For the second successive Saturday there were contrasting fortunes at Mercedes as while Nico Rosberg claimed pole, Lewis Hamilton made a fiery exit to Q1. Hamilton dominated the proceeding practice sessions, quickest in all three. However, on his first run in Q1 at the Hungaroring his W05 caught fire with the back end quickly engulfed in flames. Hamilton tried to pull over where there were marshals with fire extinguishers but he rode by telling his team that the "car won't stop." He finally came to a halt and jumped out but the damage was already done. His qualifying was over without a time on the board. However, given that Pastor Maldonado's E22 broke down minutes before,...
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