Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton stormed to a record-equalling pole position๊ for the Hungarian Gr✃and Prix.

Hamilton claimed his 90th career pole and his seventh at the Hungaroring to match seven-time world champion Michael Schum🍨acher♋’s tally of poles at the circuit.

A 1m13.447s for the Briton - who is aiming for an eighth career win in Hungary to equa📖l Schumacher’s record for most wins at the same circ🔜uit - was a new track record.

Mercedes teammate and current championship leader Valtteri Bottas could only get within 0.107s of Hamilton’s benchmark as he made it an all ‘black arrow’ front-row✃.

Lance Stroll claimed a stunning third on the grid for Racing P𝓡oint, and he will be joined on𒁃 the second row by teammate Sergio Perez. Both drivers were nearly a full-second off the pace of the Mercedes.

Such was Mercedes’ dominance, both drivers were able to get through into Q2 on Mediums, the compound they will start the𝔉 race on. Racing Point were the only other team to mirror Mercedes’ strategy.

Ferrari’s fortunes improved slightly as Sebastian Vettel put his car fifth, a fraction ꦺahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. It marked the first time this season that Ferrari got both its cars into Q𒈔3.

Red Bull had been tipped to be Mercedes’ closest challengers in Hungary but Max Verstappen could only mana📖ge the seventh-fastest time and was over 1.4s off the pace as ♒he struggled in his RB16.

Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz made it another two-car appearance in Q3 for McLaren in eig🧸hth and ninth, while Pierre Gasly fa𝓀iled to set a time after reporting engine-related issues in his Honda-powered AlphaTauri.

Renault’s Daniel Ricc꧃iardo was unable to progress to the Q3 shootout as he managed the 11th-f❀astest time, while George Russell once again starred for Williams in qualifying.

Russell had already secured his second consecutive Q2 appearance with a brilliant lap that at one stage was good enough for the third-fastest time, before going to 🉐claim 12th-place on th𒁏e grid.

The Briton outpac🌊ed Alex Albon’s Red Bull by 0.017s as the Anglo-Thai racer’🐲s struggles continued in Hungary. He will start a lowly 13th for Sunday’s race.

The second Renault of Esteban Ocon was 14th, ahead of Nicholas Latifi. The Canadian rookie ensured Williams got both its cars into the second segment of qualifying f𝐆or the first time since the 2018 Italian Grand Prix, though he was nearly a second slower than his teammate.

Kevin Magnussen missed out on a spot in Q2 by less than a tenth as he outpaced AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvy𒉰at and Haas teammate Romain Grosjean in 16th.

Alfa Romeo will start t🦂he Hungarian Grand Prix from the last row of the grid a𒁏fter a disappointing session, with Antonio Giovinazzi outpacing teammate Kimi Raikkonen in qualifying for the second time this season.

FULL RESULTS FROM QUALIFYING FOR THE 2020 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX.