After being quickest in practice, Lewis Hamilton will start the 2012 Grand Prix of Hungary from the front row after bagging pole position in today’s knock-out qualifying session at the Hungaroring near Budapest. Hamilton took provisional pole position with his opening Q3 flying lap time of 1m 21.260s. He went even quicker with a brilliant final  lap of 1m 20.953s. That was enough to secure the McLaren driver the 22nd pole position of his F1 career — and the team’s 150th — by nearly one-half second over Lotus F1’s Roman Grosjean.

Grand Prix of Hungary qualifying results | Reuters.