The Hungarian Grand Prix is known to be difficult for overtaking. Also the track is very dirty outside the racing line. Cars which start on the dirty side of the grid are at a great disadvantage. Fernando Alonso who is in third has a great chance to jump ahead of Webber. The gap between Vettel and Alonso's qualifying time is 1.2 seconds, would want to make most of hist start.
Vitaly Petrov qualified ahead of Robert Kubica after an impressive qualifying performance. He would be starting on the clean side of the grid and would be hoping to better his 7th place finish in China.
Force India decided against their exhaust blown diffuser for the race after friday practice. Adrian Sutil later qualified in 13th and Vitantonio Liuzzi in 16th.
Kamui Kobayashi was the first among the established teams to miss the next round of qualifying. The Japanese driver failed to make the Q2 cut. Kobayashi was later given a 5 place grid penalty for ignoring the stewards call to the weight bridge. Kobayashi failed to see the red light as he entered the pits and proceeded to his pit garage.
Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher failed to make the Q3 cut. For Schumacher this is the second race in a row where he failed to do so. Schumacher however is optimistic of a better race pace as they had changed the setup of his car with the race in mind. With the hotter temperatures during qualifying he struggled with the setup.
Sakon Yamamoto, Vitaly Petrov, Timo Glock and Lucas Di Grassi were given a reprimand for lapping too slowly on their in laps
