friday was Vettel (+0.914).
It has already been reported that on Friday, on the first training run on the Budapest track, which took place on a dry track, but the weather deteriorated, Hamilton was the fastest, completing Budapest’s 4,381-kilometer Hungaroring lap in a minute and 16,003 seconds, overtaking teammate Botas by just 0.086 seconds.
The third and fourth best times were shown by the two Racing Point riders – Perez and Strols – who were 0.527 and 0.964 seconds behind Hamilton, respectively.
Another disappointment was for the Ferrari drivers, but Vettel (+1,235) finished sixth and Clecker’s (+ 1,401) – seventh after Renault’s Richtero (+1,197).
It also didn’t go on the track to Gasley, around whose engine the mechanics “caged”.
In the second session, when the little rain became the rain, all 20 riders together did only slightly more laps than the first Mercedes ride alone in the first training session.
Vettel was the most successful in the rain, completing the lap in a minute and 40,464 seconds. He was 0.272 seconds ahead of Botas and 1,320 seconds ahead of Sains (McLaren).
Fourth and fifth place was shared by Racing Point riders Strols and Perez, making the lap 1,916 and 2,006 seconds slower than Fitee, respectively. Sixth was Gasley with 2.124 seconds behind four-time world champion Vettel.
Clecker took tenth place (+3,261), but seven pilots did not qualify, taking only one to three laps on the track. Hamilton was among them.
Hamilton has won three of the last four F-1 races in Budapest, with a total of seven record-breaking victories in the Hungarian capital.
The “Hungaroring” competition will take place on Sunday.
The next stage of the British “Grand Prix” will take place on August 2 at the Silverstone track.
A record number of races were planned for this season (22), but due to the pandemic, the organizers have decided to stick to 18 stages.
Last season, Hamilton was crowned world champion, triumphing for the sixth time in his career and for the third time in a row.
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