F1 Hungarian GP Live Commentary and Updates – FP1 & FP2

The medical car has been deployed but that is standard procedure. Leclerc is already out of his Ferrari which is missing half of its nose. 

"I touched the wall - rear left," reports Leclerc. 

A bit more than a touch as the rear of his car slammed into the barriers, with gearbox damage likely, along with the visible damage to much of the left side of the car. 

The accident was caused when Leclerc ran wide at Turn 4 and clattered across the exit kerbs, causing him to lose control and strike the barriers on the left-hand side of the track. 

The Ferrari is currently being craned away while spectators view artsy slo-mo replays of the crash. Let's hope there are no screens right outside the Ferrari garage!

With the Ferrari removed, the focus appears to be on the barriers right now. No restart time has been announced, and if a barrier replacement is needed, that could spell bad news. Fingers crossed no such fix is needed. 

It doesn't look great, however, with the barrier visibly bent out of shape. The will almost certainly need to be replaced. 

F1 is a sport of absolute precision. The marshals, however, have dug out the sledgehammer - a proper piece of kit! 

The session will restart at 17:32 local time - 16:32BST - but the 'TBC' at the end of the note doesn't inspire confidence. 

And the TBC has been removed. We will be running in less than two minutes, as the drivers barrel out of the garages to queue at the end of the pitlane. 

Russell and Hamilton lead the field onto the track. 

Going against the grain, Perez remains in the garage, but here come some qualifying simulations, with soft tyres in evidence. 

Yellow flags were briefly out in sector two as Zhou spun at Turn 4, hitting the same kerb as Leclerc while Perez was dawdling on the racing line. 

In fairness, the spin had started before he approached Perez. 

Riding on the limit of oversteer and wagging the tail through the final corners, Verstappen goes second, but is still 0.243s behind Norris.

One of the final drivers to complete his hot lap, Hulkenberg fails to improve his time and remains 15th.

For the second time today, Piastri has been confined to the garage as the mechanics complete a repair to the floor. 

Only 12 drivers are on the track right now with mediums again the main rubber fitted, although there are a handful of drivers on softs and hards. 

Seven minutes remain and the track is a hive of activity with all 19 runners on the track - Leclerc's crashed Ferrari, obviously, remaining on the sidelines. 

With such a short lap, the long runs are seeing the majority of drivers going deep into the teens on their lap counts.

A late stop and a brief soft tyre stint for Norris with two minutes on the clock. 

Norris ends Friday at the top of the pile by some distance from Verstappen and Sainz. 

Having put on the soft tyre, Norris demonstrated the power of the undercut as he pulled clear of Russell, caught and passed Bottas, and began to hunt Verstappen. 

Could we see some strategy variation on Sunday?

Highlighting how close things are getting now, eight different teams featured in the top 10, with Mercedes and Red Bull the only constructors to get both cars in the top half of the order.