Hungaroring FR3.5: Andre Negrao prevails in chaotic wet qualifying

Heavy rain in Hungary caused the track to be almost flooded, leading to several drivers spinning off and causing red flags.

In the end, after the fourth stoppage in just 26 minutes of running, the session was abandoned.

By that stage every car that had not found its way to the gravel had at least set a time, and it was Draco pair Negrao and Nico Muller who led the way.

2010 champion Mikhail Aleshin was next up in third, and he will share the second row of the grid with Red Bull junior Antonio Felix da Costa.

Title outsider Will Stevens was next up, and he will have a good chance to make up ground in the standings as championship leaders Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne struggled to get a clear lap in.

As the session restarted after the third stoppage, Magnussen finally appeared to have found himself some clear track for a flying lap. But seconds later there was another red flag, and the decision was taken not to restart again.

As a result Magnussen was only 16th quickest, while Vandoorne, who sits 27 points behind him, will start 11th.

Pos  Driver                  Team            Time         Gap
 1.  Andre Negrao            Draco           2m04.492s
 2.  Nico Muller             Draco           2m05.825s   +1.333s
 3.  Mikhail Aleshin         Tech 1          2m06.059s   +1.567s
 4.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Arden Caterham  2m07.164s   +2.672s
 5.  Will Stevens            P1/Strakka      2m07.164s   +2.672s
 6.  Sergey Sirotkin         ISR             2m07.365s   +2.873s
 7.  Marlon Stockinger       Lotus           2m07.970s   +3.478s
 8.  Pietro Fantin           Arden Caterham  2m08.603s   +4.111s
 9.  Nigel Melker            Tech 1          2m09.656s   +5.164s
10.  Matias Laine            P1/Strakka      2m10.669s   +6.177s
11.  Stoffel Vandoorne       Fortec          2m10.716s   +6.224s
12.  Oliver Webb             Fortec          2m10.901s   +6.409s
13.  Daniil Move             Comtec          2m10.904s   +6.412s
14.  Christopher Zanella     ISR             2m10.992s   +6.500s
15.  Yann Cunha              AV              2m11.335s   +6.843s
16.  Kevin Magnussen         DAMS            2m13.485s   +8.993s
17.  Carlos Huertas          Carlin          2m14.263s   +9.771s
18.  Nikolay Martsenko       Pons            2m14.741s  +10.249s
19.  Lucas Foresti           Comtec          2m17.499s  +13.007s
20.  Marco Sorensen          Lotus           2m25.760s  +21.268s
21.  Jazeman Jaafar          Carlin          -
22.  Norman Nato             DAMS            -
23.  Will Buller             Zeta Corse      -
24.  Carlos Sainz Jr         Zeta Corse      -
25.  Zoel Amberg             Pons            -
26.  Arthur Pic              AV              -