Luiz Razia takes GP2 pole for AirAsia in Hungary

The Brazilian was in contention for the lead places throughout the session, and he finally moved into top spot with three minutes remaining.

Filippi (Coloni), who held top spot for more than 10 minutes before that, appeared on course to respond when he set the best time in the first sector on his final flying lap. However, the Italian's charge was halted due to yellow flags after Adam Carroll spun at the chicane.

That left championship leader Romain Grosjean as the only remaining threat to Razia. But the DAMS driver's final lap was erratic as he pushed to the limit, and he could not improve on his fifth position.

Ahead of Grosjean, Marcus Ericsson (iSport) and Charles Pic (Addax) will share the second row. Ericsson popped up with five minutes remaining, while Pic was one of the only drivers to improve as the chequered flag fell.

Jules Bianchi was up next after Grosjean, but the ART driver could be in trouble with the stewards after a hot headed moment involving Julian Leal.

The Rapax driver held Bianchi up on a hot-lap in the middle of qualifying, just a couple of corners from the start/finish straight. Bianchi responded angrily, pulling alongside Leal as they both slowed and briefly swerving towards him.

The incident was picked up by the stewards, and it was confirmed that it would be investigated once the session had finished.

Giedo van der Garde's hopes of making up ground on Grosjean in the championship were not helped by him only managing seventh on the grid. The Addax driver, who had problems selecting first gear in free practice, lost several minutes in the middle of the session when he completed a very slow lap back to the pits. He did rejoin the action with seven minutes to go, but could not improve.

Rapax's Fabio Leimer will join him on the fourth row, while Esteban Gutierrez (ART) and Sam Bird (iSport) complete the top 10.

Pos  Driver               Team                Time       Gap
 1.  Luiz Razia           AirAsia             1m30.411s
 2.  Luca Filippi         Coloni              1m30.551s  + 0.140s
 3.  Marcus Ericsson      iSport              1m30.557s  + 0.146s
 4.  Charles Pic          Addax               1m30.742s  + 0.331s
 5.  Romain Grosjean      DAMS                1m30.746s  + 0.335s
 6.  Jules Bianchi        ART                 1m30.752s  + 0.341s
 7.  Giedo van der Garde  Addax               1m30.760s  + 0.349s
 8.  Fabio Leimer         Rapax               1m30.803s  + 0.392s
 9.  Esteban Gutierrez    ART                 1m30.826s  + 0.415s
10.  Sam Bird             iSport              1m30.890s  + 0.479s
11.  Max Chilton          Carlin              1m30.935s  + 0.524s
12.  Josef Kral           Arden               1m30.936s  + 0.525s
13.  Christian Vietoris   Racing Engineering  1m30.974s  + 0.563s
14.  Davide Valsecchi     AirAsia             1m31.080s  + 0.669s
15.  Michael Herck        Coloni              1m31.122s  + 0.711s
16.  Adam Carroll         Super Nova          1m31.175s  + 0.764s
17.  Stefano Coletti      Trident             1m31.229s  + 0.818s
18.  Daniel Clos          Racing Engineering  1m31.239s  + 0.828s
19.  Mikhail Aleshin      Carlin              1m31.312s  + 0.901s
20.  Pal Varhaug          DAMS                1m31.396s  + 0.985s
21.  Jolyon Palmer        Arden               1m31.513s  + 1.102s
22.  Kevin Mirocha        Ocean               1m31.541s  + 1.130s
23.  Julian Leal          Rapax               1m31.542s  + 1.131s
24.  Johnny Cecotto Jr    Ocean               1m31.578s  + 1.167s
25.  Fairuz Fauzy         Super Nova          1m31.755s  + 1.344s
26.  Rodolfo Gonzalez     Trident             1m31.779s  + 1.368s