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F1 Hungarian GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP1 & FP2
Minute-by-minute updates of Formula 1 Friday practice at the Hungaroring
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Sainz is now up to third - Ferrari showing a decent turn of pace at this circuit so far.
Gasly then goes third-quickest, as Hamilton asks for more front wing to dial out some understeer in the car.
Alonso gets up to third on his first soft-tyre run, as Tsunoda pokes in a laptime good enough for fourth.
Hamilton goes up to second, going 0.3s slower than Bottas' time.
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Bottas pumps in a 1m17.616s on the soft tyre, flooding the timing screens in a full house of purple sectors.
Ocon's having a good session so far, currently sitting fourth in the Alpine. Stroll, meanwhile, has moved up to 15th.
The first 20 minutes of the session are now over, with the majority of cars retreating to the pits to comb over the data from the opening raft of laps.
Hamilton is currently seventh-fastest in this session - he's won at the Hungaroring eight times - a joint record with Michael Schumacher for wins at a single circuit.
Tsunoda had a spin in sector 2 to bring out a brief yellow, but he's got going once again as Sainz moves up to third.
Off track
Oop, Alonso's had a spin at Turn 4, but gets it turned around and back on the road.
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It's now a 1m19.069s for Verstappen, as it seems the powertrain is suffering no ill-effects from his crash at Silverstone after Honda gave it a service.
Verstappen has taken the times down to a 1m19.366s, with Hamilton and Bottas moving up to second and third.
Norris jumps ahead of Gasly and Leclerc to go second-fastest.
Hungary has only ever had one driver in F1 - Zsolt Baumgartner, who drove for Jordan as a substitute for Ralph Firman in 2003 and full-time at Minardi in 2004.
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Verstappen now goes top with a 1m19.725s, on the hard tyre.
We've almost a full circuit of cars, running on the hard or medium tyres. Fernando Alonso, who turned 40 yesterday, goes fourth fastest.
Bottas explains the brake pedal is "terribly soft" - so Mercedes might have to get the brake bleed kit out.
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That's immediately beaten by Daniel Ricciardo in the McLaren, who sets a 1m21.317s, before Gasly and Bottas get into the 1m20s.
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The Polish driver sets our first time of the day, a 1m25.259s.
Robert Kubica is driving the other Alfa Romeo in place of Kimi Raikkonen for this session, as part of his reserve driver obligations.
Ocon and Giovinazzi were first to hit the road, followed by Mazepin.
Green flag
FP1 for the Hungarian Grand Prix is now underway.
Contrary to popular belief, the Danube isn't actually blue - but it splits the two sides: Buda and Pest. And that's how the city got the name of Pest-Buda, er, sorry, Budapest.
I once attempted to visit the Franz Liszt museum in Budapest, but unfortunately I wasn't able to find it. It was quite sad; I felt very Lisztless after that...
Let's get some Budapest facts out before we get underway - did you know that no buildings within the city are permitted to be taller than St. Stephen's Basilica?
Good morning everyone! In just 10 minutes' time, FP1 at the Hungaroring will be up and running.
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