29 Jul 2012

Lewis Hamilton secures pole at Hungarian Grand Prix

8:40 am on 29 July 2012

Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for his McLaren team in Saturday's closely-fought qualifying session for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

The 27-year-old Briton clocked a best time of one minute and 20.953 seconds to top the times ahead of nearest rival Romain Grosjean in a Lotus.

It is Lewis Hamilton's third pole win of the year.