BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Lewis Hamilton said his shock pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix was a case of waiting for everything to come together at the right moment in the rain.
Hamilton demonstrated his prowess in the rain in Q3, hooking together a great lap to snatch pole Mercedes position from teammate Valtteri Bottas. Mercedes had not seemed to be in the fight for pole in the dry but the sudden shower changed everything.
Reflecting on his session, Hamilton said: "I had no idea in qualifying what was going to be needed for pole position and as I went into that last lap I knew I had to put together a huge sector and really pull something special out to firstly take the Ferraris but also the cars around me.