Hungarian GP - Ferrari “best of the rest”
Hungaroring, 31 July
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro was pleased with this afternoon’s performance which saw Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa lock out the second row in third and fourth places respectively. If being satisfied with anything less than the front row sounds defeatist, then one has to consider that today, the Red Bull duo were simply untouchable, on a different planet, with Sebastian Vettel taking pole from team-mate Mark Webber. Fernando’s time was a massive 1.2 seconds slower than the pole sitter, which is all the more surprising on such a short, slow and twisty track, conditions which usually make for close lap times. Therefore, Ferrari can claim to be the best of the rest and more importantly, Drivers’ classification leader, Lewis Hamilton is fifth, while his team-mate Jenson Button in the other McLaren, the team currently leading the series, is down in eleventh spot. Nico Rosberg completes the top six for Mercedes.
Usually, the Scuderia can count on a strong race pace to put it back on equal terms on Sunday afternoons with those on the front row, but realistically, this might not be the case over the 70 laps of tomorrow’s race. That means the start is even more important than usual, as it always present the best opportunity to get the jump on cars ahead. Because of the dirty nature of this track, the classic clean side advantage is more pronounced than usual, so Fernando will be hoping this could see him move ahead of second placed Webber when the red lights go out tomorrow at 2pm. Felipe will have a tougher time, as he is on the dirty side. After qualifying, the F1 drivers often rush to watch the start of Saturday afternoon’s GP2 race to look for some pointers as to how the start of their own race might pan out, depending on which side of the track one starts: that was not possible today, as the GP2 event had two aborted starts when first the second placed man on the grid stalled and then the pole man copied him next time round, so that the start was actually taken behind the Safety Car.
Seventy laps of the Hungaroring is always a tough prospect and with more typical Budapest weather replacing the cool conditions earlier in the week, it will be equally tough on man and machinery.
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro was pleased with this afternoon’s performance which saw Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa lock out the second row in third and fourth places respectively. If being satisfied with anything less than the front row sounds defeatist, then one has to consider that today, the Red Bull duo were simply untouchable, on a different planet, with Sebastian Vettel taking pole from team-mate Mark Webber. Fernando’s time was a massive 1.2 seconds slower than the pole sitter, which is all the more surprising on such a short, slow and twisty track, conditions which usually make for close lap times. Therefore, Ferrari can claim to be the best of the rest and more importantly, Drivers’ classification leader, Lewis Hamilton is fifth, while his team-mate Jenson Button in the other McLaren, the team currently leading the series, is down in eleventh spot. Nico Rosberg completes the top six for Mercedes.
Usually, the Scuderia can count on a strong race pace to put it back on equal terms on Sunday afternoons with those on the front row, but realistically, this might not be the case over the 70 laps of tomorrow’s race. That means the start is even more important than usual, as it always present the best opportunity to get the jump on cars ahead. Because of the dirty nature of this track, the classic clean side advantage is more pronounced than usual, so Fernando will be hoping this could see him move ahead of second placed Webber when the red lights go out tomorrow at 2pm. Felipe will have a tougher time, as he is on the dirty side. After qualifying, the F1 drivers often rush to watch the start of Saturday afternoon’s GP2 race to look for some pointers as to how the start of their own race might pan out, depending on which side of the track one starts: that was not possible today, as the GP2 event had two aborted starts when first the second placed man on the grid stalled and then the pole man copied him next time round, so that the start was actually taken behind the Safety Car.
Seventy laps of the Hungaroring is always a tough prospect and with more typical Budapest weather replacing the cool conditions earlier in the week, it will be equally tough on man and machinery.
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