F1 | Qualifying | Hungarian GP | Leclerc stuns the McLarens to take pole

Qualifying for round 14 of the 2025 F1 season is in the books, view the full report and results below.

McLaren went into the session as the hottest of favourites for pole as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri went 1-2 in all three practice sessions.

Q1

On his first push lap, Carlos Sainz had a lock-up in turn 1 and was well wide of the apex in the end. Although he continued he lost over half a second to Albon in the opening sector. The Thai did a 1:17.441, with the Spaniard on a 1:18.282.

The first solid lap came from Max Verstappen as he clocked a 1:16.346. Lando Norris did a 1:15.927 soon after, before Oscar Piastri clocked a 1:15.554 to go P1 by nearly 0.4s. Hamilton was 0.022s slower than his fellow Brit.

After changing back to the old rear suspension, Russell and Antonelli delivered very strong laps on their first runs. They went P2 and P3, 0.073s and 0.228s away respectively.

Piastri, Russell, Antonelli, Norris, Hamilton, Alonso, Hadjar, Stroll, Leclerc and Colapinto was the top 10 after everyone did a run.

Williams were struggling. After doing a second run, Albon went 15th, 0.021s quicker than Sainz. It left the Spaniard, Tsunoda, Bearman, Gasly and Ocon in the relegation zone with 5 minutes left. Max Verstappen was only 13th.

Aston Martin went earliest of all for the last runs. After Stroll went P3, Alonso pumped in three purple sectors to go fastest by almost 0.3s from Piastri.

On used tyres, Oscar Piastri clocked a 1:15.211 to regain P1, 0.070s ahead of Alonso. Isack Hadjar was P3, 0.305s away, with Norris a further seven thousands slower.

At the last Charles Leclerc went 5th. Bortoleto and Sainz did superb laps for 6th and 8th, with Russell splitting them. Stroll and Hamilton completed the top 10.

Verstappen, Bearman, Antonelli, Lawson and Colapinto also made it through. The Argentine was a tenth faster than teammate Pierre Gasly to book his spot in Q2.

Despite the fact he was only 0.163s slower than Max Verstappen, Yuki Tsunoda missed out on Q2 in P16. Gasly, Ocon, Hülkenberg and Albon dropped out. The German and Thai finished over 0.4s and 0.5s slower than their teammates.

Q1 results and classification at the F1 Hungarian GP

1. Piastri
2. Alonso
3. Hadjar
4. Norris
5. Leclerc
6. Bortoleto
7. Russell
8. Sainz
9. Stroll
10. Hamilton
11. Verstappen
12. Bearman
13. Antonelli
14. Lawson
15. Colapinto
16. Tsunoda
17. Gasly
18. Ocon
19. Hülkenberg
20. Albon

Q2

As the middle segment of qualifying began, rain was a big threat as cells suddenly popped up.

Kimi Antonelli was first up and he did a 1:16.386. Russell followed up as he did a 1:16.057.

Despite the worries of rain, it was the rapid McLarens dominating. Lando Norris did a 1:14.890, outpacing Oscar Piastri by 0.051s. Aston Martin continued their amazing pace, with Alonso and Stroll P3 and P4. Hadjar, Bearman, Russell, Verstappen, Lawson and Leclerc completed the top 10. Hamilton, Sainz, Bortoleto, Antonelli and Colapinto needed to find more to make their way through. The Alpine driver had a snap of oversteer in turn 9 and lost his time.

After the worries of rain cleared, at least for the time being, Lance Stroll significantly improved to end up just 0.239s away from Norris.

While he did not to the tidiest of laps, Charles Leclerc put himself P5. George Russell would displace him as the Mercedes man vaulted up to P4, splitting the impressive Astons. The Monegasque was P6 in the end.

Hadjar, Verstappen, Lawson and the incredibly impressive Bortoleto also booked their spots in Q3.

Antonelli looked to have missed out by 0.006s as he missed nearly half a second to teammate George Russell in Q2. His time was deleted for track limits in the end.

Bearman, Hamilton, Sainz, Colapinto and Antonelli got knocked out. The seven-time World Champion was 0.247s slower than his stablemate. Both the Haas and Ferrari drivers had snaps of oversteer in turn 13.

Q2 results and classification at the F1 Hungarian GP

1. Norris
2. Piastri
3. Stroll
4. Russell
5. Alonso
6. Leclerc
7. Hadjar
8. Verstappen
9. Lawson
10. Bortoleto
11. Bearman
12. Hamilton
13. Sainz
14. Colapinto
15. Antonelli

Q3

Unfortunately for Lance Stroll, he lost his time after going first; he exceeded track limits in turn 9. Fernando Alonso logged a 1:16.025 to post the first time of the final segment.

A 1:15.398 from Oscar Piastri put him P1 after the first runs, leading Norris by 0.096s. Russell went P3, 0.234s slower than the Australian. Both British drivers had snaps of oversteer in the last sector.

Alonso, Verstappen, Leclerc, Lawson and Bortoleto completed the order of those who had done a valid lap.

As usual, Aston Martin went early. Fernando Alonso logged a good lap, putting him 0.083s away from the Australian. Lance Stroll was a mere 0.017s slower, up in 4th at that stage.

In an extraordinary end to qualifying, Charles Leclerc pumped in a 1:15.372 to snatch pole position away from Oscar Piastri by 0.036s. The Australian failed to improve on the second run, with Lando Norris only managing P3. He was 0.005s slower than his stablemate. Piastri and Norris were 0.4s and 0.5s than their Q2 times.

Unbelievably, George Russell was only 0.053s off pole but could only manage P4.

Alonso and Stroll take the third row for Aston Martin.

The sensational Gabriel Bortoleto was P7, ahead of Verstappen, Lawson and Hadjar. 0.543s covered the top 10 in Q3.

Q3 results and classification at the F1 Hungarian GP

1. Leclerc
2. Piastri
3. Norris
4. Russell
5. Alonso
6. Stroll
7. Bortoleto
8. Verstappen
9. Lawson
10. Hadjar