Seven-time world champion Hamilton pipped Verstappen to pole position by just 0.003 seconds with his very last l♌ap of a thrilling session as he topped qualifying for the first time 🦋in 33 races. 

The pair, who have a histo🔯ry of clashing during their fierce 2021 title battle, line-up alongside each other on a box-office front-row, setting up a tantalising prospect for the run down to Turn 1. 

Asked if he is expecting any fireworks between Hamilton and Verstapp🀅en, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: “I think [it will be] good fun🍃. 

“Neither of them has anything to risk or lose, so they will be for sure racing each other🌠 at the beginning. 

“Lewis I’m sure will give it everything. He has to put up a great fight, but we also n♏eed to stay realistic and they were just in a league of their own on the long runs [Saturday] morning and [Friday].

“But that’s𒀰 motor racing, and everything can be different tomorrow if we have a driver ꦆand car in the best state of mind to fight against them, and the McLarens who were strong at Silverstone.” 

Wolff’s Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner admitted he is wary of Hamilton and Verstappen sharing the front row for the first time since th𒁏eir controversial 2021 world championship decider in Abu Dhabi. 

"It will come down to the start and we know there's a bit of history between those two. As long as they make it through the first couple of turns, we should have a good motor race," Horner told Sky Spo𒆙rts F1.

"Track position here is a bit like Monaco without the barriers. Once you have track positio𓆉n it's hard to overtake here so it comes down to strategy.”

Just behind, McLaren’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris, who hꦓimself only missed out on pole by 0.085s, is ready to 🐲capitalise on any drama in front of him. 

“Lewis, I think, is one of the beไst… Mercedes are very good starters, Lewis included. So to get them off the line is going t🅺o be a challenge,” he admitted. 

“I think they’re consistently one of t🌳he best starters on t♍he grid. So to get the jump on him, it’s going to be difficult. 

“If Max can do what he did in Silverstone, it’ll be wonderful. It changes every weekend.&nb🌜sp;

“I just need to focus on getting a good start myself, focus on my owཧn job and we’ll see from there.”

Hamilton is looking to convert his 104th career pole - and ninth at the Hungaroring - into his fi🅠rst victory since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. 

Such a feat would see Hamilton set a new record by becoming the first driver to win the sam🌠e grand prix nine times. 

“We tend to have decent race pace,” the 38-year-old said of his chances. “Max's race pace [in Fri✱day practice] was I think quite extraordiꦑnary, I think they were quite a bit quicker than us.

"But if there's a wayဣ to hold position, then maybe there's a fighting chance for us, but just even being up there in the top three, we'r☂e going to have a great race - that's for sure.

"I'm as keen [to win] as I was ♛when I won my first GP in 2007 in Montreal.”

Two-time world champion Verstappen acknowledged that Mercedes tend to have a strong car o🦋n Sundays. 

“Normally, like Lewis said as well, when they are up front in Qualifying normally, their race carᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ is also quite 🦋strong,” he said. 

“So I don’t expecﷺt it to be a very straightforward race. I mean, I expect us to be quick, but around here it’s not easy to pass, especially when you’re quite closely matched on pace.”