Rosberg takes Hungarian GP pole, edges Hamilton, Ricciardo

Rosberg takes Hungarian GP pole, edges Hamilton, Ricciardo

Published Jul. 23, 2016 4:11 p.m. ET

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) Nico Rosberg of Mercedes will start from pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix, ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull.

Qualifying on Saturday was hampered by heavy rainfall, which delayed the start by 20 minutes and also led to several interruptions and crashes, including by Felipe Massa of Williams and Sauber's Marcus Ericsson.

Rosberg posted a time of 1 minute, 19.965 seconds according to provisional results, 0.143 seconds faster than Hamilton, who barely made it to the last of the three qualifying session, finishing 10th in session two. Ricciardo was third, 0.172 seconds off Hamilton's pace.

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen, the only non-Mercedes winner so far this season, was fourth, followed by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.

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Pablo Gorondi contributed to this report.

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