Formula 1

McLaren and Mercedes call for rule clarification

Pitpass.com - 1 hour 2 min ago

While stopping short of protesting Red Bull and Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes have called on the FIA to officially clarify the legality of the wings the two teams are using.

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Kobayashi gets five-place grid penalty

F1Technical.net News - 1 hour 48 min ago

Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi was handed a five-place grid penalty for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix as he ignored a call to go into the FIA garage during qualifying. Kobayashi was called in by the stewards to be weighed after the end of Q2, but he did not see the red light at the pitlane entry and drove towards his team's garage. Due to the penalty, Kobayashi will start from 23rd on the grid.

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Another all Red Bull front row at Hungary

F1Technical.net News - 1 hour 51 min ago

It wasn't a really exciting qualifying session this afternoon at the Hungaroring as the Red Bull Racing F1 Team dominated the session, just as they dominated all three free practice sessions. Sebastian Vettel took another pole position, team mate Mark Webber will join him on the front row.

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Two Ferrari cars on the second row

F1Technical.net News - 1 hour 58 min ago

Two cars on the second row: that was the positive outcome of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest, for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, with Fernando Alonso in third place and Felipe Massa fourth.

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Petrov outqualifies Kubica for the first time this season

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 1 min ago

For the third time this year, both Renault F1 Team cars qualified in the top 10. It is, however, the first time that rookie driver, Vitaly Petrov, outpaces his team mate Robert Kubica. The duo will start from the fourth row on the grid.

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Teams seek front wing clarification

Autosport.com - 2 hours 4 min ago

McLaren and Mercedes GP have asked the FIA for clarification about flexible front wings in Formula 1, amid continued suspicions that Red Bull Racing and Ferrari are doing something clever with their designs to improve car performance.

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Difficult afternoon for Button

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 5 min ago

The Hungarian qualifying session wasn't exactly a walk in the park for the team that's leading both championships. McLaren's Jenson Button was unable to make it into Q3 and will start from 11th on the grid, team mate Lewis Hamilton will start the race from 5th, behind his biggest rivals for the title.

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Senna beats Yamamoto in Hungarian qualifying, HRT still far behind

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 7 min ago

Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team, completed qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix today. Both Bruno Senna’s and Sakon Yamamoto’s cars performed reliably and also managed to run faster than in the morning session. Bruno Senna will start tomorrow’s race from 23rd position after clocking a best lap time of 1.26.391 and Sakon Yamamoto will start just behind him in 24th position (1.26.453).

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Williams duo to start Hungarian GP from 10th and 12th on the grid

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 11 min ago

In today’s qualifying session for the Hungarian GP, Nico Hulkenberg completed the afternoon in the top ten. After a strong start Rubens Barrichello, fell foul of the short lap distance which created a very busy Q2 session during which he was unable to find sufficient track space with which to extract the best from the option tyre. He will start from P12.

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Toro Rosso happy to get both drivers into Q2

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 17 min ago

The Scuderia Toro Rosso had a good day at the Hungaroring as both Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari made it into Q2 of this afternoon's qualifying session. Buemi will start tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix from 15th on the grid, team mate Alguersuari from 17th.

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Sixth for Rosberg as Schumi disappoints

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 22 min ago

A strong performance from Nico Rosberg today saw him qualify in sixth place for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. Team-mate Michael Schumacher had a more difficult session and qualified in 14th position.

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Mixed day for Sauber at Budapest

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 25 min ago

For the fifth time this season the team managed to get one car into the top ten qualifying. Pedro de la Rosa qualified ninth for tomorrow’s Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. The Spaniard made it into Q3 for the second time.

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Hamilton defiant on title hopes

BBC Motorsport - 2 hours 26 min ago

Lewis Hamilton believes his title challenge is not slipping away despite McLaren falling further behind championship rivals Red Bull and Ferrari.

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Saturday Photos

GrandPrix.com - 2 hours 36 min ago

Hungarian GP - Saturday Photos

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Force India reasonably satisfied with Hungarian grid positions

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 43 min ago

The Force India F1 Team will start tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil in 13th position and Tonio Liuzzi in 16th following another tight qualifying session. Despite a challenging weekend Adrian was two tenths from a Q3 position and will line up alongside the Williams of Barrichello and behind reigning world champion Button for tomorrow's race.

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Lotus disappointed with Hungarian qualifying

F1Technical.net News - 2 hours 48 min ago

Lotus Racing will start the Hungarian Grand Prix in 20th and 21st positions, with Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli qualifying within 1/10th of a second of each other at the Hungaroring in today’s official qualifying session.

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