Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel topped practice 1 and 2 respectively in Hungary. However. rain is predicted to continue throughout the weekend, much to the delight of F1 fans worldwide.
Free Practice 1 Report
The session started with sunny skies, but rain was expected throughout the session. Pierre Gasly was unable to even get on track as an issue with his Alpha Tauri forced him to sit out. Early on, Williams and Racing Point found their way to the lofty end of the grid with reasonable times. Traffic plagued many drivers’ laps and numerous radio conversations showed the racer’s frustrations. The expected rain started halfway through FP1, but didn’t stick around for long, meaning many drivers continued their dry tyre runs. Lewis Hamilton pulled out surprising pace on the hard tyre, only 0.003 seconds off a time in the 1:15s. This time was quicker than any of the times seen in practice last year. Red Bull are expected to be the closest challengers this weekend, but finished below both the Racing Points and the Ferraris. However, it is expected that the Austrian outfit are sandbagging.
Full Practice Standings
- Lewis Hamilton – 1:16.003
- Valtteri Bottas – 1:16.089
- Sergio Perez – 1:16.530
- Lance Stroll – 1:16.967
- Daniel Ricciardo – 1:17.200
- Sebastian Vettel – 1:17.238
- Charles Leclerc – 1:17.404
- Max Verstappen – 1:17.435
- Lando Norris – 1:17.523
- Esteban Ocon – 1:17.615
- Carlos Sainz Jnr – 1:17.675
- Kevin Magnussen – 1:17.713
- Alexander Albon – 1:17.727
- Romain Grosjean – 1:17.890
- Nicholas Latifi – 1:17.969
- Daniil Kvyat – 1:18.292
- Antonio Giovinazzi – 1:18.425
- George Russell – 1:18.574
- Robert Kubica – 1:19.150
- Pierre Gasly – No Time
Free Practice 2 Report
As the rain moved in, FP2 proved to be a bit of a no-show, with 7 cars not even setting a time. There were no major incidents as the cars tip-toed around the track, a few cars ran wide when testing the intermediate tyre. However, Sebastian Vettel gave some much needed good news to the struggling Ferrari team by going 0.2 faster than Valtteri Bottas. A performance they will be desperate to repeat come qualifying.
- Sebastian Vettel 1:40.464
- Valtteri Bottas 1:40.736
- Carlos Sainz Jnr 1:41.784
- Lance Stroll 1:42.380
- Sergio Perez 1:42.470
- Pierre Gasly 1:42.588
- Max Verstappen 1:42.820
- Romain Grosjean 1:43.335
- Kimi Raikkonen 1:43.471
- Charles Leclerc 1:43.725
- Antonio Giovinazzi 1:44.411
- Lando Norris 1:46.000
- Daniil Kvyat 1:47.422
- Esteban Ocon – No time
- Daniel Ricciardo – No time
- Lewis Hamilton – No time
- Nicolas Latifi – No time
- George Russell – No time
- Alex Albon – No time
- Kevin Magnussen – No time
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