Hamilton on pole at Hungarian Grand Prix

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

BUDAPEST (AFP) — World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton spearheaded a McLaren one-two to take pole position for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Heikki Kovalainen.

The English driver clocked 1min 20.899sec, just 0.2 seconds ahead of Finn Kovalainen to take his fourth pole of the season.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa was third but team-mate and reigning champion Kimi Raikkonen could only finish sixth, over half-a-second adrift of Hamilton.

Hamilton will now bid to become the first driver to win three races in a row since Michael Schumacher triumphed in the United States, French and German grands prix two years ago.

And he admitted he was full of optimism that McLaren could achieve their first one-two of the year on Sunday.

"It would...

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