Hamilton charges to pole in Hungarian GP
Submitted by Rajiv Dhoot on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 14:30.
Budapest, July 28 : McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix Saturday, leaving his rivals in the dust with a blistering final flying lap.
Hamilton's pole is the 150th in McLaren's history. Hamilton's time of 1 minute 20.953 seconds was more than four-tenths of a second faster than Romain Grosjean who took second for Lotus.
Reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel was third for Red Bull in 1 minute 21.416 seconds, ahead of Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button and Grosjean's teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
The two Ferraris of championship leader Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa were sixth and seventh, while Williams had a strong qualifying session, getting Pastor Maldonado into eighth and Bruno Senna ninth. Nico Hulkenberg will start 10th for Force India.
Vettel's teammate Mark Webber failed to make it into the top-ten shootout, missing the cut-off margin by 0.062 seconds in the second session, and he will start 11th.
Mercedes endured a torrid qualifying, with both drivers eliminated in the second session. Nico Rosberg will start Sunday's race 13th, with his teammate and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher 17th.
Russian driver Vitaly Petrov will start 20th for Caterham after setting a time of 1 minute 24.167 seconds, one place and half a second behind his Finnish teammate Heikki Kovalainen.
Both Red Bulls narrowly escaped dropping into the elimination zone in the first session, with Mark Webber 16th and Sebastian Vettel 17th. (IANS)
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