Hungarian GP: Free Practice #1 - Re-Cap & Times

HUNGARIAN GP - FREE PRACTICE #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo topped the times in the first free practice session ahead of the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.

    Ricciardo’s flying laps and race pace both suggested he might be able to challenge Mercedes in this weekend’s GP. His fastest lap was three tenths of a second faster than that of Lewis Hamilton, who finished the session third.

    Kimi Raikkonen took second fastest, two tenths of a second slower than Ricciardo, whilst team-mate Sebastian Vettel could only manage sixth fastest.

    The session was stopped early when Antionio Giovinazzi, driving Kevin Magnussen’s Haas, lost the rear of his car and span into the wall. He damaged the car, bringing out the red flag.

    He wasn’t the only one spinner on the dusty track, with Romain Grosjean in the other Haas damaging the rear of his car after touching the tyre barrier.

    Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was flying early in the session, but was knocked down to fifth, behind Max Verstappen.

    Verstappen was on a flying lap late in the session, with a personal best first sector, when Jolyon Palmer brought out the red flag.

    The Renault driver ran wide at turn four and over the tough double kerb, damaging the front of his car. He parked on track with a broken front wing and punctured front right tyre. Stoffel Vandoorne was running right behind Palmer on track and described the incident over the radio: “Palmer ran off and broke everything on his car.”

    It was a positive session for McLaren. Fernando Alonso finished seventh, only a hundredth of a second faster than Vandoorne.

    Nico Hulkenberg and Palmer rounded off the top 10.

TIMES:

1. Daniel Ricciardo – 1:18.486 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia
2. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:18.720 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
3. Lewis Hamilton - 1:18.858 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
4. Max Verstappen - 1:19.162 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
5. Valtteri Bottas - 1:19.248 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
6. Sebastian Vettel – 1:19.563 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
7. Fernando Alonso - 1:19.987 / McLaren-Honda / Spain
8. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:20.005 / McLaren-Honda / Belgium
9. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:20.150 / Renault-Renault / Germany
10. Jolyon Palmer - 1:20.461 / Renault-Renault / Great Britain
11. Felipe Massa - 1:20.540 / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil
12. Sergio Perez - 1:20.574 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
13. Daniil Kvyat - 1:20.780 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia
14. Carlos Sainz - 1:20.917 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain
15. Lance Stroll - 1:20.974 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
16. Romain Grosjean - 1:21.313 / Haas-Ferrari / France
17. Alfonso Celis Jr. - 1:21.602 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico*
18. Marcus Ericsson - 1:21.785 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
19. Antonio Giovinazzi - 1:22.251 / Haas-Ferrari / Italy*
20. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:22.490 / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

* - Notes Giovinazzi and Celis Jr. are participating in FP1 only

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