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.

 
 Bridgestone Hungarian GP Qualifying
 

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."

 
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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