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Webber heads final practice

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel continued Red Bull's domination of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend as they locked out the top two positions in final practice at the Hungaroring

Webber and Vettel put themselves at the sharp end from their very first flying laps of the 2.7-mile circuit and were the only drivers to dip under the 1m21s barrier during the first half of the session.

Both continued to work their times down with Webber eventually topping the timesheets with a 1m19.574s lap - the fastest of the weekend - set with five minutes remaining.

Vettel was 0.484s slower than the Australian, but more significant was that Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was more than a second off the pace in third spot.

Robert Kubica built on his and Renault's fine Friday showing as he went fourth quickest. His team-mate Vitaly Petrov's seventh spot - despite the Russian going off the track twice - was a clear indication of the French manufacturer's pace.

Felipe Massa struggled to make it into the top 10 during the first 45 minutes of the session and complained of a lack of rear grip. A change of rear wing and some rear suspension tweaks improved his Ferrari's balance though. He went fifth late on, moving him one spot ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton's world champion team-mate Jenson Button was only ninth quickest while Michael Schumacher could only manage 12th in his Mercedes, 2.3s off the pace and four places behind his team-mate Nico Rosberg.

As was the case on Friday, the session was very low on incident. Bruno Senna spun his Hispania at Turn 14, but was able to resume without damage.

Vitantonio Liuzzi missed the second half of the session after his Force India's driveshaft boot split. The team suspected that it had been caused by the Italian running over some debris on the track.

Pos  Driver       Car                   Time       Gap       Laps
 1.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      1m19.574s            17
 2.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      1m20.058s  + 0.484s  15
 3.  Alonso       Ferrari               1m20.724s  + 1.150s  19
 4.  Kubica       Renault               1m21.066s  + 1.492s  19
 5.  Massa        Ferrari               1m21.264s  + 1.690s  16
 6.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.376s  + 1.802s  17
 7.  Petrov       Renault               1m21.399s  + 1.825s  15
 8.  Rosberg      Mercedes              1m21.422s  + 1.848s  18
 9.  Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.473s  + 1.899s  18
10.  Hulkenberg   Williams-Cosworth     1m21.513s  + 1.939s  18
11.  Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m21.705s  + 2.131s  19
12.  Schumacher   Mercedes              1m21.939s  + 2.365s  15
13.  de la Rosa   Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.151s  + 2.577s  21
14.  Kobayashi    Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.337s  + 2.763s  20
15.  Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.427s  + 2.853s  19
16.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.508s  + 2.934s  22
17.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m22.918s  + 3.344s  14
18.  Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  1m23.708s  + 4.134s  8
19.  di Grassi    Virgin-Cosworth       1m24.547s  + 4.973s  19
20.  Trulli       Lotus-Cosworth        1m24.576s  + 5.002s  22
21.  Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        1m24.623s  + 5.049s  22
22.  Glock        Virgin-Cosworth       1m24.805s  + 5.231s  17
23.  Senna        HRT-Cosworth          1m26.479s  + 6.905s  21
24.  Yamamoto     HRT-Cosworth          1m27.176s  + 7.602s  21

All timing unofficial

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