The sun was beaming down as the pilots raced under the Chain Bridge ©Joerg Mitter/RBAR (1/11) The parliament building looks on as Chambliss hits the high-Gs ©Armin Walcher/RBAR (2/11) Lo Vot is loving his new raceplane ©Balazs Gardi/RBAR (3/11) The most iconic start to to a race imaginable ©Joerg Mitter/RBAR (4/11) The 'beast' in its full glory ©Joerg Mitter/RBAR (5/11) Hall looked back to his best in Qualifying ©Joerg Mitter/RBAR (6/11) Pete McLeod topped Qualifying and is focused on Race Day... ©Balazs Gardi/RBAR (7/11) His Edge performed impeccably in the track ©Armin Walcher/RBAR (8/11) Muroya is the man in form and the pilot everyone wants to beat ©Balazs Gardi/RBAR (9/11) 3... 2... 1... Go! Martin Sonka prepares to fly ©Balazs Gardi/RBAR (10/11) Juan Velarde will be disappointed after his DNF and be looking to make amends tomorrow ©Armin Walcher/RBAR (11/11) Budapest's 2017 track is known as the 'beast' and today it bit a few of the pilots during Qualifying. We had DNFs for over-Gs, pylon hits and much more. Here are the best images from the day's action...