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INDIANAPOLIS — Jeff Gordon had “visions of five” as the laps wound down in Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with leader Paul Menard dead ahead in his sights.

Years ago, as a garage rat at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Paul Menard dreamed of winning a race at the vaunted Brickyard.

In a season of improbable first-time winners in NASCAR’s biggest races, Paul Menard stretched his fuel mileage and held off a charging Jeff Gordon to win Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

As this video demonstrates, F1’s naughty boy Lewis Hamilton has a slight track record of “rushed” attempts to get back into the thick of the action.

It was a good afternoon for Sebastian Vettel in Budapest. After that not-so-happy race at the Nurburgring and a low-key performance in Friday’s practice sessions, the world champion strode through the paddock after qualifying with a smile that clearly indicated that life is better at the very front of the grid. And those who know the young German and his determination are under no illusion that for him life is also best on the top spot of the podium

Sebastian Vettel answered his critics in style on Saturday as he stormed past the on-form McLaren’s to grab pole at the Hungaroring. Whether Red Bull will have the race pace to stay ahead of the silver cars on Sunday, or to withstand the threat from Ferrari, is another matter. We take a team-by-team look at qualifying in Budapest

It was this weekend one year ago when Mark Webber last won a Grand Prix. After 12 months of cold turkey, Webber is crying out for a change. Qualifying was not that promising for the Australian, but he is still convinced that the nature of the Hungaroring will work to his advantage on Sunday

Drivers: 1 – Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull); 2 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren); 3 – Jenson Button (McLaren)

Q: Sebastian, you picked the right moment didn’t you to set your fastest lap of any of the qualifying sessions: right on your final flying lap.
Sebastian Vettel: Yeah, I think it was a very good session for us generally after yesterday

Sebastian Vettel on his eighth pole position of the season for Red Bull; Lewis Hamilton on missing out on P1 by just a tenth of a second for McLaren; and Sauber’s Sergio Perez on the prospect of his first F1 start from a top-ten grid slot. All the drivers and leading team personnel report back on Saturday in Hungary

Just when it seemed that Lewis Hamilton had done enough to take pole position in Hungary after the first runs in Q3, lapping his McLaren in 1m 19.978s, Sebastian Vettel pushed his Red Bull to the front with seconds to spare with a lap of 1m 19.815s.

While it was a good session for both, it was a minor disaster for Fernando Alonso who had been third fastest going into the final runs. The Spaniard failed to better his earlier 1m 20.365s and dropped to fifth for Ferrari as McLaren’s Jenson Button improved to 1m 20.024s and his own team mate Felipe Massa to 1m 20.350s.