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F1 Hungarian GP: Norris leads McLaren 1-2 in final practice
McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris set a 1m16.098s lap to go fastest in third pratice, 0.044s ahead of Oscar Piastri
Jake Boxall-Legge
Edited: Jul 20, 2024, 11:39 AM
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Lando Norris led a McLaren 1-2 in the final Hungarian Grand Prix practice session as Oscar Piastri fell just half a tenth away from his Formula 1 team-mate.
Norris put together an impressive lap to wrest top spot from George Russell by almost 0.5 seconds, amid a second set of soft-tyre runs in preparation for qualifying. The Briton's lap subsequently withstood efforts from Piastri and Max Verstappen to lead the session, putting McLaren in a good place for the afternoon's session.
A slow start to the session effectively gave the Red Bull duo clear track to play with as they circulated on the hard tyre, and thus Sergio Perez opened with a 1m19.159s.
Verstappen posted a 1m18.897s to then go quickest, and followed that up with a half-second improvement, as Perez also found a time just over 0.4s shy of his team-mate. The gap re-opened when Max Verstappen collected a 1m17.938s, helped by a front-wing flap adjustment to cure a modicum of understeer.
Red Bull's freedom of the Hungaroring circuit ended after 15 minutes had elapsed, prompting many of the other runners to attempt a series of faster laps on the softer grades of tyre; Norris then set the new benchmark having put together a 1m16.931s on the softs.
George Russell then found a 1m16.826s on a second run with a set of soft tyres as the Mercedes arguably looked more settled in cooler conditions, the track being 20C cooler than it was in FP1 on Friday. Norris, in the meantime, also reused his initial set of softs but could not find time on his second run.
This preceded a second round of soft-tyre runs in the final 20 minutes, and Russell found almost three tenths on his previous lap to extend his advantage; Lewis Hamilton joined him in the top two, 0.2s shy of his younger team-mate.
Norris then reclaimed top spot with a 1m16.098s, putting almost half a second on Russell on a lap with new softs, and was followed by Oscar Piastri going just 0.044s shy on his own tour of the circuit.
This could not be matched by Verstappen's first effort on softs, and the Dutchman lost a quarter of a second relative to Norris in the middle sector to move up to third. In attempting a final lap at the end of the session on the same softs, Verstappen locked up at the first corner to cement the practice order.
Russell's effort was good enough for fourth, while Carlos Sainz led the line for Ferrari to claim the fifth-fastest lap, albeit after losing a wealth of time in the middle sector.
Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon impressed with sixth and seventh in the final timing order, over Nico Hulkenberg and Yuki Tsunoda.
Hamilton dropped down to 10th despite the fine margins to his Mercedes team-mate, as Charles Leclerc fell outside of the top 10.
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Laps Time Interval km/h 1 L. Norris McLaren 4
McLaren Mercedes 17
1'16.098
207.253 2 O. Piastri McLaren 81
McLaren Mercedes 17
+0.044
1'16.142
0.044 207.134 3 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
Red Bull Red Bull 27
+0.281
1'16.379
0.237 206.491 4 G. Russell Mercedes 63
Mercedes Mercedes 15
+0.466
1'16.564
0.185 205.992 5 C. Sainz Ferrari 55
Ferrari Ferrari 16
+0.541
1'16.639
0.075 205.790 6 D. Ricciardo RB 3
RB Red Bull 15
+0.554
1'16.652
0.013 205.755 7 A. Albon Williams 23
Williams Mercedes 16
+0.563
1'16.661
0.009 205.731 8 N. Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 27
Haas Ferrari 15
+0.598
1'16.696
0.035 205.637 9 Y. Tsunoda RB 22
RB Red Bull 16
+0.646
1'16.744
0.048 205.509 10 L. Hamilton Mercedes 44
Mercedes Mercedes 14
+0.688
1'16.786
0.042 205.396 11 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
Ferrari Ferrari 17
+0.705
1'16.803
0.017 205.351 12 V. Bottas Sauber 77
Sauber Ferrari 20
+0.706
1'16.804
0.001 205.348 13 S. Perez Red Bull Racing 11
Red Bull Red Bull 25
+0.856
1'16.954
0.150 204.948 14 F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14
Aston Martin Mercedes 21
+0.903
1'17.001
0.047 204.823 15 L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18
Aston Martin Mercedes 22
+0.987
1'17.085
0.084 204.600 16 L. Sargeant Williams 2
Williams Mercedes 15
+1.070
1'17.168
0.083 204.380 17 Z. Guanyu Sauber 24
Sauber Ferrari 15
+1.193
1'17.291
0.123 204.054 18 P. Gasly Alpine 10
Alpine Renault 15
+1.401
1'17.499
0.208 203.507 19 K. Magnussen Haas F1 Team 20
Haas Ferrari 17
+1.409
1'17.507
0.008 203.486 20 E. Ocon Alpine 31
Alpine Renault 16
+1.477
1'17.575
0.068 203.307 View full results
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