Who's Hungary?

Today kicks off the last race before that five week summer break. Whilst we figure out how to feed our Formula 1 addiction, the teams and drivers get some well deserved R&R.

FP1 got underway on Friday morning and, for the first time, it what seems like years, saw some dry running. Lewis Hamilton set the pace early on, letting the others play catch up for the rest of the session. Hamilton bettered his time and with team mate Jenson Button hot on his tail, it ended a McLaren one-two in the morning session.

The afternoon session started in dry hot conditions, but rain loomed across the radars as teams took to the track to get as much dry running as possible. Lewis Hamilton continued his performance through FP1, by setting the quickest time in the afternoon. After the rain had exited the circuit, going out on the wets or inters was the question on everyones lips. This caught out Michael Schumacher, who, after going out on the intermediate tyres, locked up into Turn 11 and went straight on into the barriers, cutting short to his session.

Qualifying edged closer, and after Mark Webber led the way in FP3, who knew where pole position was going to go. Scorching hot conditions, were key in determine who could work the temperature of the tyres to their full advantage.
Q1 saw the Toro Rosso of Daniel Ricciardo fail to make it into the second part of Qualifying. The HRT's of Narain Karthikeyan and Pedro De La Rosa line up the back row of the grid, with Charles Pic beating team mate Timo Glock and Heikki Kovalainen starting ahead of Vitaly Petrov on his 100th Grand Prix.

Big upset in Q2 for Red Bull of Mark Webber who starts 11th on the grid, after just missing out on getting into the final part of qualifying. Michael Schumacher starts in a disappointing 17th with team mate Nico Rosberg only making it to 13th on the grid for the Mercedes team.
Sauber didn't show signs of promise with both drivers lining up together in 14th and 15th.

Kimi Raikkonen set the pace early in Q3 before Lewis Hamilton made his mark at the top. Romain Grosjean starts the race this afternoon in his best ever position and lines up next to Hamilton on the front row of the grid. Sebastian Vettel and team mate Jenson Button out hot on his tail, with the other Lotus and both Ferrari's waiting to pounce.
Bruno Senna made it into Q3 for the first time in his career with team mate Maldonado right behind him, both going strong for Williams and the Force India of Nico Hulkenberg rounds up the Top 10.

Today's race could see rain hit and missing the track, with tyres, as always, playing an important role with strategy.

Can Lewis Hamilton keep his cool, or could we see another new winner in Formula 1?

Let's wait and see.