Hungarian GP: Ricciardo leads Raikkonen in FP1

The Red Bull driver clocked a 1m18.486s on the supersoft Pirelli tyres, the time just 0.05 seconds slower than the fastest ever lap of the Hungaroring in an F1 car, set by Rubens Barrichello in 2004.

The Australian, running in an updated Red Bull, finished 0.234s seconds ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, with Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes just over a tenth further back in third.

Championship leader Sebastian Vettel struggled with oversteer in a scrappy session and ended up sixth quickest, one second adrift of Ricciardo.

It was Valtteri Bottas who set the early pace, the Finn clocking a 1m19.451s on the supersofts before making a series of improvements to drop down into the low 1m19s.

Teammate Hamilton then became the first man into the 1m18s, only to be usurped by Ricciardo, who pumped in a series of quick laps to sweep to the top of the times.

Attention then turned to gathering long-run data, particularly on the supersoft tyre, at the Hungaroring.

Bottas was fourth quickest, ahead of Max Verstappen, with McLaren getting both cars into the top 10 as Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne finished seventh and eighth respectively.

Renault's Nico Hulkenberg and Jolyon Palmer were separated by three tenths of a second as they completed the top 10.

Palmer brought an early end to the session when he ran wide at Turn 4, driving over the exit kerb, which shattered his front wing, caused a puncture and scattered debris across the track.

The Briton tried to recover to the pits, but was ultimately forced to stop the car at the side of the circuit.

Felipe Massa was the leading Williams in 11th, four tenths quicker than teammate Lance Stroll, and just a fraction ahead of Force India's Sergio Perez.

It was a frustrating morning for Haas, with Antonio Giovinazzi - in for Kevin Magnussen for FP1 - bringing out the red flag when he lost the rear at Turn 11 and ended up in the barriers.

Earlier in the session, Romain Grosjean also ran of track, sliding gingerly into the tyre barrier and damaging the rear wing.

The Franco Swiss driver spent most of the session in the garage but managed a flurry of laps in the closing stages and ended up 16th fastest.

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	TAG	31	1'18.486
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	Ferrari	20	1'18.720	0.234
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	31	1'18.858	0.372
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	TAG	27	1'19.162	0.676
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	30	1'19.248	0.762
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	21	1'19.563	1.077
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Honda	21	1'19.987	1.501
8	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	Honda	24	1'20.005	1.519
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	Renault	25	1'20.150	1.664
10	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	Renault	27	1'20.461	1.975
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	Mercedes	28	1'20.540	2.054
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	Mercedes	23	1'20.574	2.088
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Renault	27	1'20.780	2.294
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	Renault	25	1'20.917	2.431
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	Mercedes	29	1'20.974	2.488
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	20	1'21.313	2.827
17	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Force India	Mercedes	24	1'21.602	3.116
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	Ferrari	31	1'21.785	3.299
19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Haas	Ferrari	8	1'22.251	3.765
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	Ferrari	29	1'22.490	4.004