Formula 1 Hungarian GP
F1 Hungarian GP: Leclerc pips Norris by 0.015s in second practice
Charles Leclerc led a mixed-up Formula 1 FP2 order in preparation for the Hungarian Grand Prix, as neither Red Bull made it into the top 10 on the timing board.
Jake Boxall-Legge
Edited: Jul 21, 2023, 4:37 PM
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In contrast to the two red-flag periods and inclement weather that interrupted the earlier hour-long session, second practice was run in the dry despite earlier threats of continued rainfall.
The Williams duo kicked off the session with times in the mid-1m19s, Logan Sargeant emerging ahead of Alex Albon, but the two were quickly eclipsed by Lando Norris' 1m19.044s as the field sought to make up for the rain-affected lost running in FP1.
Sargeant moved into top spot once more with a 1m18.836s, although the Williams FW45 was bearing soft tyres in the early phases of the session against the remainder largely using the mediums.
He remained at the top of the times for the next 15 minutes as the field continued their medium-tyre explorations, and a lap on soft tyres from FP1 crasher Sergio Perez was not enough to topple the American from his perch.
Max Verstappen's first lap on the red-walled compound was much closer, but was 0.075s away from Sargeant's benchmark. Instead, it was Albon who managed to knock his team-mate off the top, having extracted a 1m18.377s from a set of medium tyres.
Albon's reign over the session did not last as long as his team-mate's as the soft tyre runs began to intensify; Lance Stroll and Nico Hulkenberg briefly held positions on top of the timing boards before Yuki Tsunoda fired his way to top spot with a 1m17.934s.
A 1m17.701s for Norris on softs brought him above Tsunoda, where he remained as the session crept over the half-hour mark. The Briton's time withstood an effort from Alpine's Pierre Gasly, but Leclerc then swept to the fastest time at that stage with a 1m17.686s - a scant 0.015s clear of Norris.
Further efforts from the Red Bulls did not yield any improvements in pace, although Verstappen had persevered with the same set of softs in the opening 45 minutes of the session. Perez in the meantime had picked up new mediums, but this did not yield an improvement in lap time before his retreat to the pitlane.
The rest of the field had settled into their longer runs in their efforts to focus on Sunday's race, with no further improvements in time as the drivers stretched their reduced allocation of Pirelli tyres to their limits.
Thus, Norris could not offer Leclerc a riposte towards the end of the session, as Gasly completed the top three over former team-mate Tsunoda.
Esteban Ocon was fifth fastest, although his Alpine team had arguably taken its eye off the ball when releasing him from the garage midway through the session; the Frenchman's mechanic ushered him out of its holding bay, causing Leclerc to check up as he was in the pitlane.
Hulkenberg was sixth fastest, a shade behind Ocon's best, as Valtteri Bottas placed his Alfa Romeo seventh in the FP2 timing order. Fernando Alonso ended Friday with the eighth-best time, as Zhou Guanyu and Carlos Sainz completed the top 10.
Verstappen's best was only good enough for 11th, completing only 18 laps - only Perez with 13 tours of the circuit completed fewer. Mercedes did not star in the session either, and Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were 16th and 20th.
The returning Daniel Ricciardo put his AlphaTauri in 14th, behind Stroll and Albon, and Kevin Magnussen completed a top 15 that fit within a 0.818s bracket.
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 View full results
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