Jean-Eric Vergne stays on top in second practice in the Hungaroring

The Frenchman lowered his opening session benchmark by over three tenths of second to record a time of 1m34.673s.

Fortec's Alexander Rossi was just 0.003 seconds adrift in second. The former GP3 race winner is overdue a strong points haul following an incident-filled three races.

Championship leader Robert Wickens bounced back from an engine problem in the earlier session to take third spot.

Wickens enjoys a 30-point lead in the drivers' standings. During the lunch break, the Canadian completed a shakedown of a Lotus Renault R30 Formula 1 car in preparation for a demonstration run tomorrow, his reward for being the mid-distance points' leader.

Monaco podium finisher Brendon Hartley took fourth for Gravity-Charouz, just 0.097 seconds ahead of Nelson Panciatici (KMP Racing).

Rossi's Fortec team-mate Cesar Ramos, a double 2011 pole-sitter, claimed sixth place.

After being sidelined from a GP2 programme with budget problems earlier this season, reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Mikhail Aleshin's return to the series with KMP Racing showed signs of progress. The Russian improved on his morning effort of 17th to seal tenth this afternoon.

The remaining 2011 debutants, Adam Carroll (P1 Motorsport) and Marcos Martinez (Pons Racing), took 18th and 21st respectively.

Fairuz Fauzy encountered technical problems with his Mofaz machine that restricted his running to 12 laps. As a consequence, the Malaysian GP2 regular languished in last position.


Pos  Driver              Team                        Time              Laps
 1.  Jean Eric Vergne    Carlin                      1:34.673            28
 2.  Alexander Rossi     Fortec Motorsports          1:34.676  + 0.003   28
 3.  Robert Wickens      Carlin                      1:34.868  + 0.195   30
 4.  Brendon Hartley     Gravity - Charouz           1:34.890  + 0.217   20
 5.  Nelson Panciatici   Kmp Racing                  1:34.987  + 0.314   27
 6.  Cesar Ramos         Fortec Motorsports          1:35.019  + 0.346   27
 7.  Sergio Canamasas    Bvm Target                  1:35.126  + 0.453   30
 8.  Daniel Ricciardo    Isr                         1:35.145  + 0.472   29
 9.  Albert Costa        Epic Racing                 1:35.147  + 0.474   28
10.  Mikhail Aleshin     Kmp Racing                  1:35.149  + 0.476   23
11.  Kevin Korjus        Tech 1 Racing               1:35.345  + 0.672   29
12.  Daniil Move         P1 Motorsport               1:35.378  + 0.705   27
13.  Jake Rosenzweig     Mofaz Racing                1:35.461  + 0.788   26
14.  Arthur Pic          Tech 1 Racing               1:35.467  + 0.794   30
15.  Oliver Webb         Pons Racing                 1:35.513  + 0.840   28
16.  Jan Charouz         Gravity - Charouz           1:35.588  + 0.915   29
17.  Andre Negrao        International Draco Racing  1:35.595  + 0.922   32
18.  Adam Carroll        P1 Motorsport               1:35.599  + 0.926   20
19.  Sten Pentus         Epic Racing                 1:35.636  + 0.963   29
20.  Daniel Zampieri     Bvm Target                  1:35.724  + 1.051   27
21.  Marcos Martinez     Pons Racing                 1:35.743  + 1.070   24
22.  Stephane Richelmi   International Draco Racing  1:35.834  + 1.161   31
23.  Daniel De Jong      Comtec Racing               1:36.061  + 1.388   25
24.  Nathanael Berthon   Isr                         1:36.178  + 1.505   28
25.  Daniel Mckenzie     Comtec Racing               1:37.178  + 2.505   28
26.  Fairuz Fauzy        Mofaz Racing                1:37.349  + 2.676   12