F1 results: Charles Leclerc fastest in Hungarian GP practice

George Russell’s Mercedes was quickest in a rain-impacted Free Practice 1, before Leclerc set the fastest time of the day in a dry FP2 at 1m17.686s, 0.015s quicker than Lando Norris (McLaren) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine).

Hungarian GP FP1 results: Russell fastest from Piastri

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Driver Info			Main Information Additional Data
Cla	Driver	#		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	G. Russell George Russell Mercedes	63		Mercedes	Mercedes	13	1'38.795		159.639
2	O. Piastri Oscar Piastri McLaren	81		McLaren	Mercedes	14	+0.359	0.359	159.061
3	L. Stroll Lance Stroll Aston Martin Racing	18		Aston Martin	Mercedes	10	+1.218	0.859	157.695
4	L. Norris Lando Norris McLaren	4		McLaren	Mercedes	13	+1.482	0.264	157.280
5	F. Alonso Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Racing	14		Aston Martin	Mercedes	8	+1.892	0.410	156.639
6	V. Bottas Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo	77		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	14	+2.237	0.345	156.104
7	C. Leclerc Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16		Ferrari	Ferrari	12	+2.347	0.110	155.935
8	Z. Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo	24		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	9	+2.568	0.221	155.595
9	L. Sargeant Logan Sargeant Williams	2		Williams	Mercedes	15	+2.621	0.053	155.513
10	N. Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team	27		Haas	Ferrari	12	+3.911	1.290	153.560
11	K. Magnussen Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team	20		Haas	Ferrari	14	+4.111	0.200	153.262
12	Y. Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri	22		AlphaTauri	Red Bull	7	+6.780	2.669	149.387
13	A. Albon Alex Albon Williams	23		Williams	Mercedes	10	+8.612	1.832	146.839
14	D. Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri	3		AlphaTauri	Red Bull	7
15	C. Sainz Carlos Sainz Ferrari	55		Ferrari	Ferrari	6
16	S. Perez Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing	11		Red Bull	Red Bull	2
17	E. Ocon Esteban Ocon Alpine	31		Alpine	Renault	4
18	P. Gasly Pierre Gasly Alpine	10		Alpine	Renault	3
19	M. Verstappen Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing	1		Red Bull	Red Bull	4
20	L. Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	44		Mercedes	Mercedes	3
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What happened in Hungarian GP Free Practice 1?

The session started on a dry track, but Red Bull’s Sergio Perez crashed after just three minutes of the session at Turn 5, red-flagging the session before any serious laptimes were set.

He dropped a wheel off the track before turn-in, sending him spinning into the tyrewall, smashing the front-left corner from the car and damaging the team’s new updates. “No, I cannot believe this,” he said of his error.

As soon as the session restarted, it began to rain – causing Valtteri Bottas to spin his slick-shod Alfa Romeo at Turn 12.

After very limited running due to the conditions, with all cars now using intermediate tyres, Carlos Sainz caused a second red flag when he spun his Ferrari on the exit of Turn 3 and got stuck on the grass.

After the resumption, Russell and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) swapped the fastest time between them, with Russell winning their duel by 0.359s when he produced 1m38.795s. Lance Stroll was third quickest for Aston Martin, ahead of the second McLaren of Norris, the second Aston of Fernando Alonso and Bottas.

Seven drivers failed to set a time, including Max Verstappen, Perez, Sainz, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and returnee Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri). The latter’s new team-mate, Yuki Tsunoda, also inflicted some front-wing damage on his car after an off at Turn 5.

Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri AT04 (Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Images)

Hungarian GP FP2 results: Leclerc fastest from Norris

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info Driver Info

       

Driver Info			Main Information Additional Data
Cla	Driver	#		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	C. Leclerc Charles Leclerc Ferrari	16		Ferrari	Ferrari	20	1'17.686		203.017
2	L. Norris Lando Norris McLaren	4		McLaren	Mercedes	30	+0.015	0.015	202.978
3	P. Gasly Pierre Gasly Alpine	10		Alpine	Renault	26	+0.232	0.217	202.412
4	Y. Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri	22		AlphaTauri	Red Bull	31	+0.248	0.016	202.371
5	E. Ocon Esteban Ocon Alpine	31		Alpine	Renault	30	+0.359	0.111	202.083
6	N. Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team	27		Haas	Ferrari	29	+0.372	0.013	202.049
7	V. Bottas Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo	77		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	29	+0.399	0.027	201.979
8	F. Alonso Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Racing	14		Aston Martin	Mercedes	32	+0.419	0.020	201.928
9	Z. Guanyu Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo	24		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	31	+0.422	0.003	201.920
10	C. Sainz Carlos Sainz Ferrari	55		Ferrari	Ferrari	20	+0.496	0.074	201.729
11	M. Verstappen Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing	1		Red Bull	Red Bull	18	+0.593	0.097	201.479
12	L. Stroll Lance Stroll Aston Martin Racing	18		Aston Martin	Mercedes	33	+0.633	0.040	201.376
13	A. Albon Alex Albon Williams	23		Williams	Mercedes	32	+0.691	0.058	201.227
14	D. Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri	3		AlphaTauri	Red Bull	30	+0.699	0.008	201.206
15	K. Magnussen Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team	20		Haas	Ferrari	27	+0.818	0.119	200.901
16	L. Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	44		Mercedes	Mercedes	28	+1.060	0.242	200.284
17	L. Sargeant Logan Sargeant Williams	2		Williams	Mercedes	30	+1.150	0.090	200.055
18	S. Perez Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing	11		Red Bull	Red Bull	14	+1.292	0.142	199.696
19	O. Piastri Oscar Piastri McLaren	81		McLaren	Mercedes	18	+1.431	0.139	199.345
20	G. Russell George Russell Mercedes	63		Mercedes	Mercedes	23	+1.489	0.058	199.199
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What happened in Hungarian GP Free Practice 2?

The track was dry and, therefore, busy straight away after the limited running from the morning session.

Logan Sargeant was the early pacesetter, after Williams opted to run the soft tyre well before its rivals, with a lap of 1m18.836s. As more teams ran the softs, Tsunoda took over with 1m17.934s before Norris beat that with 1m17.701s.

Perez’s day got worse when he ruined a set of softs with a huge lockup into Turn 1.

Leclerc took P1 for Ferrari with 1m17.686s, 0.015s quicker than Norris. Gasly was third fastest for Alpine, ahead of Tsunoda and Gasly’s team-mate Esteban Ocon.

Verstappen was 11^th fastest, with Perez down in 18^th. FP1 pacesetter Russell was slowest of all in this session.