Another pole for Vettel

Sebastian Vettel scored yet another pole position while Red Bull simply trashed the opposition today. Second row is all Ferrari – Fernando Alonso on P3 and Felipe Massa on P4. Lewis Hamilton (P5) and Nico Rosberg (P6) share the third row. Vitaly Petrov (P7) meanwhile outqualified Robert Kubica (P8) for the first time. Final two places in top 5 belong to de la Rosa and Hulkenberg.

2010 Hungarian GP – Qualifying

1. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:18.773
2. Webber – Red Bull – 1:19.184
3. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:19.987
4. Massa – Ferrari – 1:20.331
5. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:20.499
6. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:21.082
7. Petrov – Renault – 1:21.229
8. Kubica – Renault – 1:21.328
9. de la Rosa – Sauber – 1:21.411
10. Hulkenberg – Williams – 1:21.710

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Webber fastest in final practice

Mark Webber was fastest in the final practice session at Hungaroring. Sebastian Vettel finished half a second behind, thrid Fernando Alonso was over a second slower than Vettel. Kubica, Massa, Hamilton, Petrov, Rosberg, Button and Hulkenberg completed top ten.

Photo: Bridgestone Motorsport

Sebastian Vettel dominated on Friday

Hungarian GP weekend has begun with the Friday practice. There were no dramas in the morning session. Red Bulls were the quickest cars on track, over a second ahead of Kubica in 3rd place.

2010 Hungarian GP – Friday Practice 1 Times:

1. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:20.976
2. Webber – Red Bull – 1:21.106 +0.130
3. Kubica – Renault – 1:22.072 +1.096
4. Button – McLaren – 1:22.444 +1.468
5. Barrichello – Williams – 1:22.601 +1.625
6. de la Rosa – Sauber – 1:22.764 +1.788
7. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:22.772 +1.796
8. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:22.777 +1.801
9. Schumacher – Mercedes – 1:22.792 +1.816
10. Hulkenberg – Williams – 1:22.966 +1.990
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We have the second one of the back-to-back races to watch before F1 goes on summer holiday – 2010 Hungarian GP. It is time for round 12 of our prediction game.

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Here are the results of round 11 of the prediction game. Five teams had 2 drivers each in the points so only 5 points for the teams were available. Still this was rather high scoring round – sixteen scores 20 points and more. The highest score of round 11 belongs to OliOlifant – 24 points !

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It was not to be for Felipe Massa

The Hockenheim race stewards clearly did not like what happened on lap 49 of 2010 German GP … Ferrari were found guilty of breaching Article 39.1 of the Sporting Regulation which bans the team orders in Formula One. They were also found guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute. The result of the race stays at the moment but Ferrari were fined $100,000. The case was also referred to the World Motor Sport Council for further consideration.

So, it looks like Ferrari blokes are the only ones convinced by the Ferrari story …

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Alonso, Massa and Vettel on Hockenheim podium

Fernando Alonso won the 2010 German GP after Felipe Massa stepped aside following some strong hints from his team about who is faster. Massa was not the happiest person on the podium … Let’s see if the stewards will be happy about all this.

Sebastian Vettel finished third and set the fastest lap of the race. Behind him were Hamilton, Button, Webber, Kubica, Rosberg, Schumacher and Petrov.

2010 German GP – Race Result:

1. Alonso – Ferrari – 1h28:38.866
2. Massa – Ferrari +4.196
3. Vettel – Red Bull +5.121
4. Hamilton – McLaren +26.896
5. Button – McLaren +29.482
6. Webber – Red Bull +43.606
7. Kubica – Renault +1 lap
8. Rosberg – Mercedes +1 lap
9. Schumacher – Mercedes +1 lap
10. Petrov – Renault +1 lap
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Sebastian Vettel on pole in Germany

Sebastian Vettel squeezed ahead of Fernando Alonso and claimed yet another pole position for Red Bull. Only 0.002s separated top two drivers. Felipe Massa qualified 3rd ahead of Red Bull of Mark Webber.

2010 German GP Qualifying Result:

1. Sebastian Vettel – 1:13.791
2. Fernando Alonso – 1:13.793
3. Felipe Massa – 1:14.290
4. Mark Webber – 1:14.347
5. Jenson Button – 1:14.427
6. Lewis Hamilton – 1:14.566
7. Robert Kubica – 1:15.079
8. Rubens Barrichello – 1:15.109
9. Nico Rosberg – 1:15.179
10. Nico Hulkenberg – 1:15.339

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Sebastian Vettel - Fastest in final practice session

The final practice for 2010 German GP started on damp track but towards the end the drivers were able to make runs on slick tyres. The times kept dropping, the fastest going to Sebastian Vettel ahead of Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Felipe Massa.

2010 German GP Saturday Practice Times:

1. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:15.103
2. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:15.387 +0.284
3. Webber – Red Bull – 1:15.708 +0.605
4. Massa – Ferrari – 1:15.854 +0.751
5. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:16.046 +0.943
6. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:16.207 +1.104
7. Schumacher – Mercedes – 1:16.473 +1.370
8. Barrichello – Williams – 1:16.481 +1.378
9. Kubica – Renault – 1:16.646 +1.543
10. Hulkenberg – Williams – 1:16.743 +1.640
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Fernando Alonso - Fastest on Friday afternoon

The German GP weekend started this morning with the spin fest on very wet Hockenheim track. Many drivers went off at some point of the FP1, the only one causing serious damage to his car was Lewis Hamilton who smashed the car into to tyre barriers.

The FP1 times may be deceiving as some drivers risked switching from wets to slicks in the closing stages of the session.

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After one year break Formula One returns to Hockenheim – it is time for round 11 of our prediction game. This should be interesting weekend. There is talk about possible cool and wet weather during the weekend. Bridgestone is bringing in the supersoft and hard tyres – first time there is such a big gap between two tyre compounds. This may result in interesting qualifying and race strategies perhaps similar to what could see in Canada few races earlier.

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Here are the results of round 10 of the prediction game. Some of the usual suspects finished the race outside the points (or in case of Kubica failed to finish). The obvious consequence are rater low scores in this round. The highest score of round 10 belongs to patosainz – 19 points !

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