Lewis Hamilton suffers car fire while Nico Rosberg grabs Hungary pole
Mercedes driver fastest in F1 qualifying at Hungaroring Hamilton starts from rear of grid after fire ruins practice
Lewis Hamiltons wretched fortune continued here on Saturday when his Mercedes caught fire at the start of qualifying for Sundays Hungarian Grand Prix.
Hamilton had dominated all three practice sessions and was favourite to win in Hungary for a record fifth time, but his hopes went up in flames as he told his team: Guys, Im on fire! His race engineer replied: OK, Lewis, just stop the car where there is a fire marshall. Hamilton said he could not stop the car, before finally coming to a halt.
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