Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari has a one-point lead in the Drivers Championship, but facing the Formula 1 mid-season break, he has pole position and a solid chance at extending his lead in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Formula 1 2017: Starting grid, lineup for Hungarian Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel has pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix and leads the Drivers Championship by a single point.
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The race will begin at 8 a.m. ET on Sunday, and will be broadcast by CNBC in the United States. A live stream of the race will also be available online starting at the same time, via NBC Sports in your browser or via the NBC Sports app on various connected devices.
Vettel has the top spot on the grid, next to teammate Kimi Raikkonen. The man behind him in the standings is Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, who closed the gap with a brilliant race in Silverstone the last time out. Hamilton will start from fourth on the grid after complaining about tire balance issues throughout qualifying.
Valtteri Bottas, also of Mercedes, will start from third on the grid, with the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo locking out the third row.
Surprisingly, the two Honda-powered McLaren cars locked out the fourth row. Fernando Alonso will start seventh while Stoffel Vandoorne will start eighth. The McLaren cars have had several issues throughout the year, primarily due to reliability problems with the Honda engine.
The other top 10 surprise is the fact that Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon of Force India will both start outside of it. Carlos Sainz Jr. of Toro Rosso and Jolyon Palmer of Renault round out the top 10 on the fifth row.
Paul di Resta of Williams is making his first start in the sport in four years. Di Resta is the team’s reserve driver, and he found out shortly before Saturday’s qualifying that he’d be driving in lieu of Felipe Massa, who was feeling unwell. Di Resta will start 19th on the grid on Sunday.
“It’s been a busy 18 hours,” said di Resta. “I was ironing my shirt at 11 o’clock this morning preparing to be presenting on TV.”
Di Resta did go on to say that he didn’t expect to be “so close straight away,” and said that going from not driving at all to four laps of qualifying qualifies as being thrown into “the deepest of the deep ends.”
Below is the lineup and starting grid for Sunday’s race, and below that is all the information you need to watch the action.
F1 Hungarian Grand Prix Starting Grid
Driver | Team | Best Time |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:16.276 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:16.444 |
| Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:16.530 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.693 |
| Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:16.797 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:16.818 |
| Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:17.549 |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:17.894 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 1:18.311 |
| Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:18.415 |
| Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:18.495 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:17.468 |
| Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:18.639 |
| Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:18.771 |
| Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:19.095 |
| Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:18.538 |
| Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:19.102 |
| Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:19.839 |
| Paul di Resta | Williams | 1:19.868 |
| Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:19.972 |
How to watch Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix
Date: July 30, 2017
Location: Hungaroring, Budapest
Time: 8 a.m. ET
TV: CNBC
Online Streaming: NBC Sports Live
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