F1: Lando Norris takes Hungary pole in McLaren front row lockout

Norris secures pole, McLaren's first front row lockout since 2012, Verstappen starts third, Perez crashes.

Lando Norris took pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday with team mate Oscar Piastri qualifying alongside to secure McLaren's first front row lockout since 2012.

Red Bull's Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen qualified third in a session that was red-flagged and then re-started with two minutes remaining when RB's Yuki Tsunoda crashed.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz joined triple champion Verstappen, who leads Norris by 84 points in the standings after 12 of 24 races, on the second row at a circuit where overtaking can be tricky.

"We are in the best position for whatever the conditions throw at us so I'm looking forward to it," said Norris as he celebrated his third career pole and second in the last four races.

"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."

Norris set a fastest time of one minute 15.227 to secure provisional pole in the final phase, with Verstappen second and 0.328 slower.

Piastri then seized second place with a lap 0.022 slower than his team mate.