"Only Lewis Hamilton can do that" - Nico Rosberg praises former F1 rival's 'perfect' Hungarian GP qualifying lap
Hamilton ended a qualifying drought stretching back to the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as he pipped Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen to a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:record-breaking pole a𝕴t the Hungaroring✨ in a thrilling Q3 showdown.
An extraordinary effort from the seven-time world champion saw him snatch pole away from Ve﷽rstappen by just 0.003s with his very final lap of the se✱ssion.
"He gave it everything he had,” Rosberg, who edged Hamilton to the 2016 title after a fierce battle, ꩵtold Sky F1.
“I witnessed these special moments and these days he used to have. Today𝓰 𒐪was one of those.
"That lap there is like perfection, it's art. Only Lewis Hamiltonꦆ can do that on such days. No one could have even gone a hundredth quicker. How awesome, super.”
Fellow Sky F1 pu🐬ndit Danica Patrick added: "What's really special is to execute at such a high level so consistently and still be able to squeak a little more out of it.”
Hamilton described taking his 104th F1 career pole as feeling “like the fir⛦st time”.
“It’s been a crazy year and a half, I’ve lost my vo🍸ice from s𝔍houting so much in the car. It's amazing, that feeling. I feel so grateful to be up here because we’ve worked so hard, we’ve been pushing so hard over this time to get a pole it feels like the first time.
“I didn’t expect us coming today 🃏to be fighting for pole. When I went into that last run I gave it absolutely everything, there was nothing left in it.”
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