F1: Charles Leclerc surprised to achieve pole in the Hungary GP!

The bets revolved around Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to win the classification of the 14th date, but Ferrari Monegasco appeared and stayed with the first place of departure.

The Q3 of the Hungary GP is over, 14th date of the 76th F1 season. The thousandths are counted to resolve the starting positions in the intricate Hungaroring, a place where to leave is almost as important as in Monaco. Pictures and is pole de land … Oscar … Charles Leclerc! That! How was that? Stop, something is wrong. It just can’t be. If Norris and Piastri lent themselves (or snatched) the leadership during the three practice sessions and in Q1 and Q2 … it was only known if the winner of the classification would be English or Australian, but that the color papaya would flood the first row was discounted. Until the Monegasque appeared with his Ferrari and defeated everyone with an unthinkable final lap.

“Life gives you surprises, surprises gives you life,” Rubén Blades popularized in his Pedro Navaja. And what if the pole of Leclerc was surprising. Not because Ferrari’s pilot is not a sprinter, in fact he added his 27th pole position, left behind Mika Häkkinen and stayed with the 11th place in the historical ranking of the item and was only two of the 29 of one Juan Manuel Fangio. The Top Ten is in sight of Ferrari’s pilot. Speed has Leclerc, but nobody had him as a candidate for pole.

“The whole classification has been extremely difficult and when I say that I do not exaggerate. It was very difficult for us to reach Q2 and Q3. In Q3 the conditions changed a little and everything became much more complicated. I honestly have no words, it is probably one of the best pole posations I have had because it is the most unexpected, ”said Leclerc. So that there is a full idea, nor did the same protagonist imagine staying with the best starting place.

Why was such a change of course? The track changed. A few drops of rain that fell into the first bars of the Q2 was added a sharp change in the direction of the wind in Q3, which took McLaren pilots off guard. And like Norris and Piastri, the contestants to the title, were engaged in their battle, did not look for the side. In the last rapid attempt of the Woking Team duo, the first partial was bad.

Piastri, the World Cup leader, explained the fallen of his MCL39: “The wind changed a lot. It always sounds pathetic to blame the wind, but basically it took a 180 degree turn from Q1 to Q3, which meant that many curves feel completely different. My first round in the Q3 was quite terrible because it was not accustomed. Then, I thought the second round had been better, but it was even slower. It is difficult to judge in these conditions and perhaps it was not the best execution. I was surprised a little that we could not go faster. ”For the Australian, the second place is very positive because his fight is not with Leclerc, it is with Norris, who is 16 points behind in the fight for the crown.

The great loser of all this was Norris. He arrived in Hungary Second in the tournament, wanted to take a strong blow to the table, beat his partner and chop in Pole. Finally, he lost with Piastri, was overcome by Leclerc and must leave third, on a track where it is very difficult to pass. “I think Charles Leclerc did a good job in the last round, probably risked a little more in these conditions. The wind changed a lot and really seemed to punish us with more intensity, that is, there are not many complaints. It seems that we both thought we made good laps at the end, but we were simply slow, nothing to complain about.”

Leclerc is before the great chance to provide the first victory of the season to Ferrari, in a year that is very complicated for Maranello. Of course, for that you must overcome your Achilles heel: win from pole. Barely celebrated five wins in the 26 times that started from the first drawer, with just 18.52% effective. Behind will have the McLaren, the cars that were faster throughout the Hungarian weekend. “The start and the first curve will be key; I have no idea how it will go. What I am clear is that I will do everything possible to keep the first place. If we get it, it will facilitate the rest of the race,” said Monegasco, the man who surprised everyone on the second day of activity in Hungaroring.