Hungarian GP: Bridgestone Qualifying Review
By Bridgestone
July 31 2010
Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel harnessed Bridgestone's super soft tyres to power to his fourth pole position in a row with a sensational 1m 18.773secs time at the Hungaroring.
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Bridgestone Hungarian GP
Qualifying |
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Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel harnessed Bridgestone's super soft tyres
to power to his fourth pole position in a row with a sensational 1m
18.773secs time at the Hungaroring.
Vettel
was the only driver in the 1min 18s and will be joined on the front row for
tomorrow's
Hungarian Grand Prix by team-mate Mark Webber. Webber was fastest in the
morning.
Q&A with Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre
Development
What was significant about today's running?
"This morning the track surface was not as good as it was at the end of
yesterday's running due to rain overnight and oil on track from the support
category. At the start of qualifying the track surface was reasonable, and
it continued to improve to the extent that we saw record-breaking pace
today. The Red Bulls were very quick, especially in the last two sectors of
the lap. Their speed at the speed trap is not as high as their opposition,
so we can see they are using the maximum potential of their tyres through
the Hungaroring's fourteen corners."
What are the tyre strategy considerations for tomorrow's race?
"Both compounds are working very well here in Hungary. The super soft has
not shown much degradation so in terms of tyre performance, many strategies
are possible tomorrow. It is quite a short lap here, so the front-runners
could encounter traffic quite early, which is another factor for making the
pit stop calls. It will be interesting to watch Jenson Button's strategy in
the race, starting from eleventh, as we have seen him use very good
strategies many times so far this season to gain positions in the race." |
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Stats of the Day
Practice Three 11:00 - 12:00
Driver Team Time Tyre
Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m 19.574s SS
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m 20.058s SS
Fernando Alonso Scuderia Ferrari 1m 20.724s SS
Qualifying 14:00 - 15:00
Driver Team Time Tyre
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m 18.773s SS
Mark Webber Red Bull racing 1m 19.184s SS
Fernando Alonso Scuderia Ferrari 1m 19.987s SS
Compounds used: Medium / Super soft / Intermediate / Wet
Temperatures Ambient Track Weather
AM - Practice 3 24C-25C 28C-32C Sunny
PM - Qualifying 26C 37C-32C Sunny / Partly cloudy |
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