Max Verstappen took his maiden pole position in scorching style as the Red Bull star took Saturday honours at the Hungarian Grand Prix in record time. Driving in his 95th grand prix, Verstappen backed up recent fine form with his first qualifying success to perhaps stake his claim to a late title charge in 2019. Article continues under video Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to second place as Mercedes were unable to beat Verstappen, who delivered a lap of 1:14.572 to smash the previous lap record at the Hungaroring and become the 100th different pole-sitter in F1 history. The Ferrari pair of Charles Lelcerc and Sebastian Vettel fell away in the fight for pole, but came home fourth and...
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