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For anyone wondering, Lewis Hamilton jumped out of his car a little earlier to have his seat changed. And also do his morning stretches it seems.
Summary
Rosberg takes stunning pole after Hamilton's final lap is ruined by yellow flags
Ferrari's Raikkonen eliminated in Q2; Hamilton squeezes into Q3 in P10
Q1 eliminations: Palmer, Massa, Magnussen, Ericsson, Wehrlein, Haryanto
Q2 eliminations: Grosjean, Kvyat, Perez, Raikkonen, Gutierrez, Nasr
Qualifying delayed by 20 minutes before Q1 is halted by four red flags
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Someone who isn't looking on it, however, is Lewis Hamilton. He does a 1:20.769 and that's half a second down on Nico Rosberg's time.
Things are certainly shaping up for an interesting qualifying session this afternoon.
Red Bull throwing down the gauntlet?published at 10:55 British Summer Time 23 July 2016
Image source, Getty ImagesWhat a lap from Max Verstappen! He absolutely nails it and goes to within 0.002s of Nico Rosberg's time. Red Bull are looking on it.
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Image source, APNico Rosberg is lobbing his Mercedes around the track. He's flying and fastest through sectors one and two. It's not a personal best through sector three but he improves the benchmark time to 1:20.261.
Team radiopublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 23 July 2016
Image source, apJenson Button of McLaren comes on the radio to say "the understeers a bit better but we have this floating feeling at the rear".
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One to watch for qualifying. Race control is being very strict on track limits and if anyone runs wide at Turn 4 or Turn 11, times will be deleted.
Felipe Massa take note.
Hot in Hungarypublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 23 July 2016
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Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentatorThat's the second time in the last 10 minutes he has made a mistake at Turn 3. It is the quickest corner of the lap and a blind entrance. It needs lots of commitment.
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Not for the first time today, Felipe Massa runs wide at Turn 4. It's proved a tricky corner for the Brazilian.
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Image source, APA quarter of an hour left and pretty much everyone is back in the pits as the drivers prepare for one last scramble for a quick lap. The top 10 looks like this:
1) Rosberg 2) Ricciardo 3) Raikkonen 4) Verstappen 5) Vettel 6) Hamilton 7) Bottas 8) Massa 9) Palmer 10) Alonso
Better from Palmerpublished at 10:43 British Summer Time 23 July 2016
Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator"He's clearly doing a good job, particularly after yesterday when he didn't get much running."
Brit Jolyon Palmer has just gone an impressive ninth in the Renault despite missing much of yesterday's running with technical issues.
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Uh oh. Problems for Lewis Hamilton? "Guys, I've got an overheating car," he says over the radio.
He heads back to base and climbs out of his Mercedes.
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Image source, APStrong lap from Kimi Raikkonen. He jumps up to third after a 1:20.859 to split the Red Bulls.
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A stronger lap from Sebastian Vettel having been loitering down in ninth for the first half of this session. He clocks a 1:21.339 and is up to P5. That time is eight tenths of a second slower than Nico Rosberg's best.
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An improvement from Daniel Ricciardo as he posts a 1:20.726 to bring the gap down between himself and Nico Rosberg to 0.179s. Two Red Bulls behind the Mercedes. They are looking a bit quicker today.
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Halfway through the session and Max Verstappen's first flying lap is a smooth one as he does a 1:21.379 to go third. He's not completely happy with things, though.
"I lost sync going onto the main straight," he reports over the radio.
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Jack Nicholls
Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator"He's a bit whingy is Romain Grosjean. He whinges a lot."
Mr Grosjean has just been on the radio having a chunter at his team about his car... again.
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Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at HungaroringThe Hungaroring has been resurfaced since last year and not everyone was pleased with the result, even though the new surface is much smoother and has ironed out many of the bumps that characterised the place.
“It is a bit of a shame because a lot of the bumps have gone,” Sebastian Vettel said. “It was typically Hungary to have a bumpy track. I hope in a couple of years they will come back. But it’s very grippy so it’s nice to go faster.”
Lewis Hamilton, who said he had spun after getting on to newly introduced white kerbs that he felt were unnecessary, added: “I preferred the way the track was last year but it is what it is. it’s still an amazing track, it just feels a bit different.”
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