Sebastian Vettel continued Red Bull’s ominous start to the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend as he set the pace by a full half a second in Friday’s second practice session.
After Vettel and team-mate Mark Webber outpaced the field by a whole second in the morning, the Ferraris at least managed to close down that deficit substantially – although Hockenheim winner Fernando Alonso was still 0.497s slower than the RBR standard-bearer.
Webber and the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa were the only other drivers to lap the twisty circuit within a second of Vettel’s time, with championship leader McLaren again appearing to be off the leaders as its drivers lapped over 1.2s off the pace. ITV
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Formula 1: Hungarian Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
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Formula 1: Hungarian Grand Prix - First Practice Results
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Lewis Hamilton was sixth in his McLaren, behind Renault’s Vitaly Petrov of Russia, while the other Renault of Robert Kubica was seventh.
British defending world champion Jenson Button was ninth in his McLaren. The Canadian Press
Nico Hulkenberg was Williams’ faster runner with 1m 21.623s, then came Jenson Button on 1m 21.730s in the second McLaren, Michael Schumacher in the lead Mercedes on 1m 21.773s, Pedro de la Rosa’s BMW Sauber on 1m 21.809s and Rubens Barrichello in the second Williams on 1m 21.844s.
Nico Rosberg had a troubled day as he did not break 1m 22.039s in the second Mercedes, while Kamui Kobayashi got the prize for the most off-track moments of the day in his BMW Sauber on his way to 1m 22.212s. Jaime Alguersuari ran 1m 22.469s to lead Toro Rosso, ahead of Adrian Sutil who was still sorting out the Force India with its blown diffuser as he posted 1m 22.507s, and Sebastien Buemi who lapped the second Toro Rosso in 1m 22.602s. Formula 1
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