From GMM
After the domination of the Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull during the three free practice sessions, that was kind of easy to predict who would occupied the first position. "The track suits the car well, with not many straights and lots of corners which is perfect for us," team boss Christian Horner told the BBC. Mark Webber trailed his teammate and pole sitter Sebastian Vettel by a significant half a second, but the Australian was still eight tenths clear of the next-best car; a Ferrari driven by Fernando Alonso. "We did our job which is to be best of the rest," said the Spaniard and Hockenheim winner. "There is a big gap between Red Bull and us, so hopefully tomorrow we can make it a more difficult race for them because so far it has been too easy," added Fernando Alonso. A key moment will be the start, after Vettel lost his pole position to the Ferraris before he got to the first corner a week ago in Germany. "We found a problem from last week so hopefully we can have a normal start tomorrow," said the German. The highest placed McLaren on the grid is Lewis Hamilton in fifth, but the MP4-25s are approaching a worrying two seconds off the pace this weekend. "To be the first of the fixed-wing vehicles is something. That's how we feel at the moment -- perhaps it's time for some clarification," said team boss Martin Whitmarsh, still annoyed that the front wings on the Red Bulls and Ferraris are visibly flexing towards the ground. So obvious was Red Bull's flexing on Saturday that mechanics used sandpaper to smooth out the scuffed bottoms of the endplate sections. "The regulations are clear. There is a clear FIA test the cars have to pass; we're happy the car complies," argued Christian Horner. Classification of the qualifying session Grand prix of Hungary - Saturday 31, 2010 1st row Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'18"773 - Q3 Mark Webber (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'19"184 - Q3 2nd row Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - 1'19"987 - Q3 Felipe Massa (Ferrari F10) - 1'20"331 - Q3 3rd row Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'20"499 - Q3 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1'21"082 - Q3 4th row Vitaly Petrov (Renault R30) - 1'21"229 - Q3 Robert Kubica (Renault R30) - 1'21"328 - Q3 5th row Pedro De La Rosa (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'21"411 - Q3 Nico Hulkenberg (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'21"710 - Q3 6th row Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'21"292 - Q2 Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'21"331 - Q2 7th row Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'21"517 - Q2 Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1'21"630 - Q2 8th row Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1'21"897 - Q2 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'21"927 - Q2 9th row Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1'21"998 - Q2 Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'22"222. - Q1 10th row Timo Glock (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'24"050 - Q1 Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1'24"120 - Q1 11th row Jarno Trulli (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1'24"199 - Q1 Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'25"118 - Q1 12th row Bruno Senna (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'26"391 - Q1 Sakon Yamamoto (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'26"453 - Q1 Unofficial timing
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