Red Bull led both practice sessions on Friday at the Hungaroring but the opposition are not far behind.
The Lotus drivers in particular seemed to have the pace in their E21 to take the fight to the championship leaders. But neither had clean runs on their first laps.
Romain Grosjean made a mistake on his first flying lap, then had a tidier second run in which he had the quickest run through the middle part of the lap. His sector times put him within a tenth of a second of both Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Kimi Raikkonen’s soft tyre runs were repeatedly spoiled by traffic.
Neither of the Lotuses used the Drag Reduction Device at a circuit where DRS plays a diminished role in lap time and ultimate downforce is at a premium.
Ferrari were also within range of the Red Bulls. However it bears remembering that Red Bull set their times earlier in the session while track conditions were still improving.
Sebastian Vettel did not have a trouble-free practice. He had braking problems in the first session which recurred later on: “My long run wasn’t completely clean, as we had to abort it at the start due to the brakes being a bit hot.”
His quickest lap was just three-tenths of a second off last year’s pole position time. The soft tyres proved quicker than the mediums by up to one-and-a-half seconds, which will make them the preferred compound for qualifying.
Teams are likely to make two or three pit stops in the race. With each stop taking around four seconds longer due to the lowering of the pit lane speed limit, the advantage of making fewer stops has increased.
Unusually Esteban Gutierrez was faster than his more experienced team mate in both of today’s sessions. But Sauber were running different programmes on their two cars as they tested their latest upgrades.
“We were able to draw some conclusions about the new parts we brought here, and it seems like everything is working as expected,” said Gutierrez. “But we still have to wait and see what happens in qualifying.”
However the Toro Rosso drivers were simply off the pace, even lagging behind the Williams pair. “We were definitely too slow today,” said Jean-Eric Vergne, “so I expect we will need to make big changes on the car for tomorrow.”
“I was overheating the rear tyres too much, which gave me a lot of understeer on the long runs and we were far from feeling comfortable today.”
Here’s all the data from the first two practice sessions.
Longest stint comparison – second practice
This chart shows all the drivers’ lap times (in seconds) during their longest unbroken stint:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
Sebastian Vettel | 86.124 | 86.587 | 86.706 | 87.04 | 87.863 | 87.88 | 91.762 | 87.522 | 88.049 | ||||||||||
Mark Webber | 86.63 | 86.519 | 86.472 | 86.598 | 87.273 | 87.879 | 94.374 | 90.72 | 86.661 | 87.595 | 86.709 | 87.169 | 86.794 | 87.461 | 94.441 | 86.698 | 86.967 | 89.119 | 87.101 |
Fernando Alonso | 87.449 | 87.494 | 87.501 | 87.691 | 87.782 | 87.924 | 88.057 | 89.357 | 89.893 | 89.686 | |||||||||
Felipe Massa | 87.969 | 88.247 | 93.203 | 88.258 | 88.105 | 88.092 | 87.828 | 93.012 | 88.824 | 89.325 | 88.675 | 88.571 | 88.504 | ||||||
Jenson Button | 87.591 | 87.728 | 87.753 | 87.567 | 87.778 | 88.793 | 89.076 | 87.711 | 87.518 | ||||||||||
Sergio Perez | 88.975 | 88.404 | 88.462 | 88.155 | 88.116 | 88.037 | 88.064 | 88.806 | 88.365 | 90.776 | 88.09 | ||||||||
Kimi Raikkonen | 87.085 | 87.241 | 87.688 | 87.576 | 87.522 | 88.852 | 88.262 | 87.54 | |||||||||||
Romain Grosjean | 87.656 | 87.401 | 88.521 | 91.657 | 87.092 | 87.094 | 87.191 | 87.378 | 89.445 | 87.691 | 87.155 | 87.173 | |||||||
Nico Rosberg | 89.485 | 89.054 | 89.578 | 92.365 | 88.946 | 89.054 | 89.019 | 96.29 | 88.914 | 88.01 | 88.241 | 88.214 | 90.389 | 92.022 | 88.232 | 88.232 | 88.309 | 88.721 | |
Lewis Hamilton | 88.072 | 87.824 | 87.933 | 87.768 | 87.845 | 87.636 | 87.556 | 97.482 | 87.509 | 87.658 | 89.653 | 88.214 | |||||||
Nico Hulkenberg | 89.229 | 89.318 | 89.619 | 88.888 | 89.905 | 89.135 | 89.072 | 89.267 | 89.165 | 90.795 | 88.767 | 89.709 | 89.265 | 88.827 | 89.673 | 93.093 | 89.039 | 89.837 | |
Esteban Gutierrez | 89.511 | 89.771 | 89.115 | 89.544 | 89.027 | 88.629 | 89.262 | 89.75 | 89.2 | 89.368 | 88.69 | ||||||||
Paul di Resta | 88.484 | 89.192 | 88.428 | 88.419 | 90.878 | 90.058 | 88.158 | 87.859 | |||||||||||
Adrian Sutil | 88.913 | 88.666 | 88.475 | 89.616 | 88.308 | 88.406 | 91.801 | 89.505 | 89.021 | 89.186 | 89.438 | 89.379 | |||||||
Pastor Maldonado | 90.825 | 90.331 | 90.381 | 90.507 | 91.874 | 99.7 | 90.253 | 91.128 | 90.015 | 90.283 | 91.343 | 92.483 | |||||||
Valtteri Bottas | 90.766 | 90.225 | 90.08 | 97.596 | 91.025 | 90.901 | 91.136 | 95.622 | 91.014 | 93.34 | 92.559 | ||||||||
Jean-Eric Vergne | 90.76 | 90.098 | 89.501 | 89.95 | 90.751 | 90.329 | 90.349 | 90.04 | 89.93 | 90.05 | 90.406 | ||||||||
Daniel Ricciardo | 89.913 | 90.774 | 90.94 | 91.802 | 89.755 | 88.661 | 90.181 | 89.247 | 89.005 | 88.978 | 92.8 | 89.165 | 89.118 | 88.991 | 88.957 | ||||
Charles Pic | 91.166 | 91.823 | 90.872 | 90.474 | 91.74 | 90.651 | 90.637 | 90.126 | 89.726 | 90.033 | |||||||||
Giedo van der Garde | 92.109 | 91.357 | 93.111 | 91.118 | 90.587 | 90.652 | 90.54 | 90.495 | 91.304 | 98.194 | 91.311 | ||||||||
Jules Bianchi | 92.496 | 92.011 | 91.783 | 90.96 | 91.231 | 92.349 | 90.994 | 91.138 | 91.744 | 96.504 | 91.477 | 94.572 | 91.907 | 93.382 | |||||
Max Chilton | 90.575 | 90.794 | 90.828 | 92.135 | 91.222 | 91.326 |
Sector times and ultimate lap times
Pos | No. | Driver | Car | S1 | S2 | S2 | Ultimate | Gap | Deficit to best |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 29.208 (4) | 29.159 (3) | 22.897 (1) | 1’21.264 | 0.000 | |
2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 29.141 (1) | 29.261 (5) | 22.906 (2) | 1’21.308 | 0.044 | 0.000 |
3 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 29.311 (7) | 29.120 (1) | 22.917 (3) | 1’21.348 | 0.084 | 0.069 |
4 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 29.282 (6) | 29.152 (2) | 22.992 (5) | 1’21.426 | 0.162 | 0.000 |
5 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 29.276 (5) | 29.257 (4) | 22.972 (4) | 1’21.505 | 0.241 | 0.039 |
6 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 29.196 (3) | 29.347 (6) | 23.259 (9) | 1’21.802 | 0.538 | 0.000 |
7 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 29.333 (8) | 29.395 (7) | 23.167 (7) | 1’21.895 | 0.631 | 0.116 |
8 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 29.159 (2) | 29.568 (8) | 23.264 (10) | 1’21.991 | 0.727 | 0.000 |
9 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 29.351 (9) | 29.735 (12) | 23.094 (6) | 1’22.180 | 0.916 | 0.000 |
10 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 29.438 (10) | 29.581 (9) | 23.285 (11) | 1’22.304 | 1.040 | 0.000 |
11 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 29.519 (12) | 29.787 (14) | 23.210 (8) | 1’22.516 | 1.252 | 0.010 |
12 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 29.502 (11) | 29.712 (11) | 23.315 (12) | 1’22.529 | 1.265 | 0.000 |
13 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 29.653 (15) | 29.668 (10) | 23.316 (13) | 1’22.637 | 1.373 | 0.200 |
14 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 29.600 (14) | 29.748 (13) | 23.433 (14) | 1’22.781 | 1.517 | 0.000 |
15 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 29.551 (13) | 29.829 (15) | 23.461 (16) | 1’22.841 | 1.577 | 0.000 |
16 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 29.669 (16) | 30.011 (16) | 23.629 (18) | 1’23.309 | 2.045 | 0.337 |
17 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 29.695 (18) | 30.240 (18) | 23.434 (15) | 1’23.369 | 2.105 | 0.000 |
18 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 29.737 (19) | 30.158 (17) | 23.499 (17) | 1’23.394 | 2.130 | 0.017 |
19 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 29.680 (17) | 30.783 (19) | 23.848 (20) | 1’24.311 | 3.047 | 0.014 |
20 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 30.059 (20) | 31.088 (21) | 23.826 (19) | 1’24.973 | 3.709 | 0.092 |
21 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 30.084 (21) | 30.869 (20) | 24.176 (21) | 1’25.129 | 3.865 | 0.014 |
22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 30.226 (22) | 31.619 (22) | 24.802 (22) | 1’26.647 | 5.383 | 0.000 |
Complete practice times
Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | Total laps | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’22.723 | 1’21.264 | 53 | ||
2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1’22.982 | 1’21.308 | 66 | ||
3 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1’23.111 | 1’21.417 | 60 | ||
4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’23.099 | 1’21.426 | 56 | ||
5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1’24.299 | 1’21.544 | 56 | ||
6 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’24.157 | 1’21.802 | 70 | ||
7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’23.531 | 1’21.991 | 68 | ||
8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1’23.010 | 1’22.011 | 52 | ||
9 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1’23.370 | 1’22.180 | 67 | ||
10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1’23.390 | 1’22.304 | 61 | ||
11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1’24.608 | 1’22.526 | 60 | ||
12 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 1’23.591 | 1’22.529 | 63 | ||
13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1’23.911 | 1’22.781 | 57 | ||
14 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’24.119 | 1’22.837 | 63 | ||
15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’24.314 | 1’22.841 | 62 | ||
16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’24.204 | 1’23.369 | 49 | ||
17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’24.383 | 1’23.411 | 65 | ||
18 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1’24.150 | 1’23.646 | 61 | ||
19 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1’25.827 | 1’24.325 | 62 | ||
20 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1’26.808 | 1’25.065 | 61 | ||
21 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1’27.617 | 1’25.143 | 59 | ||
22 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1’26.647 | 33 | |||
23 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Marussia-Cosworth | 1’28.927 | 25 |
Speed trap
# | Driver | Car | Engine | Max speed (kph) | Gap | |
1 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | Mercedes | 298.1 | |
2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Renault | 296.6 | 1.5 |
3 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Mercedes | 296.1 | 2 |
4 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | Ferrari | 296 | 2.1 |
5 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | Renault | 295.1 | 3 |
6 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham | Renault | 294.5 | 3.6 |
7 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Mercedes | 294.1 | 4 |
8 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Ferrari | 293.9 | 4.2 |
9 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Mercedes | 293.8 | 4.3 |
10 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | Ferrari | 293.7 | 4.4 |
11 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus | Renault | 293.3 | 4.8 |
12 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Mercedes | 293.2 | 4.9 |
13 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India | Mercedes | 293.1 | 5 |
14 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | Renault | 292.8 | 5.3 |
15 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | Ferrari | 292.2 | 5.9 |
16 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | Ferrari | 292 | 6.1 |
17 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | Renault | 291.8 | 6.3 |
18 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Renault | 291.7 | 6.4 |
19 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia | Cosworth | 291.7 | 6.4 |
20 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | Cosworth | 291.6 | 6.5 |
21 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Renault | 291.1 | 7 |
22 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | Ferrari | 289.9 | 8.2 |
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Manished
26th July 2013, 17:55
Funny. Romain set the flying lap latter than both ferrari duo. But you only take into account of track evolution for ferrari ‘s cases while neglecting it when you were talking about Lotus.
Double standard much huh?
Shreyas Mohanty (@)
26th July 2013, 18:33
@manished Even I have noticed a tiny tiny bit of anti-ferrarism and pro-redbullism in F1F’s articles. I have never observed any bias towatds lotus, though. May be I am wrong, but that’s how I feel many a time.
TMF (@)
26th July 2013, 21:42
I don’t see a bias in F1F’s articles – most of them are actually quite neutral or they really try to be. Maybe Ferrari should build faster cars if you wanna see them receiving more praise :)
OmarR-Pepper (@)
26th July 2013, 22:55
I think it’s just how this season is going @shreyasf1fan, I mean, Red Bull is the one to beat (again) and if you see more compliments is just fairness, not favoring them.
There are as many articles regarding Ferrari as the ones about Mercedes, Lotus, even Force India, and Red Bull. And that can probably also be proportional to their performance on the weekend.
Shreyas Mohanty (@)
27th July 2013, 4:49
@omarr-pepper touche.
Jay Menon (@jaymenon10)
27th July 2013, 1:01
Sorry mate…Keith’s view are very impartial and and is typically based on facts.
Mike (@mike)
27th July 2013, 5:21
Agreed. Another fantastic article.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
26th July 2013, 20:23
No I don’t. You’re the one making that distinction.
TrueF1Grit (@truef1grit)
26th July 2013, 21:34
Quote where exactly Keith makes these pro-Lotus anti-Ferrari comments. He just made a general comment regarding Red Bull in the same paragraph as the Ferrari?
Tayyib (@m0nzaman)
26th July 2013, 18:16
Come on Ferrari, can you improve the pace of the car so Fernando can challenge for the world title.
Shreyas Mohanty (@)
26th July 2013, 18:40
@m0nzaman Even if they do, it’ll be a case of too little, too late.
Beto (@chebeto0)
26th July 2013, 20:41
By this stage of the championship, Alonso had a bigger point lead than Vettel has now. So I don’t think it would be too late, though, I do think it’s unlikly. Also, Alonso would need help from Grojean taking out Vet in the start at Spa.
Beto (@chebeto0)
26th July 2013, 20:42
Sorry, I mean this from 2012.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
26th July 2013, 22:35
@chebeto0 that’s not strictly true: after 9 rounds of the 2012 F1 world championship Alonso led Webber by 13 points and Vettel by 29. This year, it’s Vettel leading Alonso by 34. What is also worth noting is factoring in points lost out with the respective driver’s control, in 2013 it’d be Vettel leading by 33 and in 2012 Vettel leading by 3.
I’ll link to my logic upon your request in how I established those hypothetical values.
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
27th July 2013, 4:26
@vettel1 I think @chebeto0 meant with 10 rounds to go, which would put it at Hockenheimring last year..
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
27th July 2013, 9:43
@wsrgo that’s my point though: that wouldn’t be the same stage as this year!
Mads (@mads)
26th July 2013, 18:28
What a difference between the top speed of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.
Could it be that Webber is thinking that he might need to do a bit of overtaking, as usual, while Vettel does not?
Manished
26th July 2013, 18:34
running different package to evaluate. low df and high df
Lotus duo were the same as well as others.
Jon Sandor (@jonsan)
26th July 2013, 19:06
It’s pretty clear, isn’t it? Red Bull are sabotaging Vettels car!
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
26th July 2013, 20:22
You say that, but it’s only 4.8km/h – that’s not massive but significant enough to suggest they were running completely different set-ups!
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
26th July 2013, 18:37
I missed practice, and it’s hard from these graphs to tell who is looking good on the long run. So far, Mercedes’ pace does not look as disastrous as feared, though on their fast lap both drivers lost quite a bit on time in the final sector.
It doesn’t look like the changed tyres will make the championship battles any more interesting, with Red Bull looking the clear favourites.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
26th July 2013, 20:24
@adrianmorse Red Bull were frequently a second faster than everybody on the long runs: they were dipping into the mid 26’s and from the commentary on Sky I heard of nobody else breaking the 26 barrier – they were all circulating in the 27’s.
Shreyas Mohanty (@)
26th July 2013, 18:45
I always feel an over-glorification of RBR and downplay of SF in @keithcollantine ‘s articles. Now people will pounce on me :-P
caci99 (@)
26th July 2013, 19:17
Yes, that’s the fault of the mirrors, they usually reflect ;)
Shreyas Mohanty (@)
26th July 2013, 19:25
@caci99 I am not saying I may be right, it’s just a hunch. And not as a Ferrari fan, I know that team is stupid to let their chances go. But as an example, look at the title of the article – Lotus is close to RBR but no mention of Ferrari though they had as much pace as Lotus.
Mads (@mads)
26th July 2013, 19:49
@shreyasf1fan
yes. How unfair. A factually true headline. That incidentally doesn’t include Ferrari.
It must be a conspiracy!
Shreyas Mohanty (@)
26th July 2013, 20:41
@mads try looking at the times again and get your own facts straight!
Mads (@mads)
26th July 2013, 20:55
@shreyasf1fan
FP2 (fastest times of Friday)
Romain: 1’21.417
Fernando: 1’21.426
I don’t see how it can be factually incorrect to say that Lotus is quicker.
And if you look at the long runs, Grosjean is quicker then the Ferrari’s as well.
So what facts is it that I am missing?
Beto (@chebeto0)
26th July 2013, 21:06
@shreyasf1fan The fact is that a Lotus was directly behind the Red Bulls. If you take into account all the best sectors Grojean was literally “within a tenth of Red Bull”, if you take the actual fastest lap he was still third and faster than the Ferraris. Ferrari doesn’t have to feature on the title of every article. What should the title be? “Fastest Red Bull, then Lotus, then Ferrari, then it doesn’t matter” or “4th and 5th for Ferrari – other teams also showed up”?
Colossal Squid (@colossal-squid)
26th July 2013, 20:32
Ferrari are mentioned as being not too far behind as well. But the article is correct, Lotus look closer and therefore the most likely to challenge the very strong looking Red Bull. I see nothing wrong with this and I’m a Ferrari fan too.
matt90 (@matt90)
26th July 2013, 20:43
You’re right. And Mercedes were only a couple of tenths behind Ferrari and only a couple of tenths ahead of McLaren, who were only a couple of tenths ahead of Force India, who weren’t far ahead of Sauber, who Williams were quite close to, who were just ahead of Toro Rosso, Caterham, and Marussia. Clear bias for not making that clear.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
26th July 2013, 20:56
It’s also worth mentioning the long run pace: Lotus look significantly closer to Red Bull than Ferrari do, which naturally puts them in the front seat as likely challengers. Headlines are meant to be short and cut to the chase and as Lotus are #1 contenders then they are included in the headline, not Ferrari.
caci99 (@)
26th July 2013, 22:32
@shreyasf1fan i think keith is doing Alonso now, playing options down :)
i know what you mean, i root for Ferrari and it is sad when your team doesn’t make headlines, but at the moment they need to really up their game to their own standart.
SeaHorse (@seahorse)
28th July 2013, 5:51
@shreyasf1fan & @caci99
To be honest I have not come across articles on F1F which are apparently biased. Nevertheless, I too have sensed some sort of unfair remarks/treatments towards Ferrari/Fernando.
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
26th July 2013, 19:43
Why do overheating rear tyres cause understeer? I would have thought oversteer but I think Dan knows better than me!
Mads (@mads)
26th July 2013, 19:52
@mike-dee
My guess is that to reduce the overheating of the rear tyres they added downforce to the rear, to stop the rear from sliding, which then created understeer instead. But I am not sure.
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
26th July 2013, 19:59
@Mike-Dee – Perhaps he meant that the tyres were overheating in the rear, so they had to change the setup in order to reduce that, which lead to the car having more understeer?
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
26th July 2013, 23:32
Thanks. That makes sense.
Todfod (@todfod)
26th July 2013, 19:59
I think Mark Webber would have to put in an exeptionally poor performance to not take 2nd on the grid and finish in P2.
The Red Bull owns this track and the rest of this season
xjr15jaaag (@xjr15jaaag)
26th July 2013, 21:01
Here’s hoping they will!!!
Jarv F150 (@jarvf150)
26th July 2013, 22:10
That long-stint graph really shows how well the RBR’s are going to do this weekend.
RBR 1st/2nd.
Todfod (@todfod)
26th July 2013, 23:00
Yep.
People always say dont read too much into practice times.. but so far it has been a pretty accurate assesment of sunday’s race pace. Saturday pace is always determined by FP3 though
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
26th July 2013, 23:09
@todfod I will agree on race pace but single lap as you said will only be determined at the earliest tomorrow morning: Mercedes haven’t really turned up the gas yet one gets the impression and of course the Lotuses (Loti?) were both impeded to some extent during their quali runs.
Badger74 (@badger74)
26th July 2013, 21:54
Button’s run looks promising in comparison, although of course we don’t know how long that pace would last or the tyres it was done on from the chart.
Jay Menon (@jaymenon10)
27th July 2013, 1:06
Yeah..pole for Vettel and then he is just going to drive away into the distance.
So yeah, season over. Bring on the Turbos!
R.J. O'Connell (@rjoconnell)
27th July 2013, 2:11
Conventional wisdom would say that Bianchi shouldn’t be below Van der Garde on the time sheets, so I’m thinking that Marussia is losing the car development battle with Caterham in a big way.
Pretty encouraging that Williams isn’t so far down the order in practices – I really hope they can squeeze out a point on Sunday. What happened to STR? Hungaroring is typically kind to the Constructors Formerly Known as Minardi.