| 13:50:46
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and live coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session. Along with qualification for the Monaco Grand Prix, this is arguably the second most important qualifying hour of the season. |
| 13:52:17
| Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets once again this morning with a best time of 1:20.228s, the fastest lap of the GP weekend to date. Felipe Massa was second fastest, three-tenths adrift, with Timo Glock third ahead of Heikki Kovalainen, Nelson Piquet and Nick Heidfeld. |
| 13:54:26
| Sebastien Bourdais was seventh fastest ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Rosberg. Notables included Kubica in 18th position, Webber in 16th and Trulli 14th. Those three would hope to make the top ten. |
| 13:56:17
| As ever, the qualifying session is split into three, with the slowest five being eliminated from Q1 and Q2. This leaves the final ten to go into the final round of qualifying with race fuel on board. |
| 13:58:20
| With qualifying being so critical at this circuit, expect some to gamble with a light fuel load at the end of qualifying in the hope of gaining a better starting position. |
| 14:00:04
| Q1 is now underway. This is a 20 minute session. |
| 14:00:41
| A number of drivers in the cars and ready to go out. |
| 14:01:21
| Vettel is the first driver on track. He is on the hard tyre. |
| 14:02:00
| Bourdais, Coulthard, Sutil, Fisichella and Rosberg head out. A critical session for Honda and Force India. |
| 14:02:36
| Vettel starts his timed lap. |
| 14:02:59
| Based on this morning's practice times, a time to get into Q2 is a 1:21.7. |
| 14:03:25
| Glock has been fast all weekend and is now on track. |
| 14:03:50
| Button and Nakajima join the action. Half of the field is on track. |
| 14:04:08
| A decent first lap from Vettel on a 1:21.4. |
| 14:04:35
| A slow first lap from Bourdais. Coulthard is second behind Vettel. |
| 14:05:00
| Glock moves fastest on the soft tyre. |
| 14:05:41
| Kovalainen is now on track as Bourdais' second lap moves him second. |
| 14:05:55
| Kovalainen is now on track as Bourdais' second lap moves him second. |
| 14:06:41
| The Force India duo are in the 22s + at the moment and that will not be fast enough. |
| 14:07:04
| Nakajima and Button have moved third and fourth fastest as Kovalainen starts a hot lap. |
| 14:07:19
| Hamilton is also on track. |
| 14:07:52
| Kovalainen moves fastest on the hard tyre with a 1:20.1, the fastest lap of the weekend. |
| 14:08:12
| Massa moves third fastest ahead of Bourdais. |
| 14:09:14
| A much much faster lap from Hamilton on a 1:19.4. He is fastest from Kovalainen and Glock. Raikkonen has moved fifth. |
| 14:09:50
| Another gain from Raikkonen who is now third on the hard tyre. |
| 14:10:41
| Piquet is going well again and is sixth at the moment. Renault team-mate Alonso is on his first lap. |
| 14:10:58
| Trulli vaults third fastest for Toyota. |
| 14:12:09
| Alonso runs wide at the final turn but is in the top ten at the moment. |
| 14:12:34
| The fastest five have pitted. They have done enough to make it into Q2. |
| 14:13:23
| Kubica's first lap is not fast, he's 11th. |
| 14:13:51
| A slow first lap from Heidfeld as well as he is 20th. They have all now set a time. |
| 14:15:20
| A small gain from Heidfeld so the slowest five are Sutil, Fisichella, Rosberg, Nakajima and Barrichello. |
| 14:15:35
| Raikkonen and Massa are back out. |
| 14:16:01
| Sutil ran wide at the final turn a minute ago but just kept the car out of the wall. |
| 14:17:02
| Kubica is back out as is Sutil. Heidfeld is the man to get bumped at the moment with three minutes remaining. |
| 14:17:32
| A scruffy lap at the moment from Massa on the soft tyre. |
| 14:18:32
| They are all heading out for a final run. McLaren keep Hamilton and Kovalainen in the pits as Massa moves second. |
| 14:19:01
| The slowest five need to improve or they are out. |
| 14:19:53
| Heidfeld runs wide and that is a disaster. He was following Bourdais who did nothing wrong at all. |
| 14:20:05
| The chequered flag is out |
| 14:20:22
| Rosberg moves 13th. |
| 14:21:02
| Nakajima moves 16th. |
| 14:21:24
| Button moves 15th and demoted Heidfeld. |
| 14:21:55
| A gain for Glock who is now fourth fastest. |
| 14:22:30
| So the slowest five that are now eliminated are Sutil, Fisichella, Barrichello, Nakajima and Heidfeld. |
| 14:23:01
| That is a very poor effort from Heidfeld again. He did not find a clear track and then ran wide and paid the price. |
| 14:23:19
| A short pause now ahead of the second round of qualifying. |
| 14:27:34
| Q2 is now underway. This is a 15 minute session. |
| 14:29:07
| Glock is the first driver on track. He certainly has the pace to make the top ten. |
| 14:29:23
| Raikkonen heads out in his Ferrari. |
| 14:30:07
| Glock is on the hard tyre at the moment. |
| 14:31:21
| Trulli, Piquet and Alonso join the action. |
| 14:31:49
| Glock records a 1:19.2 on his first lap and that is very quick. |
| 14:32:04
| Raikkonen is second fastest behind Glock. |
| 14:32:18
| Most of the drivers are now on track. |
| 14:33:25
| Raikkonen and Glock pit. |
| 14:33:56
| Trulli and Alonso move third and fourth fastest as the first lap times come in. |
| 14:35:11
| Hamilton takes the second fastest time on the soft tyre behind Glock. Kovalainen has moved fourth ahead of Trulli and Alonso. |
| 14:35:46
| Massa takes P1 for Ferrari on the hard tyre. |
| 14:37:21
| Massa's time is actually a circuit record as he beats Michael Schumacher's 1:19.146s set back in 2004 with the V10 power. |
| 14:38:01
| Rosberg has not been out yet as Kubica moves seventh on the soft tyre. |
| 14:38:55
| Most have pitted ahead of a final run. The slowest five at the moment are Rsoberg, Bourdais, Button, Piquet and Coulthard. |
| 14:39:34
| Kovalainen is back out looking to move up from P5. |
| 14:39:50
| He picks up one position on the soft tyre and is now fourth. |
| 14:40:19
| Rosberg is out of the car, so he must have a problem. Another bad day for Williams. |
| 14:41:01
| The top three aside, they are all on track. |
| 14:41:18
| Bourdais has reverted to the harder tyre. |
| 14:41:53
| Vettel is on the soft tyre and looking to move up from P10. |
| 14:42:07
| The chequered flag is out |
| 14:42:18
| Vettel moves ninth. |
| 14:42:37
| Coulthard stays 11th. |
| 14:42:48
| Piquet moves ninth |
| 14:43:00
| Webber moves ninth. |
| 14:43:22
| A gain from Button moves him 12th. |
| 14:44:07
| So, the slowest five are Rosberg who did not run, Bourdais, Coulthard, Button and Vettel. |
| 14:44:31
| A good lap from Trulli at the end of the session moved Trulli up one position to fifth. |
| 14:45:08
| So Massa set the pace in that session on a 1:19.1. A short pause now ahead of Q3. |
| 14:49:11
| Race fuel is now on board as we await the final round of qualifying. |
| 14:50:07
| Q3 is now underway. This is a ten minute session. |
| 14:50:32
| Glock and Trulli are straight out for Toyota. |
| 14:51:13
| The Toyota duo are on the hard tyre for the first run. |
| 14:52:20
| Glock starts his first timed lap. In Q2 he recorded a 1:19.2. He now has race fuel on board so he will be half a second or more slower. |
| 14:53:05
| Kubica heads out in the surviving BMW Sauber. |
| 14:53:29
| Glock's first lap is a 1:21.3, six tenths up on Trulli. |
| 14:53:39
| All ten runners are now on track. |
| 14:55:20
| Eight drivers are on their first lap of this session. |
| 14:55:48
| Hamilton and Kovalainen both on good laps. |
| 14:56:02
| Kubica and Alonso move third and fourth. |
| 14:56:20
| Massa and Raikkonen move second and third. |
| 14:56:42
| Hamilton is now fastest and on the provisional pole position. |
| 14:57:30
| Glock remains second fastest from Massa, Raikkonen, Webber, Trulli, Kubica, Alonso, Kovalainen and Piquet. |
| 14:57:49
| They're pitting for a final set of tyres. Hard tyres is the way to go. |
| 14:58:12
| Two minutes remain as they all head out. |
| 14:59:03
| They are all making their way around for the final timed lap of the session. Kovalainen is the man out of position at the moment. |
| 14:59:29
| Kubica starts his timed lap looking to move up on seventh. |
| 15:00:00
| Glock is on a good lap. |
| 15:00:08
| The chequered flag is out |
| 15:00:43
| Kubica moves second fastest, a great lap. |
| 15:00:53
| Alonso moves fifth. |
| 15:01:01
| Kovalainen moves second. |
| 15:01:12
| Glock did not improve. |
| 15:01:45
| Hamilton improves and has the pole position, the fourth of the season for the McLaren driver. |
| 15:02:32
| Hamilton starts from the pole ahead of Kovalainen, Massa, Kubica, Glock, Raikkonen, Alonso, Webber, Trulli and Piquet. |
