Norris beats Hamilton to Hungary pole

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, McLaren's Lando Norris won the Hungarian Grand Prix last season By Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at the Hungaroring Published 6 minutes ago McLaren's Lando Norris took his first grand prix pole position of the season, beating Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton by 0.012 seconds with the final lap of the session. Hamilton had been fastest on the first runs, by just over 0.1secs from Norris, but neither the seven-time champion nor team-mate Charles Leclerc could improve on their final attempts. But Norris pulled out pole, following one in the sprint in Miami, in a chaotic end to the session caused by a spin at the final corner by Red Bull's Max Verstappen. The four-time champion's error affected Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, who were forced to slow, ending up fourth and seventh. But Verstappen had got going again before Norris came around as the last driver on track to clinch pole in the upgraded McLaren. Hamilton was a second slower on his second run than on his first, and he also faces a potential investigation for impeding McLaren's Oscar Piastri at Turn One after he finished his final lap. Verstappen managed to take sixth, ahead of Russell and the second Red Bull of Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls' Arvid Lindblad and Audi's Nico Hulkenberg. Fernando Alonso made a major breakthrough for Aston Martin on the weekend they debuted their virtually new car by breaking out of the first session for the first time this season. Alonso will start 16th, 2.8secs off pole - but that was two seconds faster in relative pace than they had managed for some time. More to follow Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Aston Martin team members celebrate Fernando Alonso's progress into Q2 Malaysia set to host F1 race in October Published 2 hours ago Hungarian Grand Prix 19 July at 14:00 BST Listen on Sounds Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text updates on BBC Sport website and app Full coverage guide Related topics Formula 1 More on this story Andrew Benson Q&A: Send us your questions Published 1 day ago