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Hungaroring Test Day 2: Vettel tops as Kubica impresses

Robert Kubica capped an impressive return to official Formula 1 action as he set the fourth fastest time, at the wheel of a Renault, on the final day of testing in Hungary. The Pole, driving a current F1 car for the first time since severely injuring his right arm in a rally crash in early 2011, clocked a best lap of 1:18.572s – 1.4 seconds adrift of Sebastian Vettel’s table topping time for Ferrari, but only a shade slower than regular Renault driver Jolyon Palmer managed in qualifying on Saturday, albeit with Kubica’s effort coming on ultrasoft tyres. Kubica also went some way to allaying fears about his fitness as he completed a mammoth 142 laps – the second highest tally of the...
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