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That's it from Autosport Live and qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Don't forget to check out Autosport.com and Motorsport.com for all the post-session news and analysis. See you back here for the race tomorrow.
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Here's our qualifying report as Lewis Hamilton led a surprise Mercedes front-row lockout in a rain-hit session at the Hungaroring. 
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"I've never had such awful balance in the wet," reported Verstappen. "It's unbelievable. Sliding all of the place, no grip."
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Grosjean was furious too - "F*ck, f*ck, f*ck - the Red Bull completely f*cked me. I was on a push lap". Verstappen the target of his ire there, apparently.
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Magnussen accused Hamilton of blocking him at the final corner on a late-run in Q3 and then stayed in front with no-one in front of him for the whole of the rest of the subsequent lap. "He didn't need to do it," said the Dane. A bit of post-session controversy perhaps?
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That's it then, the top three head off the grid with a final wave to the crowd.
"Tomorrow is another day, we'll keep trying," Raikkonen sagely, and obviously, continues.
"It's not ideal but what is the most important thing is that the car was nice and drivable in the wet today," says Raikkonen.
He's not wrong.
"It could have been worse for us today," Bottas says.
Raikkonen waves to the crowd, drawing cheers that interrupt Hamilton's interview a touch.
"It's great for the team to have a one-two, jeez, we couldn't have expected this," says Hamilton. "The heavens opened and it was fair game."
Vettel, the FP2 and FP3 pacesetter, looks somewhat haunted in the pits.
Hamilton hugs his mechanics and then Bottas. What a turnaround from practice that was for Mercedes.
Hamilton and Bottas arrive on the pitstraight for the insight-packed post-session interviews. Only one umbrella there so far.
Sainz, who sat third ahead of the final runs, reported "ahh, no tyre!' on his final lap. He clearly ran out of grip then.
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Rest of the field: 11 Alonso; 12 Ricciardo; 13 Hulkenberg; 14 Ericsson; 15 Stroll; 16 Vandoorne; 17 Leclerc; 18 Ocon; 19 Perez; 20 Sirotkin
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Q3 result: 1 Hamilton; 2 Bottas; 3 Raikkonen; 4 Vettel; 5 Sainz; 6 Gasly; 7 Verstappen; 8 Hartley; 9 Magnussen; 10 Grosjean
Verstappen can't improve on seventh.
Vettel will start only fourth at best.
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Hamilton pips Bottas - it's a Mercedes front row!
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Bottas beats both Ferraris to take provisional pole...
Vettel goes second, 0.024s behind Raikkonen.
Hamilton pips Bottas in sector one by half a tenth now.
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The chequered flag is out.
Bottas does the best first sector of anyone so far.
But Vettel's next lap starts more strongly with a personal best in sector one.
Less than a minute left in Q3.
Mercedes held Hamilton in the pits to wait for the track to dry that little bit more, according to his team radio.
Vettel does improve a bit in the final sector and gets ahead of Bottas into fourth.
Raikkonen and Hamilton have both come in for fresh full wets.
Vettel's first sector time is nothing special, and neither is the middle of the lap.
Vettel really struggled for grip going through the fast kink of Turn 3.
Vettel starts a flying lap on his fresh full wets.
Sainz goes up to third ahead of Bottas and Vettel!
It's Raikkonen from Hamilton, Bottas and Vettel now, with Verstappen down to seventh.
Vettel has pitted to change to a new set of full wet tyres.
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