-Formula 1 - Season 2012 -

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Webber edges out Hamilton in third and final practice ahead of Hungarian Grand Prix
Mark Webber ended Lewis Hamilton's run of fastest times in Hungarian Grand Prix practice as he beat the McLaren driver by 0.093 seconds on Saturday morning at the Hungaroring.

<font face='courier new'>[U]<font color='#808080'>Hungarian GP</font>
<font color='#ffa500'>Practice Session 3</font>[/U]</font>
<font color='#4b0082'>Pos  Driver                Team                  Time        Gap    Laps</font>
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m21.550s           27
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.643   + 0.093  17
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m21.671s  + 0.121  29
 4.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m21.876s  + 0.326  22
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m21.884s  + 0.334  13
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m21.953s  + 0.403  20
 7.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m22.110s  + 0.560  24
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m22.136s  + 0.586  15
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m22.191s  + 0.641  20
10.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m22.233s  + 0.683  24
11.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m22.381s  + 0.831  21
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.387s  + 0.837  20
13.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.492s  + 0.942  26
14.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m22.530s  + 0.980  25
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.597s  + 1.047  23
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.716s  + 1.166  24
17.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m22.868s  + 1.318  30
18.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m22.931s  + 1.381  30
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m24.036s  + 2.486  20
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m24.547s  + 2.997  18
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m25.224s  + 3.674  22
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m25.497s  + 3.947  21
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m26.785s  + 5.235  20
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m26.898s  + 5.348  26

Perez says he has settled his differences with Maldonado
Sergio Perez says he has now settled his differences with Pastor Maldonado - following their collision at the British Grand Prix.

Ferrari tyre chief Hirohide Hamashima praises Alonso role in Ferrari's 2012 form
Ferrari's tyre chief Hirohide Hamashima has praised the role that Fernando Alonso has played so far this season - in both his driving and the way he has motivated the team.

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HAM on pole. He seems quick. Why did Ferrari team had just one lap? ( couldn't watch live on TV as Olympics was being shown on Espn and star sports. watched time sheets live on f1 site )

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Lewis Hamilton secures McLaren's 150th pole position in the Hungarian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton secured McLaren's 150th pole position in F1 and his first since the Malaysian Grand Prix with a dominant performance in qualifying at the Hungaroring.

<font face='courier new'>[U]<font color='#808080'>Hungarian GP</font>
<font color='#ffa500'>Qualifying Session</font>[/U]</font>
<font color='#4b0082'>Pos  Driver                Team                 Time       Gap   </font>
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m20.953s        
 2.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m21.366s + 0.413
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m21.416s + 0.463
 4.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m21.583s + 0.630
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m21.730s + 0.777
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m21.844s + 0.891
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m21.900s + 0.947
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m21.939s + 0.986
 9.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m22.343s + 1.390
10.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m22.847s + 1.894
<font color='#4b0082'>Q2 cut-off time: 1m21.697s                                 Gap **</font>
11.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m21.715s  + 0.655
12.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m21.813s  + 0.753
13.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m21.895s  + 0.835
14.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m21.895s  + 0.835
15.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m22.300s  + 1.240
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m22.380s  + 1.320
17.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m22.723s  + 1.663
<font color='#4b0082'>Q1 cut-off time: 1m22.948s                                 Gap *</font>
18.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m23.250s  + 1.456
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m23.576s  + 1.782
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m24.167s  + 2.373
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m25.244s  + 3.450
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m25.476s  + 3.682
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m25.916s  + 4.122
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m26.178s  + 4.384
<font color='#008000'>107% time: 1m27.519s   * Gap to quickest in Q1  ** Gap to quickest in Q2</font>

Red Bull boss Christian Horner denies team has made illegal parc ferme changes
Red Bull boss Christian Horner insists his team never made illegal changes to its car in parc ferme, despite a fresh controversy erupting over a ride-height adjuster at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

F1 will stick to 20 races next season, Bernie Ecclestone confirms
Formula 1 will stick to 20 races next season, the sport's commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone confirmed on Saturday.

Grosjean delighted to answer German GP woes with best F1 qualifying at Hungary
Romain Grosjean was a delighted man after bouncing back from a disastrous weekend at Hockenheim to secure his best ever starting position ahead of the Hungarian GP.

Kobayashi 'doesn't understand' Sauber's struggles in qualifying for the Hungarian GP
Kamui Kobayashi admitted he was baffled as to why his Sauber team struggled to get its tyres working in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Hamilton wary of Lotus's long-run pace after securing pole position for the Hungarian GP
Lewis Hamilton hopes the upgrade package McLaren introduced at the German Grand Prix will help the team cope with the long-run pace of Lotus and Red Bull.

Vettel says poor balance, rather than a revised engine map, was the key factor in Red Bull's Hungarian qualifying form
Sebastian Vettel does not believe that its revised engine mapping was the deciding factor in his failure to take pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Mixed emotions for Force India pair following qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix
Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta both felt they were unable to maximise Force India's potential in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Michael Schumacher says Mercedes is simply not competitive following Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying
Michael Schumacher said that Mercedes just has to accept that it will not be competitive in the Hungarian Grand Prix, after the team's worst showing of the season in qualifying.

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all top teams till P6 is great.
sad for webber.
didn't watched it. it will come at 4 am in morning on sunday

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HAM on pole. He seems quick. Why did Ferrari team had just one lap? ( couldn't watch live on TV as Olympics was being shown on Espn and star sports. watched time sheets live on f1 site )

Ferrari only had one set of new softs left as did Vettel and Button too i think. Raikkonen and Hamilton were two drivers who had an extra set of new softs going into Q3. Button and the rest did their first run on used softs, banker laps, then used their new softs for their final run. Ferrari and Vettel only did one run on the only set of new softs available to them.

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I saw the quali on Sky F1 and Damon Hill was presenting there with others.
He said something which intrigued me. What I understood from his analysis was that this track makes it really hard to tune and balance the car to 100%, since there are so many turns. So those at top three had to really hustle the car and really had to throw it around the track to get even a bit over the maximum from the given package. What I conceived from this was that it was more of driver's effort than the car it self to make it in the top three.

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Williams driver Bruno Senna elated after qualifying in top 10 for Hungarian Grand Prix
Bruno Senna was elated after making it into the top 10 for the first time year in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Alonso rules out podium fight if Hungarian Grand Prix takes place in dry
Fernando Alonso has ruled out fighting for a place on the podium if the Hungarian Grand Prix takes place in the dry.

Raikkonen still aiming for strong race despite not getting the best out of his car in qualifying
Kimi Raikkonen sees no reason why he cannot still deliver a good result in the Hungarian Grand Prix - despite failing to capitalise on the speed of his Lotus in Q3.

Last run in Q2 hurts Webber
Mark Webber said Red Bull failed to get its last run correct in Q2 and that the car was capable of qualifying higher on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Massa unhappy with car in Q3
Felipe Massa was left perplexed by the performance of his car in the final part of qualifying as he struggled to match his lap time from Q2.

Button reveals qualifying damage
Jenson Button revealed that he was hampered during qualifying by some damage that he had picked up during the session.

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Raikkonen on Ferrari's radar for 2013, despite also nearing extension to Lotus deal
Kimi Raikkonen has emerged as a surprise contender to line up alongside Fernando Alonso at Ferrari next year, even though the Finn is closing in on a deal to remain at Lotus.

Button says McLaren still represents Hamilton's best chance of future success
Lewis Hamilton should ignore any other options he has on the grid and recommit his future to McLaren.

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link for today's race.. tested and working beautifully (SkySports). cheers!!

Stopstream.tv - Homepage

see u on the other side of the race

ALO won't do good today. i know it. lets see.

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Formation lap in progress. HAM of to flying start on warm up lap :S

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weird.. another formation lap. Charlie Whiting asking to do another lap :S

oh its Schumi :S ..

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Schumi pushed to pit-lane.