Piastri and Norris, who occupy the top two spots in the season’s standings, had dominated the practice sessions in Budapest but had no answer when required to improve their pace in the final seconds of a close battle for pole,

The Hungarian Grand Prix final practice session saw teams focusing on qualifying simulations, with McLaren dominating the timesheets.

McLaren were first and second quickest in every practice session at the Hungaroring, but both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were beaten in their duel for Hungarian Grand Prix pole