Red Bull set the pace in Hungary

Vettel and Webber dominate FP1

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30 July 2010 - 11:42
Red Bull set the pace in Hungary

Practice for the Hungarian GP kicked off this morning under clear skies.

Despite some early rain, the track was dry when the light turned green.

Replacing Tonio Liuzzi at the wheel of the Force India this morning, Paul di Resta was the first out on track. He was followed by teammate Adrian Sutil and HRT’s Yamamoto.

As is becoming the norm on Friday morning practices, most of the field did a single installation lap before pitting. A few drivers, including Vettel and Schumacher did a two-lap installation run.

As the track was very dirty and dusty, no one was eager to lap early on and waited for others to do the cleaning work.

Returning to the scene of his life-threatening accident last year, Felipe Massa was the first to post a time on the board, approximately 20 minutes through the session.

Sutil had no problem to go faster than the Brazilian and set a new reference time of 1’26’’143 – twelve seconds quicker than Massa’s.

Both HRTs of Yamamoto and Senna split them some time later. After thirty minutes, Sutil was leading from Alguersuari, Senna, Yamamoto and Massa.
The five of them were the only ones with a time on the board.

Mark Webber got going shortly after that and he immediately put his RB6 on top of the timesheet with a 1’24’’856. His teammate didn’t wait long to join in the fun and quickly joined Webber at the front. As they approached the halfway point of the session, Vettel lowered the target time down to 1’21’’275.

He was then leading from Webber by 0.435s. Michael Schumacher was up into third in the Mercedes with Rosberg fourth and De la Rosa fifth. Robert Kubica also moved up some places to slot into third, while Alonso took fifth.

Webber retook the lead with just over thirty minutes remaining in the session. Vettel couldn’t match him at first but was just one tenth of a second slower than his teammate. And both of them were one second clear of the rest of the pack, led by Renault’s Kubica and McLaren’s Button.

Vettel then set a 1’20’’976 to edge Webber out of the lead. He subsequently had a moment at the exit of the chicane and pitted at the end of this lap to have the underside of his car checked.

The final part of the session was mainly dedicated to some high fuel runs and there were few improvements. It was a Red Bull one-two as the session ended, with Vettel holding onto top spot ahead of Webber.

Kubica was third fastest, a full second down on Vettel. Jenson Button was fourth fastest for McLaren Mercedes. Rubens Barrichello was an encouraging fifth for Williams. De la Rosa, Alonso, Rosberg, Schumacher and Hulkenberg completed the top ten.

Early pacesetter Felipe Massa finished the session 12th fastest, two seconds down on Vettel.

Paul di Resta set the 15th fastest time while championship leader Lewis Hamilton was down in 18th place.

Pos.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Renault 1.20.976 29
02 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 1.21.106 +0.130 27
03 Robert Kubica Renault 1.22.072 +1.096 21
04 Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes 1.22.444 +1.468 17
05 Rubens Barrichello Williams Cosworth 1.22.601 +1.625 25
06 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber Ferrari 1.22.764 +1.788 24
07 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1.22.772 +1.796 25
08 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1.22.777 +1.801 25
09 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1.22.792 +1.816 26
10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams Cosworth 1.22.966 +1.990 25
11 Adrian Sutil Force India Mercedes 1.23.003 +2.027 19
12 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1.23.007 +2.031 26
13 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1.23.249 +2.273 24
14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber Ferrari 1.23.327 +2.351 23
15 Paul di Resta Force India Mercedes 1.23.520 +2.544 19
16 Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso Ferrari 1.23.780 +2.804 22
17 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso Ferrari 1.23.868 +2.892 28
18 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 1.24.075 +3.099 15
19 Jarno Trulli Lotus Cosworth 1.25.032 +4.056 22
20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Cosworth 1.25.210 +4.234 23
21 Timo Glock Virgin Racing Cosworth 1.25.990 +5.014 21
22 Lucas di Grassi Virgin Racing Cosworth 1.26.686 +5.710 17
23 Bruno Senna HRT F1 Cosworth 1.26.990 +6.014 34
24 Sakon Yamamoto HRT F1 Cosworth 1.28.157 +7.181 24

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