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Lewis Hamilton claims pole position at Hungarian Grand Prix

Hamilton claims Hungary pole
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Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position at tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix.

Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The Briton beat Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel by less than four hundredths of a second.

Vettel's teammate Mark Webber reached Q3, but chose not to set a time as he had suffered a KERS failure earlier in qualifying.

Lotus's Romain Grosjean completed the top three, but Kimi Raikkonen was unable to match his teammate's pace and finished sixth.

Force India's Paul di Resta was knocked out in Q1 along with Esteban Gutierrez of Sauber, who had missed this morning's final practice with an engine problem.

Grid for Hungarian Grand Prix:

1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
2. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
3. Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
4. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
5. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
6. Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
7. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
8. Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso)
9. Sergio Perez (McLaren)
10. Mark Webber (Red Bull)
11. Adrian Sutil (Force India)
12. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)
13. Jenson Button (McLaren)
14. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
15. Pastor Maldonado (Williams)
16. Valtteri Bottas (Williams)
17. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)
18. Paul di Resta (Force India)
19. Charles Pic (Caterham)
20. Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)
21. Jules Bianchi (Marussia)
22. Max Chilton (Marussia)

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after taking pole during qualifying for the British Grand Prix on June 29, 2013
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