Hungarian Grand Prix – Final Practice Results: 6th

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A productive morning in Budapest saw Kimi and Romain rack up the laps around the Hungaroring circuit, putting in strong times to place the E20s line astern and firmly inside the top ten before qualifying begins this afternoon.

Summary:

An even hotter start to the day than we saw on Friday, with not a cloud in the sky as engine notes rose around Budapest to signify the start of free practice three. As usual, both E20s rocketed straight out of the traps for install runs; matching sets of white marked medium compound Pirelli tyres apiece.

Within ten minutes the pair were tearing round the Hungaroring circuit; aiming to find those last few setup tweaks ahead of qualifying this afternoon. It certainly seemed to be working in the early stages too; Kimi topping the times at the halfway point, with Romain close behind in fifth.

The Frenchman was busy putting the pit crew through their paces; a practice stop and front wing change on the schedule as part of race preparations this weekend… hopefully the latter being more of a precaution than a prediction!

As the minutes flew by and the session drew to a close, the pair of black and gold beauties emerged glinting in the sun for their final assault on the sweeping ribbon of tarmac. With lap times tumbling and many switching to the soft rubber, a captivating countdown to the chequered flag began.

The morning concluded in strong fashion for the team; Kimi and Romain heading into the break line astern in sixth and seventh with best times of 1:21.953 (20 laps) and 1:22.110 (24 laps) respectively

Pos  Driver                Team                  Time              Laps
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m21.550s           27
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.643   + 0.093  17
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m21.671s  + 0.121  29
 4.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m21.876s  + 0.326  22
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m21.884s  + 0.334  13
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m21.953s  + 0.403  20
 7.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m22.110s  + 0.560  24
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m22.136s  + 0.586  15
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m22.191s  + 0.641  20
10.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m22.233s  + 0.683  24
11.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m22.381s  + 0.831  21
12.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.387s  + 0.837  20
13.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.492s  + 0.942  26
14.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m22.530s  + 0.980  25
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.597s  + 1.047  23
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.716s  + 1.166  24
17.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m22.868s  + 1.318  30
18.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m22.931s  + 1.381  30
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m24.036s  + 2.486  20
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m24.547s  + 2.997  18
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m25.224s  + 3.674  22
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m25.497s  + 3.947  21
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m26.785s  + 5.235  20
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m26.898s  + 5.348  26