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Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel edged out Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren to take his eighth pole position of the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Red Bull broke a curfew on working overnight to overhaul Vettel’s car and the changes helped him get back on top.
McLaren’s Jenson Button lines up third ahead of Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, who out-qualified Fernando Alonso for the first time in 2011.
Last year’s winner in Hungary, Mark Webber, starts in sixth for Red Bull.
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Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Edges Hamilton to Earn Pole For Hungarian Grand Prix
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Fastest in First Practice at Hungaroring
Formula 1: Hungarian Grand Prix - First Practice Results
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Fastest in Second Practice at Hungaroring
Formula 1: Hungarian Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Fastest in Final Practice at Hungaroring
Formula 1: Hungarian Grand Prix - Final Practice Results
The main protagonists had been split by just half a second on Friday and it was another close battle in qualifying as Vettel edged out Hamilton by just 0.163 seconds.
Hamilton looked downhearted after the session but said: “I’m happy we can get some really good points from here. Hopefully we can challenge Sebastian.” BBC Sport
Behind the three leading teams, Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg is seventh for his 100th race, with Force India’s Adrian Sutil eighth, followed by the seven-times champion Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes in ninth. Sauber’s Sergio Perez made the top 10 for only the second time this season, at least completing the session after crashing out of the one in Monaco when he sustained concussion and missed two races.
Paul di Resta, who throughout practice appeared poised for a top-10 spot, will start a disappointing 11th in his Force India, finishing a quarter of a second behind team-mate Sutil and a tenth off Perez. Di Resta said: “My lap in Q2 wasn’t quite there and maybe I could have been more adventurous. But it’s a reasonable position to be in, and we’re also on the clean side of the grid.”
Behind the Scot will be Renault’s Vitaly Petrov and Nick Heidfeld, the duo sandwiching the second Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi in 13th. The Williams pair of Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado start 15th and 17th, forming another sandwich with Jaime Alguersuari in his Toro Rosso in between the Grove marque boys in 16th.
Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi led the list of names dropping out at the end of the initial 20-minute session. Although qualifying 18th, the Swiss driver will drop five places to 23rd due to a penalty incurred after last week’s German Grand Prix when he was found guilty of causing a collision with Heidfeld, a decision by the stewards he has described as “hard”. The Guardian
Pos No Driver Team 1 1 Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault 2 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 3 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 6 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 8 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 9 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 10 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 11 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 12 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 13 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 14 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 15 11 Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth 16 19 Jaime AlguersuariSTR-Ferrari 17 12 Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth 18 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 19 20 Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault 20 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 22 23 Vitantonio LiuzziHRT-Cosworth 23 22 Daniel RicciardoHRT-Cosworth 24 25 Jerome d'AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth
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