Hamilton Starts 2nd in Hungary – Alonso Naughty
August 4th, 2007Vodafone McLaren Mercedes racing driver Lewis Hamilton starts the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix from second position.
A strange incident happened near the end of the final-qualifying session when Fernando Alonso was told to wait by the team to find a gap for his last qualifying lap – BUT when he was given the sign to go, Alonso still delayed for around 10 seconds while Lewis was already cued up behind him, costing Lewis valuable time which he needed to do a final qualifying lap as time was running out.
Fernando Alonso got pole in front of Lewis Hamilton who did not manage to cross the line before the time ran out – by only a few seconds. I’m sure Lewis Hamilton wasn’t very happy and Ron Dennis didn’t look too happy either.
If Lewis wins the race on Sunday it’s be the perfect answer to Alonso! 
Hungary Qualifying Results:
1 Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.674
2 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.781
3 Nick Heidfeld, BMW 1:20.259
4 Kimi Raikkonen , Ferrari 1:20.410
5 Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota 1:20.632
6 Ralf Schumacher, Toyota 1:20.714
7 Robert Kubica, BMW 1:20.876
8 Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault 1:21.079
9 Jarno Trulli, Toyota 1:21.206
10 Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault 1:21.256
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11 David Coulthard, Red Bull-Renault 1:20.718
12 Heikki Kovalainen, Renault 1:20.779
13 Alexander Wurz, Williams-Toyota 1:20.865
14 Felipe Massa, Ferrari 1:21.021
15 Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri-Honda 1:21.127
16 Vitantonio Liuzzi, STR-Ferrari 1:21.993
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17 Jenson Button, Honda 1:21.737
18 Rubens Barrichello, Honda 1:21.877
19 Takuma Sato, Super Aguri-Honda 1:22.143
20 Sebastian Vettel, STR-Ferrari 1:22.177
21 Adrian Sutil, Spyker-Ferrari 1:22.737
22 Sakon Yamamoto, Spyker-Ferrari 1:23.774
UPDATE: Autosport has spoken to Ron Dennis about the situation, procedures and what happened. Granted, there probably are procedures in place etc. – but it still just seems somewhat strange, when Alonso came out there wasn’t even a car in sight!
