F1 results: Leclerc fastest in Hungarian GP practice on Friday

Carlos Sainz was fastest in FP1 before his Ferrari teammate Leclerc topped FP2, the second of the pair of one-hour sessions.

Hungarian Grand Prix FP1 results: Sainz fastest from Verstappen

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1'18.750			200.274
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1'18.880	0.130	0.130	199.944
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1'19.039	0.289	0.159	199.541
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1'19.299	0.549	0.260	198.887
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1'19.606	0.856	0.307	198.120
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1'19.622	0.872	0.016	198.080
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1'19.710	0.960	0.088	197.862
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1'19.841	1.091	0.131	197.537
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1'20.348	1.598	0.507	196.291
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1'20.377	1.627	0.029	196.220
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1'20.383	1.633	0.006	196.205
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1'20.414	1.664	0.031	196.130
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1'20.456	1.706	0.042	196.027
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1'20.695	1.945	0.239	195.447
15	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1'20.810	2.060	0.115	195.168
16	Alex Albon	Williams	1'20.834	2.084	0.024	195.110
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1'20.921	2.171	0.087	194.901
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1'21.027	2.277	0.106	194.646
19	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	1'21.179	2.429	0.152	194.281
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1'21.413	2.663	0.234	193.723
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What happened in Hungarian GP Free Practice 1?

Verstappen set the early pace at 1m21.235s on soft tyres, before Sainz produced 1m20.696s and then Leclerc lapped in 1m20.225s.

Verstappen got within 0.018s of that, and then Sainz beat it with 1m20.184s, before Leclerc dipped under the 1m20s barrier with 1m19.863s. Again, Verstappen got close – lapping within 0.009s.

Sainz lowered the bar to 1m19.671s and then Leclerc unleashed a lap of 1m19.426s.

On the final runs with 15 minutes to go, Verstappen hit the top with 1m18.880s but was quickly eclipsed by Sainz on 1m18.750s, who was on a second push lap on his final set of tyres. The fastest time of the session was 0.13s faster than the world championship leader.

Leclerc was third, 0.3s off the pace, ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) and George Russell (Mercedes).

Hungarian Grand Prix FP2 results: Leclerc fastest from Norris

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1'18.445			201.052
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1'18.662	0.217	0.217	200.498
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1'18.676	0.231	0.014	200.462
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1'18.728	0.283	0.052	200.330
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1'18.872	0.427	0.144	199.964
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1'19.049	0.604	0.177	199.516
7	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1'19.253	0.808	0.204	199.003
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1'19.355	0.910	0.102	198.747
9	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1'19.397	0.952	0.042	198.642
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1'19.411	0.966	0.014	198.607
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1'19.547	1.102	0.136	198.267
12	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1'19.605	1.160	0.058	198.123
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1'19.614	1.169	0.009	198.100
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1'19.702	1.257	0.088	197.882
15	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1'19.730	1.285	0.028	197.812
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1'19.818	1.373	0.088	197.594
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1'19.985	1.540	0.167	197.181
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1'20.488	2.043	0.503	195.949
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1'20.521	2.076	0.033	195.869
20	Alex Albon	Williams	1'20.615	2.170	0.094	195.641
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What happened in Hungarian GP Free Practice 2?

The battle for the fastest time between Ferrari and Red Bull resumed right from the start, with Sainz, Verstappen and Leclerc all trading the quickest time on medium tyres.

Leclerc worked down to 1m18.911s, almost half a second clear of Sainz and 0.743s quicker than Verstappen.

Teams switched to the faster soft-compound rubber just before the halfway point, with Norris initially setting the pace with an impressive 1m18.662s.

Leclerc took P1 away with 1m18.445s, with Sainz only able to take third, 0.231s off the pace. Verstappen was slightly slower, producing 1m18.728s for fourth, ahead of the second McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo.

Leclerc reported a torque issue during his long run, and he pitted for the team to investigate. His resumption was further impacted when he clipped his jack as he pulled out of the garage.

On a mainly incident-free day, Alex Albon spun his Williams at Turn 1 and was able to rejoin.