F1 qualifying red flagged after Yuki Tsunoda goes airborne in terrifying crash at Hungaroring
Yuki Tsunoda crashed in qualifying
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Yuki Tsunoda was involved in a scary crash in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix which led to the session being red flagged.
Both RB drivers made it through to Q3 in Hungary, with everyone racing against the clock due to the expectation of rain.
But the rain came early with drivers struggling for grip after setting their provisional lap time in Q3.
Tsunoda had just edged out team-mate Daniel Ricciardo for ninth on the grid and was on a hot lap later in the session when he lost control of his car around Turn Five.
Yuki Tsunoda crashed in qualifying
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The Japanese driver went airborne and crashed into the barriers with his car absolutely wrecked from the incident.
Tsunoda was able to walk away from the incident, but he appeared frustrated as he stood on the side of the track.
The red flag was waved with just two minutes and 13 seconds left on the clock with several drivers forced to abandon their hot laps.
It also led to a huge clean up for the race stewards on the track before the session could resume.
Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso clearly felt unable to improve on their time as they opted against coming back out after the session restarted.
It was also a tight window for the cars to get around in time to start their final hot lap with Carlos Sainz missing out.
But nobody else was able to improve either with McLaran locking out the front row and Lando Norris taking pole.
"Not an easy qualifying, different conditions like that, but always ending up on top is the best part of it all," he said.
Yuki Tsunoda was able to walk away from the crash
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"Especially for the team, a one-two is even better, so congrats to the team.
"We have already got confidence, so it's not like we need a lot more of it or we are searching for it.
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McLaren locked out the front row with Lando Norris taking pole
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"We have come into this weekend off the back of the last few happy and confident we can do a good job and we have a good car to fight for pole, which is what we did today.
"We are in the best position for whatever the conditions throw at us.
"Two cars at the front row, we can control it from there, so as long as we stay where we are we'll be happy."