Max sixth in Hungaroring FP1

Published on 22 July 2016 by Stefan Meens

Max Verstappen started his Hungarian Grand Prix weekend with a sixth place in the first free practice session. Lewis Hamilton was fastest, followed by Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Daniel Ricciardo finished FP1 in fifth.

Esteban Guitierrez and Kevin Magnussen do not participate in the opening session of the weekend. Charles Leclerc takes over driving duties at Haas F1, with Esteban Ocon replacing the Danish driver at Renault during FP1. At the start of the session, the Hungaroting is still damp, prompting the drivers to do their installation and early laps on the intermediate Pirellis. 

Because of the relatively cool temperatures, the track dries slowly. It takes until 25 minutes into the session, that we see the first driver set a time on slicks; Valtteri Bottas on mediums.

With half an hour to go, the usual suspects work their way to the front; the two Mercedes, both Red Bulls and the Ferraris. Lewis Hamilton then sets a blistering lap on the super-soft compound. The world champion’s fastest lap is not matched by anyone.

His team mate Rosberg and the Ferraris of Vettel and Raikkonen also set times on the super-softs, with Red Bulls continuing to run on the softs. It results in the Mercedes topping the timing sheets, followed by two Ferraris. Both Red Bulls round out the top six.

Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring - Friday 22 July

RESULTS FREE PRACTICE 2

01 44 Lewis Hamilton      Mercedes                    1:21.347  34
02  6 Nico Rosberg        Mercedes                    1:21.584   +0.237s   34
03  5 Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari                     1:22.991   +1.644s   22
04  7 Kimi Räikkönen      Ferrari                     1:23.082   +1.735s   19
05  3 Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:23.174   +1.827s   28
06 33 Max Verstappen      Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:23.457   +2.110s   27
07 14 Fernando Alonso     McLaren Honda               1:23.935   +2.588s   28
08 22 Jenson Button       McLaren Honda               1:23.961   +2.614s   18
09  8 Romain Grosjean     Haas Ferrari                1:24.013   +2.666s   22
10 11 Sergio Perez        Force India Mercedes        1:24.073   +2.726s   29
11 27 Nico Hulkenberg     Force India Mercedes        1:24.120   +2.773s   29
12 19 Felipe Massa        Williams Mercedes           1:24.154   +2.807s   27
13 77 Valtteri Bottas     Williams Mercedes           1:24.370   +3.023s   33
14 55 Carlos Sainz        Toro Rosso Ferrari          1:24.579   +3.232s   27
15  9 Marcus Ericsson     Sauber Ferrari              1:24.981   +3.634s   19
16 50 Charles Leclerc LEC Haas Ferrari                1:25.181   +3.834s   22
17 12 Felipe Nasr         Sauber Ferrari              1:25.256   +3.909s   18
18 45 Esteban Ocon OCO    Renault                     1:25.260   +3.913s   28
19 26 Daniil Kvyat        Toro Rosso Ferrari          1:25.324   +3.977s   16
20 88 Rio Haryanto        MRT Mercedes                1:27.012   +5.665s   23
21 94 Pascal Wehrlein     MRT Mercedes                1:27.249   +5.902s    9

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