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Hungary F1 test: Leclerc puts Ferrari on top on Day 1

Ferrari protege Charles Leclerc pipped Stoffel Vandoorne to the quickest time on day one of Formula 1's post-Hungarian Grand Prix test at the Hungaroring.

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF70H

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF70H

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Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren MCL32
Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren MCL32
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF70H
Santino Ferrucci, Haas F1 Team VF-17 spins
Nicholas Latifi, Renault Sport F1 Team RS17, aero sensors
Santino Ferrucci, Haas F1 Team VF-17 spins
George Russell, Mercedes-Benz F1 W08
Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren MCL32

The Formula 2 championship leader used the Pirelli soft compound tyre to clock a 1m17.746s in the closing minutes of the eight-hour session, finishing 0.088s quicker than McLaren's Vandoorne.

Vandoorne, who set the benchmark in the morning but stopped early with a mechanical problem, spent most of the afternoon in the garage.

But he got out in the latter part of the session, with the team hoping to gather data on a series of new parts, and set his best lap on the ultrasoft tyres.

Valtteri Bottas - carrying out tyre testing for Pirelli - was third, 0.986s adrift, as he clocked the most laps of anybody with 155.

GP3 racer George Russell completed his first F1 test with the fourth quickest time, improving on his morning time by nearly a second and clocking up more than 100 laps.

Lance Stroll, filling in for an unwell Felipe Massa at Williams, was fifth with a tally of 137 laps and 2.1s off the pace, followed by Force India's Nikita Mazepin.

Mercedes DTM frontrunner Lucas Auer took over driving duties at Force India in the afternoon and ended up ninth quickest.

Nicholas Latifi, who will hand his Renault over to Robert Kubica on Wednesday, was seventh for Renault.

Toro Rosso's Sean Gelael, who had his running cut short because of a problem but recovered track time in the afternoon when he focused longer runs and testing development items, was eighth.

Haas junior Santino Ferrucci ended up 10th quickest, ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who improved on his morning time by 1.4 seconds, with Gustav Malja propping up the timesheets.

Day 1 times:

Pos.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
1  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:17.746   98
2  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1:17.834 +0.088 72
3  Valtteri Bottas* Mercedes 1:18.777 +1.031 155
4  George Russell Mercedes 1:19.231 +1.485 119
5  Lance Stroll Williams 1:19.866 +2.120 138
6  Nikita Mazepin Force India 1:19.910 +2.164 52
7  Nicholas Latifi Renault 1:20.302 +2.556 54
8  Sean Gelael Toro Rosso 1:20.341 +2.595 101
9  Lucas Auer Force India 1:20.563 +2.817 54
10  Santino Ferrucci Haas 1:21.185 +3.439 102
11  Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:21.228 +3.482 58
12  Gustav Malja Sauber 1:21.503 +3.757 108

* - performing Pirelli tyre testing

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