Hungaroring, FP2: Vettel ends Hungarian Friday on top
Double top for Red Bull again in second practice
Having been fastest in FP1, Red Bull Racing continued that form into the afternoon with Sebastian Vettel again going quickest, though this time by a much smaller margin over team-mate Mark Webber.
Romain Grosjean was third fastest for Lotus, ahead of the Ferrari’s of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. Behind them the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were sixth and seventh, Kimi Räikkönen was eighth quickest in the second Lotus. Jenson Button was ninth for McLaren and Adrian Sutil rounded out the top-ten for Force India.
Vettel’s time of 1:21.264 was set at the half-hour mark. He was already P1 at that point, having been the quickest man in the opening exchanges on the medium tyre. Having changed to the soft compound he improved by 1.2 seconds, setting his fastest time on his first flying lap with the yellow-banded tyre. Webber slotted into P2 a lap later.
The final hour of Friday practice was dominated by long runs, with drivers conducting race simulations. With track temperatures above 40°C tyre performance fell off quickly and no one threatened to match Vettel’s headline time. The circuit remained slippery and, as had been the case in the morning, many drivers struggled with grip, sliding over the kerbs and into the run-off areas.
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
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01 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Renault | 1:21.264 | 34 | |
02 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Renault | 1:21.308 | +0.044 | 42 |
03 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus Renault | 1:21.417 | +0.153 | 40 |
04 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:21.426 | +0.162 | 34 |
05 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:21.544 | +0.280 | 37 |
06 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG | 1:21.802 | +0.538 | 42 |
07 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG | 1:21.991 | +0.727 | 40 |
08 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus Renault | 1:22.011 | +0.747 | 32 |
09 | Jenson Button | McLaren Mercedes | 1:22.180 | +0.916 | 41 |
10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India Mercedes | 1:22.304 | +1.040 | 41 |
11 | Paul di Resta | Force India Mercedes | 1:22.526 | +1.262 | 39 |
12 | Sergio Perez | McLaren Mercedes | 1:22.529 | +1.265 | 37 |
13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams Renault | 1:22.781 | +1.517 | 36 |
14 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber Ferrari | 1:22.837 | +1.573 | 42 |
15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber Ferrari | 1:22.841 | +1.577 | 39 |
16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso Ferrari | 1:23.369 | +2.105 | 34 |
17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso Ferrari | 1:23.411 | +2.147 | 41 |
18 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams Renault | 1:23.646 | +2.382 | 34 |
19 | Charles Pic | Caterham Renault | 1:24.325 | +3.061 | 38 |
20 | Giedo Van der Garde | Caterham Renault | 1:25.065 | +3.801 | 36 |
21 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia Cosworth | 1:25.143 | +3.879 | 39 |
22 | Max Chilton | Marussia Cosworth | 1:26.647 | +5.383 | 33 |