“What?!” Leclerc replied to his race engineer, Bryan Bozzi, after being told the result. He laughed to himself afterwards: “Mamma mia. My God!” The bemusement initially hidden by Leclerc’s helmet remained etched on his face after he hopped out of his car and celebrated with his team.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc failed to capitalize on a shocking pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Through his career, the Hungaroring has not been Leclerc's best track - he tends to have issues with extracting pace,