Nico Rosberg will start the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position after stewards cleared him of wrongdoing over aౠn alleged breach oꦉf the yellow flag ruling.

The Mercedes driver beat Lewis Hꦬamilton to pole position in contentious circumstances after his fastest time was achieved despite waved yellow flags being deployed at Turn 8 for the spun Feꦡrnando Alonso.

Though most drivers aborted their laps, Rosberg maintained his momentum in the run up to Turn 7 with yellow flags evident on television replays. The disputed𓃲 Turn 8 corner, however, was clear by the time Rosberg reached it with the track returning to green flag conditions as he approached it.

With🔴 🔴Rosberg going on to take pole position, though no investigation was launched in the direct aftermath of the session - with Rosberg insisting he made a 'very, very big lift' to acknowledge the flags -, stewards belatedly put him under investigation three hours after qualifying finished.

However, stewards have since decided to take no further action again💯st the championship contender, meaning he will indee🐎d start the Hungaroring race from pole position.

"Telemetry demonstrated that the driver reduced speed significantly into Turn 8," re🌜ad the FIA statement.

Rosberg had earlier insisted he did a 'very, very big lift' when coming through the section, despite setting the fastest second sector time of qua🃏lifying.

"There were double waved yel♚lows but I had a very, ver🌠y big lift and I lost a lot of time as a result and I was also slower than on my previous lap in that yellow sector or segment so I am sure it will be OK."