MOGYOROD, July 24, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team's German driver Nico Rosberg competes during the qualifying session of the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix in Mogyorod, Hungary, on July 23, 2016. Rosberg took the pole position with a time of 1 minute and 19.965 seconds. (Xinhua/Jure Makovec)
BUDAPEST, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Running on a track drenched by a cloudburst the Mercedes duo took 1st and 2nd places in the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session at Hungaroring in Mogyorod, Hungary on Saturday.
This gives Nico Rosberg (Germany) whose time was time of 1:19.965 the coveted pole position on the inside of the front row. Teammate Lewis Hamilton (Britain), whose time was 1:20.108, will also start from the first row but from the less advantageous outside slot.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) and Max Verstappen (Netherlands) were 3rd and 4th with 1:20.280 and 1:20.557.
Ferrari's Sebestian Vettel (Germany) was 5th with 1:20.874, Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz (Spain) was 6th with 1:21.131, and McLaren's Fernando Alonso (Spain) and Jenson Button (Britain) were 7th and 8th with 1:21.211 and 1:21.597 respectively.
Force India's Nico Hukenberg (Germany) was 9th with 1:21.823 and Williams' Valtteri Botas (Finland) was 10th with 1:22.182.
The Hungarian Grand Prix will be held on Sunday and a resurfaced track promised record-breaking speeds barring another cloudburst.
