F1 Hungary: Lewis Hamilton and McLaren set the early pace (+photos)

Button was third quickest ahead of the Renault-powered Red Bulls of Webber and Vettel.

Massa (Ferrari), Nico Rosberg and his Mercedes teammate Michael Schumacher, and the Force India duo of Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil completed the top 10.

"McLaren and Ferrari are very quick, so I think we need to raise our game to make sure that we will find ourselves at the top as well,” said Vettel in the afternoon.

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP (Photo: WRI2)

Hungarian Grand Prix, first free practice session*, Friday morning:
1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'23"350 – 19 laps
2 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'23"654 - 24
3 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari 150) - 1'23"642 - 29
4 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'23"666 - 12
5 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'23"772 - 20
6 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari 150) - 1'24"115 - 25
7 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'24"250 - 22
8 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'24"369 - 20
9 - Sergio Perez (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'24"620 - 24
10 - Vitaly Petrov (Renault R31) - 1'25"093 - 22
11 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'25"113 - 21
12 - Paul Di Resta (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'25"336 - 22
13 - Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'25"357 - 17
14 - Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'25"836 - 24
15 - Bruno Senna (Renault R31) - 1'25"855 - 25
16 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'25"890 - 28
17 - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'26"099 - 36
18 - Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'26"124 - 25
19 - Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'26"878 - 26
20 - Karun Chandhok (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'27"352 - 21
21 - Timo Glock (Virgin VR02-Cosworth) - 1'28"533 - 30
22 - Jerome D'Ambrosio (Virgin VR02-Cosworth) - 1'28"903 - 22
23 - Tonio Liuzzi (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'29"059 - 24
24 - Daniel Ricciardo (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'29"904 - 26

Hungarian Grand Prix, second free practice session*, Friday afternoon:
1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'21"018 - 29 laps
2 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari 150) - 1'21"259 - 40
3 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'21"332 - 34
4 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'21"508 - 35
5 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'21"549 - 31
6 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari 150) - 1'22"099 - 40
7 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'22"121 - 36
8 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'22"440 - 36
9 - Paul Di Resta (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'22"835 - 40
10 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'22"981 - 37
11 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'23"030 - 34
12 - Sergio Perez (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'23"399 - 37
13 - Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'23"679 - 34
14 - Nick Heidfeld (Renault R31) - 1'23"861 - 28
15 - Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'24"181 - 39
16 - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'24"182 - 26
17 - Vitaly Petrov (Renault R31) - 1'24"546 - 21
18 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'24"878 - 35
19 - Jarno Trulli (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'24"994 - 38
20 - Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'25"447 - 39
21 - Timo Glock (Virgin VR02-Cosworth) - 1'26"823 - 33
22 - Jerome D'Ambrosio (Virgin VR02-Cosworth) - 1'27"261 - 28
23 - Daniel Ricciardo (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'27"730 - 31
24 - Vitantonio Liuzzi (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'28"255 – 25
*Unofficial timing

Happy birthday Fernando! (Photo: WRI2)