Lewis Hamilton stamped his class and authority on the Hungarian Grand Prix by blowing away his rivals in final practice.

After setting the fastest time during Saturday's two 90-minute sessions, Hamilton proceeded to improve on that by just over 0.3 seconds in the closing practice hour ahead of qualifying.

The 23-year-old scorched around the Hungaroring in his McLaren in one minute 20.228secs, leaving Ferrari's Felipe Massa trailing by 0.339secs.

The Brazilian's time of 1:20.567secs, his best of the weekend to date, was still outside Hamilton's flying lap from Friday.

GRID POSITIONS:

1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1 min 20.899 secs

2. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.140

3. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:21.191

4. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:21.281

5. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:21.326

6. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:21.516

7. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:21.698

8. Mark Webber (Aus) RedBull - Renault 1:21.732

9. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:21.767

10. Nelson Piquet (Brz) Renault 1:22.371

11. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:20.144

12. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:20.332

13. David Coulthard (GB) RedBull - Renault 1:20.502

14. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams - Toyota

15. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:21.045

16. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams - Toyota 1:21.085

17. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:21.332

18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India - Ferrari 1:21.670

19. Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:20.963 *

20. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India - Ferrari 1:22.113

* demoted five grid places for impeding