Vettel Sets New Record At Hungoraring [Video]
Once again, Vettel, Webber, Alonso, Massa and Hamilton dominate the qualifying lineup with Vettel in pole position for tomorrow’s Grand Prix in Hungary. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel however set the new track record for Hungoraring with a lightning fast lap in 1:18.773!!! Here’s the video from his car’s cam:
Watch the full qualifying event online (streaming video) at:
2010 Round 12 Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying Race on Youku.com
Sebastian Vettel
The report from Formula1.com describes the fierce competition between Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren during the final qualifier:
Sebastian Vettel was in a world of his own in qualifying as he thrust his Red Bull to a fastest time of 1m 18.773s, and his second-run lap of 1m 18.832s would have been sufficient to win him the pole too as team mate Mark Webber could not improve on his first effort of 1m 19.184s.
The only man to get anywhere near the Australian was Fernando Alonso with 1m 19.987s for Ferrari, then there was a big gap to Felipe Massa on 1m 20.331s in the other Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton who achieved McLaren’s dream with a top-five time, 1m 20.499s.
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Hungaroring Circuit
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Hungaroring is a new circuit for Hungary and apparently wasn’t the country’s original choice of venue. SpeedTV reports:
A street circuit was first proposed but the idea was quickly dropped and instead a brand new track was suggested and built in a valley 19 kilometres outside Budapest. The layout of the valley provided natural vantage points for the spectators.
SpeedTV’s RaceCast also reminds us that Hungoraring was also the circuit where Damon Hill passed Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari in 1997, but missed the checkered flag due to mechanical failure.
