​Red Bull​ failed to live up to their usual qualifying standards at the Hungaroring today – ​Sebastian Vettel​ could not live with the pace of polesitter ​Lewis Hamilton​, and was knocked off the front row by ​Romain Grosjean​; team-mate ​Mark Webber did not even make it out into Q3.
Both ​Nico Hulkenberg ​and ​Paul di Resta ​were left wondering what more they could have achieved at the end of today’s qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Both ​Mercedes​ drivers failed to make it into Q3 in today’s Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session, and ​Nico Rosberg​ and ​Michael Schumacher​ will have to start the race from thirteenth and seventeenth respectively.
​Daniel Ricciardo​ has described failing to reach Q2 for the first time this season as ‘frustrating and a bit disappointing’. The Australian will start tomorrow’s Hungarian Grand Prix from eighteenth place.
Lewis Hamilton will start tomorrow’s Hungarian Grand Prix on pole position tomorrow after a dominant performance in qualifying.
Mark Webber of Red Bull was the fastest driver during the final practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix
We look ahead to this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, and ponder how the second half of 2012 could be very different from the first..
We look ahead to the German Grand Prix, and ask whether Sebastian Vettel can finally win an F1 race in front of his home crowd…
After picking up a meagre six points after ​Michael Schumacher​ took seventh place last weekend at Silverstone, just short distance from the team’s factory, the ​Mercedes​ F1 team now head to what they describe as their second home race hoping for a more impressive result.
Valtteri Bottas of Williams was again top of the timesheets on Day Two of the Young Drivers’ Test at Silverstone. Brit Max Chilton, driving the Marussia, second-fastest once again.
Valtteri Bottas​ was the fastest driver on day two of the two-day young driver test at Silverstone, completing 170 laps of the ‘International Layout’ of the circuit that hosted the British Grand Prix last weekend.
​Ma Qing Hua​ became the first Chinese driver at an official Formula 1 event after taking part in day one of the two-day young driver test for ​HRT​ at Silverstone.
Valtteri Bottas of Williams set the fastest lap on Day One of the two-day Young Driver test at Silverstone. Brit Max Chilton, driving a Marussia, was second fastest.
​Valtteri Bottas​ was the fastest driver on day one of the two-day young-driver test at Silverstone today, with a lap of 1:31.436.
​Red Bull have today announced that ​Mark Webber​’s contract has been extended to run until the end of next season.
While ​Fernando Alonso​ admits that missing out on victory a few laps from the end of today’s British Grand Prix leaves ‘a bitter taste in the mouth’, the Spaniard has been looking at the bigger picture and concede that the race result is actually ‘very positive’.
The ​Toro Rosso​ duo of ​Daniel Ricciardo​ and ​Jean-Eric Vergne​ had a disappointing British Grand Prix, finishing only thirteenth and fourteenth respectively.
