The Fat Burner Racing Engineering racer leads the way in Hungary Lucas di Grassi has arrived in top form in Hungary this weekend setting the quickest laptime in this morning’s Free Practice at the Hungaroring in a 1:28.261.
He is four tenths clear from Vitaly Petrov and Javier Villa. In the heat of Budapest with the track temperature rising to 41°C, the Super Nova Spaniard was the fastest man in the early laps of the session but he was soon to be denied the top spot when di Grassi set the pace just before the ten minute mark.
His laptime was never bettered although Pastor Maldonado seemed to be on his way to be quicker. However, as the Venezuelan set the fastest sectors 1 and 2, he lost the rear of his car in turn 13 prompting a yellow flag. When the track was clear and with twenty minutes left on the clock all drivers set their goal to claim the top spot, starting with Petrov. But the Russian’s attempts could not bring him closer than four tenths to the Brazilian. The last ten minutes of the session were marked by multiple yellow flags – a streak started with Karun Chandhok: the Indian spun and went off track at turn 12. He was soon imitated by his teammate Alvaro Parente in the first sector.
The two Ocean Racing drivers were not the only unlucky ones: as the clock ran out both Luiz Razia and Petrov went off track and stopped respectively at turn 13 and 8, the Russian even damaging the nose of his car as he crashed into the barrier. Villa could never improve his first quickest lap and eventually finished P3 ahead of Romain Grosjean, Parente, Maldonado, Davide Valsecchi, Luca Filippi and Edoardo Mortara. Series leader Nico Hülkenberg completed the Top 10. With the temperatures expected to be high this afternoon, the fight for pole position will most certainly be hot.
Hungaroring – Free Practice
Driver Team Time Laps
1. Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Eng. 1:28.261 15
2. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 1:28.683 13
3. Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 1:28.941 16
4. Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team 1:28.947 14
5. Alvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 1:28.977 0
6. Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1:29.156 4
7. Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:29.248 16
8. Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 1:29.323 17
9. Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 1:29.367 17
10. Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 1:29.460 15
11. Andreas Zuber FMSI 1:29.658 13
12. Sergio Perez Telmex Arden International 1:29.746 16
13. Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Eng. 1:29.766 13
14. Davide Rigon Trident Racing 1:29.860 16
15. Franck Perera DPR 1:29.884 14
16. Michael Herck DPR 1:30.001 16
17. Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 1:30.935 16
18. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:30.043 8
19. Jérôme d’Ambrosio DAMS 1:30.061 16
20 Luiz Razia FMSI 1:30.097 13
21. Nelson Panciatici Durango 1:30.169 16
22. Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 1:30.200 11
23. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP 1:30.200 13
24. Giedo van der Garde iSport International 1:30.276 8
25 Diego Nunes iSport International 1:30.377 15
26. Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 1:31.507 16
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