Sebastian Vettel has topped the second Formula 1 practice session ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Wet conditions, which forced drivers to carefully tiptoe around the circuit, lasted the entire practice session. Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz recorded the second and third fastest times respectively.
After their recent troubles, both Ferrari drivers took the chance to record plenty of laps despite the conditions. In contrast, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Alex Albon decided to keep their powder dry by driving only single installation laps in the 90 minutes.
In total, only 12 drivers set timed laps.
The Racing Point car didn’t look strong in the wet last weekend in Austria, but any issues for the Pink Mercedes seemed to have been solved. With 40 minutes remaining, the action started to ramp up. Both Ferrari drivers tried their luck on a track which they deemed wet enough for the most extreme, blue striped, tyres.
Sebastian Vettel was the first driver to push harder. He topped the timesheets with a 1:40.464. Bottas looked to challenge that time on his first venture but he pulled up three-tenths short.
A week after proving he is the F1 rain master, Hamilton came out on track for a single lap with inside the final 20 minutes. Verstappen also joined the world champion on track but opted for the intermediate tyres.
Towards the end of the session, Seb started to push harder but misjudged a couple of turns in the second sector. He managed to slow the car down enough to avoid any drama in the barrier or gravel trap.
Following engine issues this morning, Gasly ran another lap at the end of the session. The Frenchman told his team on the radio that the back of the car was smelling like a burning BBQ.
Hungarian Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from the second practice (FP2) session at the Hungaroring in Budapest.
Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:40.464
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.272
Carlos Sainz McLaren +1.320
Lance Stroll Racing Point +1.916
Sergio Perez Racing Point +2.006
Pierre Gasly Alpha Tauri +2.124
Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +2.356
Romain Grosjean Haas +2.871
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo +3.007
Charles Leclerc Ferrari +3.261
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +3.947
Lando Norris McLaren +5.536
Daniil Kvyat Alpha Tauri +6.958
Esteban Ocon Renault No time
Daniel Ricciardo Renault No time
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes No time
Nicholas Latifi Williams No time
George Russell Williams No time
Alex Albon Red Bull Racing No time
Kevin Magnussen Haas No time
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