McLaren😼 has confirmed that Kevin Magnussen is likely to start from the pit lane following his crash in qualifying for the Hunga🌼rian Grand Prix.

Having progres🦩sed through to Q3, Magnussen was on slick tyres approaching Turn 1 as rain started to fall early in the session and he slid off the track at high speed, damaging 🌱the car against the tyre barrier. Racing director Eric Boullier said the damage appeared severe enough to require a chassis change which would mean a pit lane start.

"I think the chassis and gearbox have to be changed," Boullier said. "We are just waiting for final clearance from the team but that's what w♔e expect. Whi♎ch means obviously we will start from the pit lane."

Magnussen himself was pretty calm about the incident, saying he had been caught out💯 by how dry the track was elsewhere.

"It wa🧜s completely dry at the last corner until the straight, so I braked a little bit early - like 20 metres - and it was just wet," Magnussen said. "I locked up and didn't stop really. Unfortunate."

Team-mate Jenson Button was following Magnussen on track and said he was pleased there wꩵere n♏o injuries as a result.

"I think a lot of us were surprised by the lack of grip," Button said. "The problem is here you come over the start/f𓃲inish line - over the rise - and then it drops down a little bit in to Turn 1. You could see as soon as you started dropping 🐽down that it was a little bit different but that's very close to the braking point.

"I think we al𓃲l tried to brake earlier but the problem is when most of the circuit is dry it's very difficult to stop yourself from trying to brake late. If you brake a little bit early you've lost yourself half a second and it's a massive amount in Q3 so it's a real tricky balance.

"I was the first car on the scene when I saw Kevin locked up and going straight on and it looked like it stopped very quickly. It just shows you in qualify🐻ing we're on the limit of grip levels always and these cars stop very quickly, but as soon as you take away a slight percentage in grip suddenly we're in the barriers and it hits hard. So it is never nice to see a shunt like that, it was good to hear immediately that Kevin was OK."