Lewis Hamilton put himself in the best possible position to claim a hat-trick of consecutive wins after securing pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Brit sealed a sensational one-two for McLaren with a fantastic lap to line up alongside the Finn Heikki Kovalainen.
Hamilton continued his brilliant pace from the practice sessions to grab his 10th career pole position as the Woking outfit enjoyed a clear advantage over their Ferrari rivals.
Indeed the Italian team never appeared likely to spoil the serene progress from Hamilton, and Felipe Massa will start in third. Another lacklustre performance from world champion Kimi Raikkonen left him facing another difficult race in sixth.
To fully understand just how confident Lewis Hamilton was, one must admire the fact that he set just one flying in the first two qualifying sessions, such was the young Brit's confidence in his pace. He then had a good enough time for pole position after just one lap in Q3, but set one more lap for insurance.
Kovalainen moved to within three 10ths of a second of his teammate, and Ron Dennis has assured the fans that Heikki has every chance of winning the race, insisting that there have never been team orders and never will be.
BMW Sauber will once again be led by Robert Kubica, who managed to secure fourth on the grid with a solid final lap in Q3. Unfortunately, his teammate Nick Heidfeld will start in a disappointing 15th position after been blocked by the Toro Rosso of Sebastien Bourdais.
The German, needing to find more pace to be sure of his place in Q2, felt he was impeded by the Frenchman as he came around the final corner. This distracted him, forced him onto the gravel, and hindered any chance of making the next session.
The usually unflappable German was visibly frustrated by what he saw as an injustice and gesticulated with his hand wildly as he crossed the line. His anger continued to surge when he found that other drivers had improved their times and made the next session, meaning he missed the Q1 cut for the first time since this scheme was introduced.
Bourdais did eventually qualify in 14th place, but the FIA decided that he deed impede Heidfeld and handed him a five place grid penalty. As a result, he will now start in 19th.
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mark andrew 11 months ago
Massa did get third, but he won’t finish there. I can see a McLaren one-two on the cards, but, and this is the killer, I do think that we may see a genuine fight between Lewis and Heikki. Ron Dennis made it clear earlier today that there are no team orders and both drivers will race each other.
I’m pleased to hear that, it should hopefully shut up a few haters on this site that jumped on the Ferrari bandwagon and pointed the finger. How hypocritical can the Tifosi get?
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Are you prepared for the backlash on this mate , ha ha , you indeed have balls my son .
It is true tho . There are'nt any orders , its all in peoples heads , they take a situation and exaggerate it beyond belief .
Heikki and Lewis are allowed to fight for position tomorrow , and i know both drivers are sensible enough to not collide with each other .
Plus if there was team orders going on do you reckon Heikki would of put pen to paper on his new contract ?
Say he wants to remain at Mclaren for life ?
And more importantly would he be so happy as he is if that was going on ?
You have hit the nail on thy Head :-)
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Michael Griffin 11 months ago
I am expecting some backlash from that, all good mate.
Heikki would not sign up if there was team orders, why would he? What kind of person would that make him?
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Billy Sexton 11 months ago
good recap! i predict mclaren 1-2 aswell... hamilton leading the way! massa and kubica will swap places, as will raikkonen and glock.
McLaren domination <-- does exactly what it says on the tin :P :)
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Michael Griffin 11 months ago
indeed it does, that comment made me think of something quite funny.
Taking a leaf out of Carlsberg's book.
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"Max Mosley doesn't do Nazi Orgies, but if he did.............."
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I thought of that in a dream last night, I woke myself up laughing haha! Macca 1-2, and kubica third. Heads will roll if fezza have another cack arsed weekend.
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Billy Sexton 11 months ago
i've heard that one before lol... it was on mock the week on thursday
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Michael Griffin 11 months ago
I knew I had heard it, probabaly why I dreampt of it haha! did laugh though, such a good show.
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Paul 11 months ago
Heikki will not be allowed to under any circomstances be allowed to get close to Hamilton.
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Michael Griffin 11 months ago
haha, you make me laugh.
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Paul 11 months ago
Massa mauled the McLarens.
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Ben Auty 11 months ago
HA HA HA HA HA ... COME ON HEIKKI ... Where are you now MASSA ... BOOM ! ... Love that feeling, oh that winning feeling ... Shame for Massa and shame for Lewis but hey, thats racing for you ! McLaren are now only 11 points behind Ferrari in the constructors and we still have a driver atop the drivers championship ... WHAT A GREAT DAY ! WOOOOOOOOOO !
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Paul 11 months ago
I know one write that has no chance of ever being objective.
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