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Williams duo to start Hungarian GP from 10th and 12th on the grid
Sun, 08/01/2010 - 03:55In 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
Sun, 08/01/2010 - 03:49The 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
Sun, 08/01/2010 - 03:44A 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
Sun, 08/01/2010 - 03:41For 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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Force India reasonably satisfied with Hungarian grid positions
Sun, 08/01/2010 - 03:23The 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
Sun, 08/01/2010 - 03:18Lotus 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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Vettel takes Hungarian pole with ease
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 23:33Sebastian Vettel has put in an expected pole in a session where only his teammate could put up a slight threat. Webber however failed to improve on his final lap, handing the pole to Vettel. Fernando Alonso is the best of the rest, in third position.
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Webber tops final Hungarian practice
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 20:41As the third and final free practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix ended around lunchtime, Red Bull Racing F1 Team driver Mark Webber was the fastest man on track. He was followed by team mate Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
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Cypher group withdraws 2011 candidature
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 09:44The Cypher Group have announced officially that they have withdrawn their bid to enter Formula One in 2011. The group said that after much consideration, it finds it impossible to get the necessary budget together to ensure the project a good life in F1.
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Only an electrical fault prevents Ferrari from having a perfect day
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 04:52It was a positive day for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, with a lot of work completed and signs of being competitive. In the morning session, the team worked mainly on the evaluation of various new technical solutions for forthcoming races and on a comparison of some aerodynamic configurations.
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HRT proud of mileage and reliablity thus far
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 04:34The first practice day got underway at the Hungaroring today. Under dry and sunny conditions, the drivers of Hispania Racing Bruno Senna and Sakon Yamamoto were in action and covered 58 laps between them in the morning and 65 more in the afternoon. In the first session, the Brazilian driver ended up 23rd with a best lap time of 1.26.990 and the Japanese driver finished 24th (1.28.157).
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Busier Friday than normal for Renault
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 03:05The Renault Formula One Team has had a good day of work at the Hungaroring in Budapest today. Both Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov did a lot of work and put down some very competitve lap times. The team will now make the last preparations for tomorrow's third free practice and, more importantly, the qualifying session.
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Mercedes disappointed with Friday's running
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 02:27Five days after the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, Formula One was back in action today with the first two practice sessions taking place at the Hungaroring in Budapest ahead of Sunday's Hungarian GP with their MGP W01 cars running with a revised aerodynamic package for this race.
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Sutil tests exhaust blown diffuser as Liuzzi concentrates on tyres
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 02:11The Force India F1 Team's Hungarian Grand Prix preparations got underway today with the opening two free practice sessions at the twisty, undulating Hungaroring on the outskirts of the capital city of Budapest.
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Compound usage greatly affected by temperature at the Hungaroring
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 02:06Bridgestone’s super soft tyre took Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel to the fastest time of the day on the rapidly improving track surface of the Hungaroring for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Vettel set a 1m 20.087secs lap time in the afternoon session. He was also fastest in the morning, using the medium compound Bridgestone Potenza.
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Very busy day for Sauber at Hungaroring
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 02:05In the first free practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi were both quite happy with the balance of their cars. In the afternoon the team tried several set-up changes without making any immediate progress. Now it is time to analyse the data. The race on Sunday at the Hungaroring will be the 300th Grand Prix entered by Peter Sauber’s team.
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A useful first day as Toro Rosso evaluate new aero and tyres
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 01:27Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi had a very Friday at the Hungaroring as they evaluated new aero components in both sessions along with the usual tyre comparisons and analysis. They ran trouble free and accomplished the programs as scheduled.
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A reasonable day for Lotus although hydraulic problems affect Kovalainen
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 01:21The Hungarian Grand Prix Friday Practice sessions saw Lotus Racing finish the day just under one second ahead of their nearest rival and complete a total of 88 laps, despite a hydraulics problem on Heikki’s car which curtailed his running in the afternoon session.
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Vettel stays fastest in second practice
Sat, 07/31/2010 - 00:08After outclassing everybody in the first practice session, Sebastian Vettel remains the fastest on the second free practice. Fernando Alonso upped his pace to be just quicker than Mark Webber, but he is still half a second off Vettel's pace.
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Red Bull dominates first free practice at Budapest
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 20:20The Red Bull Racing duo has dominated the first free practice session of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. Sebastian Vettel clocked the fastest lap in a time of 1:20:976 and was followed by team mate Mark Webber and Renault's Robert Kubica.
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