Vettel fastest again in second session
Sebastian Vettel retained his place at the top of the times sheet in the second practice session at the Hungaroring.
The two Red Bulls were split by Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari but he was almost half a second slow than Vettel.
Mark Webber was third, just a fraction slower than Alonso, and Felipe Massa was the only other driver able to set a sub-1’21 lap.
Vettel and Webber were closely-matched early in the session while using hard tyres. But when it came to the first laps of the weekend on super-soft tyres, Vettel extended his advantage over his team mate.
The McLaren duo rarely troubled their two rivals, with Jenson Button complaining about traffic on multiple occasions. Vitaly Petrov took the fifth-fastest time ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica.
Several drivers tested the limits of the Hungaroring as the lap times came down, particularly at the exit of turn seven where both Webber and Massa got onto the grass.
Before practice had begun the state of some of the kerbs had been inspected and Alonso’s car tore up a chunk of one of them towards the end of the session.
Heikki Kovalainen’s Friday running came to an early end as he suffered another hydraulic problem in his Lotus.
Also in trouble was Adrian Sutil, though the Force India mechanics were able to correct an electrical fault on his car and get him back on track again before the end of the day’s running.
| Pos. | Car | Driver | Car | Best lap | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’20.087 | 33 | |
| 2 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’20.584 | 0.497 | 34 |
| 3 | 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1’20.597 | 0.510 | 36 |
| 4 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1’20.986 | 0.899 | 33 |
| 5 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1’21.195 | 1.108 | 33 |
| 6 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’21.308 | 1.221 | 30 |
| 7 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1’21.375 | 1.288 | 37 |
| 8 | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1’21.623 | 1.536 | 41 |
| 9 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’21.730 | 1.643 | 33 |
| 10 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1’21.773 | 1.686 | 31 |
| 11 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’21.809 | 1.722 | 38 |
| 12 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1’21.844 | 1.757 | 36 |
| 13 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’22.039 | 1.952 | 28 |
| 14 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’22.212 | 2.125 | 37 |
| 15 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’22.469 | 2.382 | 43 |
| 16 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1’22.507 | 2.420 | 22 |
| 17 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’22.602 | 2.515 | 38 |
| 18 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1’23.138 | 3.051 | 36 |
| 19 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1’24.553 | 4.466 | 37 |
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1’25.376 | 5.289 | 35 |
| 21 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1’25.669 | 5.582 | 32 |
| 22 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1’26.745 | 6.658 | 33 |
| 23 | 20 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 1’26.798 | 6.711 | 32 |
| 24 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1’27.705 | 7.618 | 5 |
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Vettel Fan said on 31st July 2010, 1:09
I think there is no way to get the pole without a RB6 in Hungary, but the race pace from Ferrari seems to be very strong.
wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 31st July 2010, 3:50
Red Bull seems that they will walk away on this race.Good to see Ferrari are there but the worried news for the Mclaren fans are the Mclaren.