Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton in the Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday (30/07/2011). Red Bull Racing is done at the last moment of the session after posting a time of 1 minute 19.815 seconds, so he is entitled to occupy pole position for Sunday's race (31/07/2011).
It means Vettel continued excellent performance in free practice last evening when he also became the fastest. The leader of the standings this undermine the dominance of Hamilton, McLaren driver, who in the first two free practice is always cutting edge. This time they were separated 0.163 seconds.
However, Vettel, who last season won the race here, should be wary of McLaren at this race at the Hungaroring circuit. The reason, he will be clamped by a team based in Woking are due at number three there is Hamilton's teammate, Jenson Button.
Pressure is increasing on the world champion in 2010 was because there behind Ferrari duo Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. They beat his teammate Vettel, Mark Webber, who must be satisfied in six position.
Qualifying results is somewhat worse for Alonso, who all three free practice times are always consistent in the order of two large. Towards the end of the session, Alonso looks pretty safe at third. But on the last occasion, he failed to record his best time to sharpen that Button and Massa could shift it. As a result, world champion in 2005 and 2006 must be willing to go down two strips.
Behind it there are three favorite teams Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), followed by Adrian Sutil (Force India), who beat seven-times world champion who is also still listed as a rider's best time record holder at the Hungaroring, Michael Schumacher, Schumacher made a record lap at Hungaroring in 2004 with a record of 1 minute 19.071 seconds. While the Sauber driver, Simon Perez, a locksmith Q3, which complements the composition of the top 10 this qualification.
Worse fate befall two Renault drivers, Vitaly Petrov and Nick Heidfeld. This time, they were not able to compete so it must be knocked out in Q2. Petrov will start from 12th, while Heidfeld at number 14, behind the Sauber driver, Kamui Kobayashi.
- Hungarian GP qualifying results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m19.815s
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m19.978s + 0163
3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m20.024s + 0209
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m20.350s + 0535
5 Fernando Alonso 0550 Ferrari 1m20.365s +
6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m20.474s + 0659
7 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m21.098s + 1283
8 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m21.445s + 1630
9 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m21.907s + 2092
10 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari No time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m23.067s Gap **
11 Paul in Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m22.256s + 1994
12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m22.284s + 2022
13 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.435s + 2173
14 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m22.470s + 2208
15 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 2422 + 1m22.684s
16 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.979s + 2717
17 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth No time
Q1 cut-off time: 1m23.285s Gap *
18 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.070s + 2492
19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m24.362s + 2784
20 Lotus-Renault's Jarno Trulli 2956 + 1m24.534s
21 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 4716 + 1m26.294s
22 Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 4745 + 1m26.323s
23 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 4901 + 1m26.479s
24 Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 4932 + 1m26.510s
107% from leader time: 1m27.288s
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