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Red Bull's Vettel and Webber finish 1-2 in practice
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July 27, 2013, Saturday
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FORMULA One championship leader Sebastian Vettel was quickest in both practice sessions of the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday.
The three-time defending F1 champion finished comfortably ahead of teammate Mark Webber both times as Red Bull recorded an impressive 1-2.
Vettel left it quite late before doing a timed lap in the morning but was quickly into his stride to set a time of 1 minute, 22.723, and in the afternoon he was comfortably faster than that, clocking 1:21.264.
Lotus will also be confident for today's qualifying as Kimi Raikkonen was third best in the morning and Frenchman Romain Grosjean matched him in the afternoon.
Vettel has never won in Hungary. He is looking to extend his overall lead over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who was fourth in both sessions.
"It will be good for the motivation of the team and our focus if we can close the gap with Sebastian a little," Alonso said. "If this gap increases, it will be a very stressful summer break."
On this form, Vettel will be strongly tipped to secure his fourth pole position. He has won four races so far this season, including two of the past three.
Webber finished .44 behind him, Grosjean was .153 back, and Alonso trailed by .162.
It is the first practice day since F1 tire manufacturer Pirelli buckled under intense pressure to modify its tires. Pirelli provided medium and soft tires for the Hungaroring circuit and drivers looked comfortable all day.
Raikkonen switched to soft for another timed run late on but he had to abort after being held up by Jenson Button's McLaren.
It is the second most difficult track to overtake on after Monaco, meaning it will be hard to stop Vettel from winning if he starts from pole.
The three-time defending F1 champion finished comfortably ahead of teammate Mark Webber both times as Red Bull recorded an impressive 1-2.
Vettel left it quite late before doing a timed lap in the morning but was quickly into his stride to set a time of 1 minute, 22.723, and in the afternoon he was comfortably faster than that, clocking 1:21.264.
Lotus will also be confident for today's qualifying as Kimi Raikkonen was third best in the morning and Frenchman Romain Grosjean matched him in the afternoon.
Vettel has never won in Hungary. He is looking to extend his overall lead over Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who was fourth in both sessions.
"It will be good for the motivation of the team and our focus if we can close the gap with Sebastian a little," Alonso said. "If this gap increases, it will be a very stressful summer break."
On this form, Vettel will be strongly tipped to secure his fourth pole position. He has won four races so far this season, including two of the past three.
Webber finished .44 behind him, Grosjean was .153 back, and Alonso trailed by .162.
It is the first practice day since F1 tire manufacturer Pirelli buckled under intense pressure to modify its tires. Pirelli provided medium and soft tires for the Hungaroring circuit and drivers looked comfortable all day.
Raikkonen switched to soft for another timed run late on but he had to abort after being held up by Jenson Button's McLaren.
It is the second most difficult track to overtake on after Monaco, meaning it will be hard to stop Vettel from winning if he starts from pole.
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