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Hamilton: 'I need a miracle'

Lewis Hamilton has admitted he'll need a "miracle" to win Sunday's Hungarian GP despite claiming the most unexpected of pole positions ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Romain Grosjean. Having struggled throughout Friday's practice sessions, and with Vettel laying down a formidable lap time of 1:19.506 at the start of the top-ten shoot-out, the 2008 World Champion stunned both himself and his Mercedes team by edging out his Red Bull rival by less than a tenth of a second in the final throes of a gripping qualifying hour. It was Hamilton's 30th career pole, and his third in succession, but the Mercedes driver's disbelief was both genuine and stark when told over his car-to-pits radio...
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