Fernando Alonso set the pace as a few rain drops interrupted Friday's second practice session for the Hungarian GP.
The Spaniard, who is chasing his fourth win of the season, posted a best time of 1:20.919, which saw him edge out Renault's Heikki Kovalainen and his own McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton, however, had a few problems which saw him finish the session beached in a gravel trap.
Report: Takuma Sato was the first driver to set a time in Practice Two, clocking a 1:26.355 which was quickly beaten by Renault's Heikki Kovalainen, who in the space of two laps shaved 3.4 seconds off Sato's best.
The Finn's time at the top, though, was short-lived as Fernando Alonso shot to the top of the timesheets on his first timed lap. A 1:22.319 for the McLaren driver.
Sakon Yamamoto joined the list of those spinning at Turn One as his Spyker took him for a ride. The Japanese driver escaped without any damage and continued on his way.
Moments later Lewis Hamilton took the P1 slot off his team-mate and continued lapping, improving his time. However, he lost out to Kovalainen while Tonio Liuzzi took his Toro Rosso for a bit of a rally drive over the grass at the final corner. Adrian Sutil followed suit a few minutes later.
Kimi Raikkonen improved from 16th to third place while his team-mate Felipe Massa seemed to struggle, locking up on a few laps before returning to the pits for his mechanics to try to solve the problem.
Meanwhile Alonso was once again quickest, clocking a 1:20.919, while Kovalainen and Hamilton were both within half a second of the reigning World Champion. With half an hour to go Nico Rosberg was up in fourth place ahead of Nick Heidfeld, Raikkonen, Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella.
At the back of the field, Yamamoto was also two seconds off his team-mate Adrian Sutil's pace, while Sebastian Vettel, who is making his debut for Toro Rosso, was 20th, 2.8s off the pace. The German driver upped his pace to take 19th place off Super Aguri's Anthony Davidson and move to within 0.012s of his team-mate Tonio Liuzzi.
With 20 minutes to go the rain began falling and all the drivers barring three returned to their garages. It didn't last long, though and the drivers were soon back on track.
Vettel and Davidson improved their times but while Davidson moved up from 20th to 15th place, Vettel actually dropped one place to 20th.
There was a bit of late drama as first Lewis Hamilton spun into the gravel at Turn Eight, beaching his McLaren and then Massa spun at the final corner.
The session ended with Alonso fastest followed by Kovalainen and the beached Lewis Hamilton.
Times
01 F. Alonso McLaren 1:20.919 29 laps
02 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:21.283 39 laps
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:21.338 32 laps
04 N. Rosberg Williams 1:21.485 40 laps
05 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:21.517 37 laps
06 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.589 29 laps
07 F. Massa Ferrari 1:21.620 39 laps
08 G. Fisichella Renault 1:21.698 36 laps
09 J. Trulli Toyota 1:21.857 35 laps
10 R. Kubica BMW 1:21.906 37 laps
11 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:21.912 29 laps
12 A. Wurz Williams 1:21.987 35 laps
13 M. Webber Red Bull 1:22.325 28 laps
14 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:22.483 33 laps
15 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:22.510 41 laps
16 J. Button Honda 1:22.550 47 laps
17 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:22.556 42 laps
18 R. Barrichello Honda 1:22.727 29 laps
19 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:23.136 42 laps
20 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:23.148 39 laps
21 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:23.673 34 laps
22 S. Yamamoto Spyker F1 1:26.307 29 laps
