Vettel still leads in Hungarian FP2

Sebastian Vettel topped Friday Practice 2 in Hungary, by almost half a second to Fernando Alonso. Mark Webber was just behind the Ferrari in 3rd position. There were concerns about the kerbs on the track, after Fernando Alonso tore up a chunk of the kerb at Turn 11 near the end of the session.

Sebastian Vettel retained his pace in FP2 in Hungary today

Behind the top 3, Felipe Massa was the only driver who was able to set a 1.20′s lap. He was 4th, and leading Vitaly Petrov (who had Renault’s new front wing) and Lewis Hamilton. Robert Kubica was 7th, Nico Hulkenberg 8th, Jenson Button 9th and Michael Schumacher 10th.

Pedro de la Rosa was 11th, ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Nico Rosberg. Kamui Kobayashi was 14th, Jaime Alguersuari 15th, with Sebastien Buemi splitting the two Force Indias of Sutil and Liuzzi.

Jarno Trulli was comprehensively the fastest driver of the new teams, 4.4 seconds off Vettel’s time.  Behind him, the Virgins of Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi were 20th and 21st. Bruno Senna was 22nd, and Sakon Yamamoto was 23rd, amazingly only 1 tenth slower than Senna. Heikki Kovalainen suffered a hydraulic problem after 5 laps, and therefore was well off the pace in last place.

Times from FP2:

Pos.		Driver	Car	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1′20.087		33
2		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1′20.584	0.497	34
3		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1′20.597	0.510	36
4		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1′20.986	0.899	33
5		Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1′21.195	1.108	33
6		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1′21.308	1.221	30
7		Robert Kubica	Renault	1′21.375	1.288	37
8		Nico Hülkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1′21.623	1.536	41
9		Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1′21.730	1.643	33
10		Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1′21.773	1.686	31
11		Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber-Ferrari	1′21.809	1.722	38
12		Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1′21.844	1.757	36
13		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1′22.039	1.952	28
14		Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1′22.212	2.125	37
15		Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1′22.469	2.382	43
16		Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1′22.507	2.420	22
17		Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1′22.602	2.515	38
18		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1′23.138	3.051	36
19		Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1′24.553	4.466	37
20		Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1′25.376	5.289	35
21		Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1′25.669	5.582	32
22		Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1′26.745	6.658	33
23		Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	1′26.798	6.711	32
24		Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1′27.705	7.618	5

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