Petrov - the top five!

Renault Russian rider Vitaly Petrov held a very successful weekend in his career. His fifth place in the Hungarian Grand Prix was a record for a beginner. Victory in Budapest celebrated Australian Mark Webber of Red Bull. Weekend in Hungary wondered Vitaly Petrov from the outset. After warming up first practice Russian gave two distinct time in the second and third free practice, becoming the first, fifth, and then the seventh. In this case, the speed race cars Renault yielded only unattainable Red Bull, Ferrari, and only occasionally McLaren. Renault claims its pilots remained confirm in qualifying. That is the characterization of sin lately Petrov, saying that the only failure in her speech did not allow him to rely on good results in the race. For the Hungarian race and qualification at all is perhaps the decisive importance: trail here is narrow, implying almost no overtaking, so the significance of place on the grid is greatly increased. Not have to be psychic to predict what kind of machine will be up to the pole on Saturday. Red Bull has once again proved that compete with Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber this year is useless. And once again bulls staged a cabal. Vettel won the first segment, the second - Webber, and victory in the third again went to the German driver. Cup Designers Place Team Points 1 Red Bull 312 2 McLaren 304 3 Ferrari 238 4 132 5 Renault Mercedes 106 All the intrigue was observed in the fight for places from the third to eleventh. And if the first segment is done without surprises - to outsiders emitted from HTR, Lotus and Virgin added Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber, in the second segment fell already leaders. The finalists have not been Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Adrian Sutil and Michael Schumacher. But Petrov picked up, and improved his 10-th time before the 4 th parameter - 1:20,797! And let the top 10 he could not jump over your head, but his team mate, Robert Kubica, he was the first of the season ahead. Seventh place on the basis of qualifications - an excellent result. The next step in the points, the main parameter by which Petrova will be judged at the end of the season - an aggressive start. What, strictly speaking, a famous Russian "Formula 1". Vitali did not disappoint, and this time around. On the seventh line, he immediately moved to fifth, overtaking is not anyone else, but Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. However, already at the next round of Britain's once again stepped forward, but the beginning was promising. Alonso took advantage of confusion Webber at the start and came in second place. However, behind the Spaniard from Vettel all increased, and that would be the winner if it were not the case. The case, which determined the race everything. At the 15-lap Vitantonio Liuzzi broke the nose cone, and went into the pits, but because of debris on the track appeared pace car. Immediately a wave of pit stops, during which the path of the boxes facing Sutil and Kubica. Detached after their meeting, the wheel, jumping on the Pit Lane, which nearly swept away his head Schumacher. Brilliantly fulfilled the pits the team Ferrari, has managed in a row one after another to take his two riders. A peloton, meanwhile, was headed by Webber, who decided not to stop altogether. Kubica still managed to continue the race, but for an incident on Pit Lane received a 10-second stop & go. However, after a few laps, he still was out of control. Also, like Lewis Hamilton, who stopped the race due to gearbox failure. Soon after passage of Pit Lane received and Vettel, violated the rules of action behind the safety car returned to the track behind Alonso, but ahead of Massa. This penalty caused a real hysteria among the Germans who had to calm down the whole team. Petrov's problems are not touched, and after the withdrawal of Hamilton, he moved to sixth place. Webber was leading easily, and when he had increased the tempo and create the necessary groundwork. Without changing the tire, he drove 43 range, and after pereobuvki still remains the leader. A 48-circle of its advantage over second marching Alonso was already 20 seconds. At the 50-lap was not allowed forward Petrova Barrichello went to the pit stop, and the Russian moved to fifth place, so it has none to give. And the Brazilian after his return to the track was in the hot embrace of his former partner Michael Schumacher's Ferrari, who organized with him a couple of the most vivid battle of the race. Passed Pilot Pilot Place Team Points 1 Webber Red Bull 161 2 157 3 Hamilton McLaren Vettel Red Bull 151 4 147 5 Button McLare Alonso Ferrari Ferrari 141 6 Weight 97 7 Rosberg Mercedes Kubica Renault 94 8 89 9 38 10 Schumacher Mercedes Suttil Force India 35. Petrov .. 12 Renault 17 Williams Barrichello was surprisingly fast Mercedes, and a Brazilian, a couple of times denoting the attack, went to overtake at the start / finish line. And when Rubens was already slightly ahead of the German, Schumacher remembered youth, when time to fame as one of the most dishonest drivers, and began to scour Barrichello right. Moreover, almost leaving him room to maneuver. Only a miracle saved from a meeting with Brazilian Pit Wall. After the race, in response to claims Schumacher said that he acted in accordance with the rules, and if Rubens was able to overtake him, so he gave that too much space. At the stewards, however, proved to be quite a different point of view, and they were fined Schumacher by 10 starting positions in the next race. As a result, the first finished Mark Webber celebrated his fourth victory this season, one hundredth race team. The second was Fernando Alonso, and the third - who found the strength to fight Sebastian Vettel. Vitaly Petrov finished at a record high for a fifth place for the first time in his career has completed two races in a row in the points. "I'm just a good mood, today, things went almost perfectly, - said Peter after the race. - Today it was important to earn the most points. In addition, here come my relatives and friends, and I'm very glad I could achieve such a good result. " Thanks to this brilliant weekend endu he managed to move to 12 th place overall. I would venture to suggest that the problem of the season for Vitali - a place in the top ten. Among the pilots of the five teams - Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault. Such an outcome is for the Russians almost guarantee him a continued career in Formula 1, as for a beginner it will draw on a solid "five". Ahead, on the way to ten, there were only Sutil and Barrichello. Impassable rivals, with all due respect, they do not seem to be. Hungarian Grand Prix. Race 1. Mark Webber (Red Bull) - 1:27,208; 2. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) + 17,8; 3. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) + 19,2; 4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) + 27,4; 5. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) + 73,1; 6. Nico Hulkenberg (Williams) + 76,7; 7. Pedro de la Rosa (Sauber) - 1 lap 8. Jenson Button (McLaren) - 1 lap 9. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) - 1 lap 10. Rubens Barrichello (Williams) - 1 lap 11. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) - 1 lap 12. Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) - 1 lap 13. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India) - 1 lap, 14. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus) - 3 laps, 15. Jarno Trulli (Lotus) - 3 laps, 16. Timo Glock (Virgin) - 3 laps, 17. Bruno Senna (HRT) - 3 laps, 18. Lucas di Grassi (Virgin) - 4 rounds, 19. Sakon Yamamoto (HRT) - 4 rounds, 20. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - Retired; 21. Robert Kubica (Renault) - Retired; 22. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) - Retired; 23. Adrian Sutil (Force India) - Retired; 24. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) - Ret.