Hungarian GP final practice and qualifying
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By: Geoff Creighton
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Here's the report - we'll see you tomorrow for what might just be a thrilling Hungarian GP! 
Hamilton: "Max did a great job and so did Valtteri. But we're in a great position to win tomorrow; I'm always up for a fight. It's not the easiest place to overtake so strategy will come into it, and hope we can give them a run for their money."
Bottas: "We were kind of chasing it a little bit this weekend after what happened in practice 1. Obviously very close with Max, they've been very quick but as always, there's still a race to come."
Verstappen: "It's incredible. I'm very happy about today, there's still a race to do and at the end of the day it's the most important. But it's very nice, and it's great for all the team."
It's amazing that Verstappen's never had a pole until today! He's F1's 100th pole sitter, and the fans in orange are in absolute raptures.
Q3 results: 1 Verstappen, 2 Bottas, 3 Hamilton, 4 Leclerc, 5 Vettel, 6 Gasly, 7 Norris, 8 Sainz, 9 Grosjean, 10 Raikkonen.
Hamilton can only manage third place, while Vettel is a couple of hundredths behind Leclerc in fifth.
Leclerc is quickest of all in S1, but is only marginally faster than Verstappen and Bottas - with Hamilton two tenths down.
Norris, Sainz, Raikkonen and Grosjean head out on fresh softs, having all seemingly done their first laps on used rubber.
A tense wait until the second round of flying laps, in which the other frontrunners will attempt to deny Verstappen his first pole position in F1.
Current order: 1 Verstappen; 2 Bottas, +0.178s; 3 Hamilton, +0.188s; 4 Vettel, +0.388s; 5 Leclerc, +0.479s; 6 Gasly, +0.580s; 7 Norris, +1.428s; 8 Sainz, +1.816s; 9 Raikkonen, +2.164s; 10 Grosjean, +2.522s.
Vettel and Leclerc are quicker than anyone in the first sector, as usual, but ultimately slot into fourth and fifth place. It's a provisional Verstappen - Bottas front row at the moment.
But Bottas is 0.010s quicker! Norris is now third, 1.2s off the pace but ahead of Sainz and Raikkonen.
Time for the pole shoot-out, which starts now - 12 minutes and a bit to determine who will line up first on the grid tomorrow.
It certainly seems that, from afar, the new Haas upgrades are a lot more heat sensitive. As the temperatures have risen, Magnussen hasn't had the grip available to him. It's still a curious situation.
Advancing to Q3: 1 Hamilton, 2 Verstappen, 3 Bottas, 4 Leclerc, 5 Vettel, 6 Norris, 7 Sainz, 8 Grosjean, 9 Gasly, 10 Raikkonen.
Albon, Kvyat and Giovinazzi do not improve, so Gasly is safe from them - and Magnussen's lap has gone away too.
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