Starting Grid 2018 Hungarian F1 GP
The starting grid at the Hungaroring
Event: Hungarian Grand Prix
Track: Hungaroring
Start time: 15:10 CET (29/07/2018)
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamitlon will start form pole at the Hungarian Grand Prix the 5th time in his F1 career. It's also his 5th pole position of the 2018 F1 season.
Because it's very hard to overtake at the Hungaroring, the current drivers champion Hamilton is also the favourite to win the race.
If he wins the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix he will score his 67th F1 race win and the 81st for Mercedes and extend his lead in the 2018 drivers championship title.
Valtteri Bottas looks set to put in a good battle with his teammate, but starts on the dirty part of the track, just like Hamilton's title rival Sebastian Vettel in the very quick starting Ferrari.
The best chance to overtake Hamilton in the first corner will have Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari on the clean site of the track.
Wetter or not the race will be wet or dry is still very uncertain.
The race strategy that the teams choose will also be very important for tomorrow's twelfth race of the 2018 Formula One season.
F1 Grid 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:35,658 | |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:35,918 | 0,260 |
| 3 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:36,186 | 0,528 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:36,210 | 0,552 |
| 5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:36,743 | 1,085 |
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:37,591 | 1,933 |
| 7 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:38,032 | 2,374 |
| 8 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:38,128 | 2,470 |
| 9 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:39,858 | 4,200 |
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:40,593 | 4,935 |
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:35,214 | - |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:36,442 | 0,784 |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:36,506 | 0,848 |
| 14 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:37,075 | 1,417 |
| 15 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:18,782 | - |
| 16 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:18,817 | - |
| 17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:19,142 | - |
| 18 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:19,200 | - |
| 19 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:19,301 | - |
| 20 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | DNF | - |
Note:
- Lance Stroll (car 18) has to start from the pit lane, because hs car was modified whilst under Parc Fermé conditions.
Below you find the the tyres that each driver has left in case the race is driven under dry circumstances.
2018 Hungarian GP Tyre Race Sets
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