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Formula 1 Hungarian GP
F1 Hungarian GP: Lando Norris leads McLaren 1-2 in FP1
The Brit led his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri by just 0.019s after first practice at the Hungaroring
Jake Boxall-Legge
Edited: Aug 1, 2025, 12:54 PM
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Lando Norris, McLaren
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Lando Norris drew first blood at the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, headlining Formula 1's opening free practice session by a scant 0.019s over championship leader Oscar Piastri.
Norris set a 1m16.052s with his first lap on the soft tyres, having already set a somewhat competitive time on the medium-compound Pirellis during the opening half of the session.
Those early runs were logged on the hard and medium tyres, with rapid improvement emerging in the opening 20 minutes of the session.
Among those, Norris set a 1m16.837s, having found continual progress in the opening laps to become the first driver in the session to dip below the 1m17s bracket.
Charles Leclerc then kicked off the soft-tyre runs and posted a 1m16.791s to surpass Norris' lap, although the McLaren driver's time on the C4s remained too tough for Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to beat on their first soft times.
Norris then shattered that, finding almost half a second over Leclerc in the middle sector to set a 1m16.052s. Piastri followed his team-mate's time and set a better first sector, but lost time to Norris over the remainder of the lap and crossed the line 0.142s behind.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
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The championship leader then took another crack at Norris' benchmark, finding more pace in the middle sector to get within 0.019s of the Briton on the same set of tyres.
Leclerc improved to get within 0.217s, but a four-tenth gulf followed him and fourth-placed Isack Hadjar as the Frenchman demonstrated strong early pace in his Racing Bulls machinery. Hadjar split the Ferraris, as Hamilton ended the session fifth.
Ollie Bearman was sixth in the timings, a mere 0.002s clear of Andrea Kimi Antonelli – who went faster than George Russell by half a tenth. Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll completed the top 10.
Fernando Alonso missed the session due to a back injury and thus Felipe Drugovich stood in for the veteran Spaniard, he placed 16th and ahead of Yuki Tsunoda – who complained of sliding throughout the lap – and Franco Colapinto.
Sauber stand-in Paul Aron, driving in place of Nico Hulkenberg in this session, came to a halt at Turn 13 after facing a "systems critical alarm" on his steering wheel. The race director chose to throw a virtual safety car to ensure the Estonian's car could be collected from the run-off.
The Saubers propped up the bottom of the times, as Gabriel Bortoleto's running appeared to be curtailed beyond the soft-tyre runs.
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F1 Hungarian GP results - FP1
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Laps Time Interval Tyres km/h 1 L. Norris McLaren 4
McLaren Mercedes 26
1'16.052
S 207.379 2 O. Piastri McLaren 81
McLaren Mercedes 30
+0.019
1'16.071
0.019 S 207.327 3 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
Ferrari Ferrari 28
+0.217
1'16.269
0.198 S 206.789 4 I. Hadjar Racing Bulls 6
RB Honda 31
+0.629
1'16.681
0.412 S 205.678 5 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44
Ferrari Ferrari 28
+0.682
1'16.734
0.053 S 205.536 6 O. Bearman Haas F1 Team 87
Haas Ferrari 26
+0.826
1'16.878
0.144 S 205.151 7
A. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
12 
Mercedes Mercedes 26
+0.828
1'16.880
0.002 S 205.145 8 G. Russell Mercedes 63
Mercedes Mercedes 26
+0.873
1'16.925
0.045 S 205.025 9 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
Red Bull Red Bull 25
+0.888
1'16.940
0.015 S 204.985 10 L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18
Aston Martin Mercedes 25
+0.906
1'16.958
0.018 S 204.937 11 A. Albon Williams 23
Williams Mercedes 28
+0.932
1'16.984
0.026 S 204.868 12 E. Ocon Haas F1 Team 31
Haas Ferrari 26
+0.952
1'17.004
0.020 S 204.815 13 P. Gasly Alpine 10
Alpine Renault 27
+1.071
1'17.123
0.119 S 204.499 14 L. Lawson Racing Bulls 30
RB Honda 29
+1.132
1'17.184
0.061 S 204.337 15 C. Sainz Williams 55
Williams Mercedes 31
+1.143
1'17.195
0.011 S 204.308 16 F. Drugovich Aston Martin Racing 34
Aston Martin Mercedes 26
+1.217
1'17.269
0.074 S 204.112 17 Y. Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 22
Red Bull Red Bull 27
+1.341
1'17.393
0.124 S 203.785 18 F. Colapinto Alpine 43
Alpine Renault 29
+1.412
1'17.464
0.071 S 203.599 19 G. Bortoleto Sauber 5
Sauber Ferrari 17
+1.600
1'17.652
0.188 S 203.106 20
P. Aron Sauber
97 
Sauber Ferrari 9
+3.736
1'19.788
2.136 H 197.668 View full results
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