Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has celebrated a long-overdue first Formula One pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix, with championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualifying third for Mercedes.

Instead of Hamilton taking a record-equalling seventh pole in Hungary, and 88th of his career, the Dutch 21-year-old wrote his name in the record books as the sport’s 100th driver to secure a pole.

“This feels good, this feels really good,” he shouted over the team radio after a roar had gone up from his massed supporters on Saturday.

“It’s incredible. This one was still missing. The car felt good all weekend and you know it’s always going to be hard in qualifying but we managed to do it,” Verstappen said.

“For me, today was an important one, a very nice one and a great one for the team.”

Finland’s Valtteri Bottas, 41 points behind Hamilton after 11 of 21 races, qualified alongside Verstappen on the front row of the grid.

Australian Daniel Ricciardo, a winner of seven F1 races, was among five drivers eliminated from Q1.

Ricciardo, who left Red Bull and made a surprising move to join Renault, starts from 18th place.

Hamilton won in Hungary last year from pole.

“It’s an incredible feeling to get your first pole so I’m really happy for him,” Hamilton said of Verstappen.

“I’m always up for a fight. It’s a long way down to Turn One so it should be interesting.

“It’s not the easiest place to overtake here but I hope we can give them a run for their money.”

Charles Leclerc was the quicker of the two Ferrari drivers in fourth place, despite smashing backwards into the tyre wall during the first phase and damaging his car’s rear wing, forcing a quick change.

“I’ve been very lucky to go again and I have to thank the team for what they did,” said the 21-year-old Monegasque, who crashed out of last weekend’s German Grand Prix while challenging for the lead.

Teammate Sebastian Vettel will line up fifth, with Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly sixth and McLaren’s Lando Norris the best of the rest in seventh.