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Red Bull pair Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber completely dominated first practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

Vettel posted the fastest time around the Hungaroring in the 90-minute session on Friday morning, clocking a lap of 1 minute 20.976 seconds.

Australian driver Webber was just over a tenth behind while the rest of the field were more than a second adrift of the young German's benchmark.

Renault's Robert Kubica was best of the rest, ahead of the McLaren of reigning world champion Jenson Button.

Williams driver Rubens Barrichello was fifth ahead of Sauber's Pedro de la Rosa in a session that is often used to experiment with fuel loads and set-up options.

Quiet

Fernando Alonso, a controversial winner of the German Grand Prix last time out, made a quiet start to the weekend by posting the seventh fastest time, 1.796secs down on Vettel.

He was followed by Mercedes duo Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, while Nico Hulkenberg rounded out the top 10.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa finished down in 12th position as the Brazilian returned to the track where he suffered a life-threatening skull fracture just over a year ago.

Massa, who has paid a visit to the medical personnel who tended to him after the crash, insists that any memory of the accident or its aftermath will not affect his performance this weekend.

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton finished in unfamiliar territory down in 18th position, three seconds off the pace.

Times:
01. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:20.976 29 laps
02. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:21.106 + 0.130 27 laps
03. Kubica Renault 1:22.072 + 1.096 21 laps
04. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.444 + 1.468 17 laps
05. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:22.601 + 1.625 25 laps
06. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:22.764 + 1.788 24 laps
07. Alonso Ferrari 1:22.772 + 1.796 25 laps
08. Rosberg Mercedes 1:22.777 + 1.801 25 laps
09. Schumacher Mercedes 1:22.792 + 1.816 26 laps
10. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:22.966 + 1.990 25 laps
11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:23.003 + 2.027 19 laps
12. Massa Ferrari 1:23.007 + 2.031 26 laps
13. Petrov Renault 1:23.249 + 2.273 24 laps
14. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:23.327 + 2.351 23 laps
15. di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:23.520 + 2.544 19 laps
16. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.780 + 2.804 22 laps
17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.868 + 2.892 28 laps
18. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.075 + 3.099 15 laps
19. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:25.032 + 4.056 22 laps
20. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:25.210 + 4.234 23 laps
21. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:25.990 + 5.014 21 laps
22. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:26.686 + 5.710 17 laps
23. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:26.990 + 6.014 34 laps
24. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1:28.157 + 7.181 24 laps