Hamilton on top as McLaren fight back

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With both cars now sporting significant upgrades - Hamilton alone ran the new package in Germany 12 days ago - the silver machines were again back at the top of the timesheets in Hungary.

The reigning champion deposed long-time leader Heikki Kovalainen at the end of the session with his final hot lap, that after making errors on the previous two when he was gunning for a quick time.

Hamilton finished the day with a lap of one minute 22.079 seconds, just 0.047s ahead of Kovalainen, with Williams' Nico Rosberg third, a mere 0.075secs adrift, such was the close nature of the second session at the Hungaroring.

In fact, just 1.097secs separated the top 19 drivers, with rookie Jaime Alguersuari cast adrift at the bottom by 0.766secs to Toro Rosso team-mate Sebastien Buemi.

Championship leader Jenson Button was a surprising 13th.