For the fourth time this season, Nico Hülkenberg has out-qualified Rubens Barrichello at Williams, with the German-Brazilian duo set to start Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix from tenth and twelfth positions.
The GP2 Champion first qualified ahead of the most experienced Formula 1 driver in history at Sepang, before repeating the feat in Barcelona and then again in Valencia. Now, despite not being able to pick up any more positions in the top ten shootout, Nico remains pleased with his grid position.
“Reaching Q3 was good today as everybody is very aware how closely bunched the field is behind the front few teams but, as always, it is human nature to feel that more could have been possible,” he began.
“The Renaults and de la Rosa were strong today, with just a couple of tenths between us all. Although overtaking will be challenging tomorrow, we know that the race is going to be highly competitive with the form of the cars around us.”
“In Q1, I was very happy - the car was perfect and I only needed one run and was quite comfortable to see the rest of the session out in the garage,” Barrichello added.
“Then, going into Q2, I had a lot of traffic on my out-lap and basically - because the lap was so slow - I don’t think the tyre got up to operating temperature. The tyres were just not there, the car balance was out and by the last run the tyres had given up.”
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