Hamilton wowed by Red Bulls

Briton says Vettel and Webber were "impossible to beat" in qualifying

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Hamilton wowed by Red Bulls

Hamilton: No chance of beating Red Bulls

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McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton says that it was "impossible" for anyone to challenge the Red Bulls during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The drivers' championship leader secured fifth position on the grid, a massive 1.726 seconds adrift of Sebastian Vettel's pole position time.

Red Bull have enjoyed complete dominance during the race weekend in Hungary so far and head into Sunday's race with a huge pace advantage over the rest of the field.

"Well, your target is always pole, but the Red Bulls are impossible to beat - they are 1.7secs ahead," Hamilton said of the qualifying session.

He added: "It's a second in the middle sector and half a second in the final sector. For (team-mate) Jenson (Button) and me, we just look at the onboard footage and laugh.

Incredible

"I don't know what they are doing, but it's incredible."

After accepting that the Red Bulls are likely to run away with the race, Hamilton says he has set his sights on challenging the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso for the final podium place.

He said: "It was possible I could get close to Massa, but I don't think I could have beaten him today. I pulled every inch out of the car and I'm happy with the job I did.

"We've got to work hard but it's a good position to start tomorrow. It's a long haul down to Turn One so anything's possible. Fourth or third would be spectacular."

Reigning world champion Button had an even more miserable session, ending up 11th on the grid after failing to make it through to the top 10 shootout.

No grip

The 30-year-old, who won his first Formula One race at the Hungaroring in 2006, was left lamenting a loss of grip during qualifying.

"In practice the car was working really well, but in qualifying I just couldn't find a balance," Button said.

"We changed the car a little bit, but it didn't help a lot. I was happy with the car this morning, but this afternoon there was just no grip. It wasn't a great session and I'm not really happy."

"I'm on the clean side at least, and I've got two new sets of tyres for the race as well," he added of his chances for the race. Hopefully we can fight from there."