2008 Hungarian GP, Qualifying: Hamilton leads McLaren front row 

Written by David on August 02nd, 2008 at 3:36 pmLast Update: August 03rd, 2008 at 7:53 am

Lewis HamiltonThe two McLaren Mercedes locked down today the front row for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit. Lewis Hamilton took an easy pole position by clocking a time of 1:20.899, 0,2 seconds faster than his teammate Heikki Kovalainen (P2, 1:21.141). Third place for Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (P3, 1:21.191), with Kimi Raikkonen only sixth (P6, 1:21.516), beaten by both Robert Kubica (P4, 1:21.281) and Timo Glock (P5, 1:21.326).

Seventh spot on tomorrow’s grid for Renault’s Fernando Alonso (P7, 1:21.698), eighth for Red Bull’s Mark Webber (P8, 1:21.732), ninth for Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (P9, 1:21.767) and tenth for Nelson Piquet jr. (P10, 1:22.371).

2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.376 1:19.473 1:20.899 12
2 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.945 1:19.480 1:21.140 16
3 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:19.578 1:19.068 1:21.191 16
4 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.053 1:19.776 1:21.281 19
5 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:19.980 1:19.246 1:21.326 24
6 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:20.006 1:19.546 1:21.516 19
7 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.229 1:19.816 1:21.698 15
8 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.073 1:20.046 1:21.732 18
9 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:19.942 1:19.486 1:21.767 20
10 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:20.583 1:20.131 1:22.371 19
11 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:20.157 1:20.144 17
12 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:20.888 1:20.332 15
13 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:20.505 1:20.502 16
14* 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:20.640 1:20.963 16
15 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:20.748 10
16 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.045 7
17 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.085 9
18 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:21.332 8
19 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:21.670 9
20 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:22.113 10

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