Hamilton, the defending Formula One champion, edged teammate Heikki Kovalainen on his final lap to set a fastest time of 1 minute, 22.079 seconds across two 90-minute sessions at the Hungaroring.
"[A top-three finish] is definitely possible but it's going to be tough, for sure," Hamilton said. "The talent is so tough here. We're competitive but [we're] a little bit off the pace still."
Nico Rosberg of Williams was third while Mark Webber -- coming off his first career win in Germany and having just resigned with Red Bull for 2010 -- finished ahead of Kazuki Nakajima of Williams.
Alguersuari, 19, had the track nearly to himself for the first half hour of his debut session. He ran 82 laps overall in his first drive in an F1 car since replacing the fired Sebastien Bourdais earlier this week.
The Spaniard, who will be the youngest driver to start a race on Sunday, was slowest of the 20 drivers with a lap of 1:23.942.
Overall Formula One leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP finished 13th -- nearly seven-tenths behind Kovalainen -- while closest title challenger Sebastien Vettel of Red Bull was nearly three-tenths faster than Button for sixth.
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