​Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton at the Hungaroring in Mogyorod near Budapest ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix 2026. Picture date: Thursday July 23, 2026. (Photo by David Davies/PA Images via Getty Images) | PA Images via Getty Images One qualifying session remains ahead of Formula 1’s August shutdown.Who will take pole position at the Hungaroring?It was a “Ferrari Friday” at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday, as Charles Leclerc topped the timing sheets in FP1, then finished second to teammate Lewis Hamilton during FP2. In the days leading up to the Hungarian Grand Prix many tapped Ferrari as the favorites, including McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, and those early projections may turn out to be true.However, teams had all Friday night to pour over the data from the first two hours of practice, and have one more hour of work ahead of the qualifying session. Can anyone catch Ferrari at the Hungaroring?In a few short hours, we will find out together.Qualifying gets underway at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Saturday morning, so follow along with us live! And don’t forget, you can join the conversation at the all-new F1 Feed! We’ll have a qualifying thread there for you as well, so you can chat as the hour ticks down. For help navigating the feed, we have a handy “how to” post for you to review.Hungarian GP provisional qualifying resultsHere is the provisional starting grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix, which will be filled in as the hour unfolds.RowPositionDriverTeamPositionDriverTeamRow 11Lando NorrisMcLaren2Lewis HamiltonFerrariRow 23Charles LeclercFerrari4Kimi AntonelliMercedesRow 35Oscar PiastriMcLaren6Max VerstappenRed BullRow 47George RussellMercedes8Isack HadjarRed BullRow 59Arvid LindbladVCARB10Nico HülkenbergAudiRow 611Liam LawsonVCARB12Pierre GaslyAlpineRow 713Franco ColapintoAlpine14Gabriel BortoletoAudiRow 815Esteban OconHaas16Fernando AlonsoAston MartinRow 917Oliver BearmanHaas18Carlos SainzWilliamsRow 1019Alexander AlbonWilliams20Lance StrollAston MartinRow 1121Valtteri BottasCadillac22Sergio PérezCadillacWhat happened in qualifyingHere is how the qualifying hour unfolded. All updates are in Eastern time.Q311:02: Verstappen spins, the Ferraris were off the pace, and it is Lando Norris who takes pole position. 11:00: The McLarens are at the back of the field, they’ll extract every bit of track evolution as a result.10:59: Three minutes to go, and. the drivers are rumbling out for the final push laps.Hamilton out first, followed by Leclerc.10:56: Hamilton, Norris, Leclerc, Antonelli, Piastri, and Verstappen the provisional front three rows.10:55: The crowd roars as Hamilton takes provisional pole with a 1:17.219. Antonelli only into fourth, and Russell down in P7. 10:54: 1:17.725 for Verstappen. 1:17684 for Piastri. But 1:17.320 for Norris10:51: Drivers starting to rumble out, led by Verstappen.10:49: 13 minutes on the clock, Q3 officially underway. But the track silent for now as the teams are waiting for the right moment. 10:4