Photo: Alastair Staley/GP2 Media Service
Tom Dillmann beat Russian Time team-mate Sam Bird to top GP2 qualifying at the Hungaroring and secure his first pole position in the series.
Dillmann’s quickest lap came in the first half of the session thanks to a superb middle sector time. Practice pace-setter Bird came close to matching his time late on, but fell 0.077 seconds short.
Together with Sergio Canamasas, Bird was under investigation for an incident at the end of the session.
Fabio Leimer did manage to separate the Russian Time duo until Bird’s improvement, relegating the Swiss driver to third place. Felipe Nasr bounced back from missing the majority of the practice session due to an early spin to claim fourth place, ahead of early pacesetters Marcus Ericsson and Stephane Richelmi of DAMS.
Jolyon Palmer was a threat throughout the session but had to make do with seventh, ahead of Rio Haryanto, Alexander Rossi and Daniel De Jong.
James Calado, another to spin in practice, was only 14th while championship leader Stefano Coletti was back in 18th.
Qualifying times
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Tom Dillmann | Russian Time | 1:28.219 | 11 | |
| 2 | Sam Bird | Russian Time | 1:28.296 | 0.077 | 11 |
| 3 | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 1:28.507 | 0.288 | 13 |
| 4 | Felipe Nasr | Carlin | 1:28.679 | 0.460 | 14 |
| 5 | Marcus Ericsson | DAMS | 1:28.709 | 0.490 | 12 |
| 6 | Stephane Richelmi | DAMS | 1:28.753 | 0.534 | 10 |
| 7 | Jolyon Palmer | Carlin | 1:28.802 | 0.583 | 12 |
| 8 | Rio Haryanto | Barwa Addax Team | 1:28.826 | 0.607 | 12 |
| 9 | Alexander Rossi | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:28.851 | 0.632 | 14 |
| 10 | Daniel De Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:28.855 | 0.636 | 11 |
| 11 | Johnny Cecotto | Arden International | 1:28.927 | 0.708 | 13 |
| 12 | Mitch Evans | Arden International | 1:29.012 | 0.793 | 10 |
| 13 | Nathanael Berthon | Trident Racing | 1:29.020 | 0.801 | 14 |
| 14 | James Calado | ART Grand Prix | 1:29.128 | 0.909 | 11 |
| 15 | Jon Lancaster | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:29.136 | 0.917 | 10 |
| 16 | Jake Rosenzweig | Barwa Addax Team | 1:29.206 | 0.987 | 12 |
| 17 | Simon Trummer | Rapax | 1:29.403 | 1.184 | 15 |
| 18 | Stefano Coletti | Rapax | 1:29.519 | 1.300 | 13 |
| 19 | Julian Leal | Racing Engineering | 1:29.524 | 1.305 | 12 |
| 20 | Daniel Abt | ART Grand Prix | 1:29.735 | 1.516 | 13 |
| 21 | Rene Binder | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:29.742 | 1.523 | 14 |
| 22 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:29.793 | 1.574 | 13 |
| 23 | Dani Clos | MP Motorsport | 1:29.877 | 1.658 | 12 |
| 24 | Sergio Canamasas | EQ8 Caterham Racing | 1:30.078 | 1.859 | 13 |
| 25 | Vittorio Ghirelli | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 1:30.251 | 2.032 | 14 |
| 26 | Ricardo Teixeira | Trident Racing | 1:31.254 | 3.035 | 15 |