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Hamilton scores pole again!

Lewis Hamilton continued his strong performance from the last two races in Hungary as the McLaren driver will start Sunday's Grand Prix from pole position. He will be joined on the front row by his team mate Heikki Kovalainen. Felipe Massa and Robert Kubica will line up behind them in third and fourth.

Hamilton dominates in Hungary

Saturday afternoon's qualifying session got under way with high hopes at McLaren. Lewis Hamilton was the fastest man on Friday and in this morning's free practice session and was clearly the man to beat for the pole position.

In the first 20-minute qualifying session Lewis Hamilton ended, just ahead of Massa, in first. Nick Heidfeld will be disappointed with his qualifying run as the German failed to make it into the second qualifying session. Coming on to the straight the BMW Sauber driver got caught up behind Sebastien Bourdais and waved angry to point out the Frenchman should move. Heidfeld failed to make it into Q2 and was not amused after the session.

Problems for Rosberg?

In the second qualifying session Nico Rosberg did not come out of his pitbox. At the time of writing it is uncertain what the exact reason is why the German did not take his Williams out on track but he will most likely have a technical problem the team prefers to get solved before Sunday's race.

At Honda Jenson Button will be happy with his qualifying performance. The Briton will start the race from P12 alongside Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel who qualified himself in eleventh.

Glock doing well in Hungary

Timo Glock did extremely well. The German will start Sunday's race from fifth position with Kimi Raikkonen next to him on the third row on the grid. Fernando Alonso will line up behind them in 7th with Mark Webber next to him in eighth. Toyota's Jarno Trulli and Renault's Nelson Piquet jr. complete the top ten as they will start from P9 and P10.

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• 06 Sep.
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  • Alonso sets Renault up in sixth
  • Heidfeld leads BMW qualifying charge
  • Force India happy with pace
  • Worst qualifying for Toyota
  • Webber gives Red Bull hope
  • Williams struggles in qualifying
  • Dismal day sees both Hondas out in Q1
  • Both Toro Rossos back in top ten
  • Hamilton gushing with confidence on pole
  • Massa's perfect lap not enough
  • Kovalainen lost out in middle sector
  • Hamilton storms to Belgian pole
  • Spa-Francorchamps to rename Stavelot corner
  • Heidfeld tops final practice session
  • Photos: Saturday at Spa-Francorchamps
  • Donington Park submit first phase plans
• 05 Sep.
  • McLaren pleased with first day
  • Raikkonen crash hinders Ferrari preparations
  • Renault lifted by Alonso's pace
  • BMWs struggle on Friday
  • Toyota looking for more pace
  • Force India happy with practice
  • Toro Rossos going well at Spa
  • New parts working well for Williams
  • Honda struggling at Spa
  • Mixed day for Red Bull
  • Alonso tops second practice
  • McLaren to open office in US
  • Massa tops first free practice at Spa
  • Photos: Friday at Spa-Francorchamps
  • Vettel to test Red Bull this month
• 04 Sep.
  • Massa eyes up vital six final races
  • Raikkonen hopes for dry weekend
  • Photos: Thursday at Spa-Francorchamps
  • Coulthard: The engines make the difference
• 03 Sep.
  • Bridgestone going hard on Spa

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