F1 Hungarian GP Live Updates - final practice and qualifying
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Hamilton then immediately ages that last post, plonking his car to the top with a 1m15.420s.
After the initial runs it's Bottas from Hamilton from Stroll and Perez.
Both of the Renaults will be last to do times here, as Giovinazzi has his first time scrubbed off the leaderboard for track limits.
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Bottas goes faster with a 1m15.484s to go quickest so far, as Stroll goes P3.
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It's a 1m16.136s for Verstappen, but Hamilton foists his Mercedes into the '15s and does a 1m15.581s.
Verstappen sets the first sector time, which is immediately bettered by Hamilton.
So, barring any overtakes/issues, Verstappen will be first to set a time.
Verstappen and the two Mercedes were first on the track, followed by Albon.
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We've got a lot of cars out on the circuit immediately, bolting on softs to set some banker laps in case of rain.
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Qualifying at the Hungaroring begins. Gentlemen, set your laps.
And although the sky might be untouched by buildings, it's looking murky with lots of cloud cover.
Did you know that no buildings in Budapest may be taller than the St. Stephen's Basilica? It's 96m tall, so no skyscrapers for the Hungarian capital.
Conditions from race control: 19 degrees C air, 28.6 C track, 90% risk of rain. Will things become inclement mid-session? We shall see in due course.
That streak of dust on the track is from this morning's oil clean up, after Liam Lawson's F3 car sprung a leak in the support race.
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At the top of the hour, we'll be set to find out who'll take to the field in Yeovil's new, stunning green kit. Sorry, qualifying. Wouldn't want to people to complain...
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According to race control, risk of rain for quali is 90%. Ninety. Percent. But that 90% can cover anything from sporadic drops to a deluge of rain...
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So, what's the story so far? Bottas pipped Hamilton to the top of FP3 earlier on, with Perez and Leclerc third and fourth. Ferrari looks slightly better here. Not great, but not terrible.
Just 20 minutes until the first part of Hungarian GP qualifying is underway, which will set the grid for tomorrow's race - and the tight nature of the Hungaroring circuit means it's a very vital session indeed.
Good afternoon everyone! We're just one hour and 20 minutes away from Yeovil's crunch play-off game against Barnet - in the meantime, there's something about F1 cars qualifying in 20 minutes to tide you over...
We're going to fix up some lunch, but make sure to join us again ahead of the resumption of activities at 2pm UK time. See you soon!
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Here's the full FP3 report, as Bottas edged Hamilton ahead of what promises to be a thrilling battle for pole later on. 
We like this a lot.
Williams manage to escape Q1 for the second time in as many weeks? And perhaps, most crucially of all, what will Autosport have for lunch?
Will Perez manage to mix it with the Mercedes and get onto the front row for the first time in his carer? Incidentally, his best starting spot is fourth, which he has managed on five occasions (once for Sauber at Spa in 2012, the rest for Force India).
Prediction time then. Will Bottas be able to score his first Hungarian GP pole? Or will Hamilton swoop to pole for a seventh time at the Hungaroring?
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Vettel will also be wary of the need to find time on Leclerc, who was six tenths quicker than the four-times world champion in their late runs on the Soft tyre.
If Russell is chuffed at making it into 14th place for Williams, one man who will be a bit concerned is Alex Albon - down in 12th with room to improve for qualifying later in the Red Bull if he's to avoid an embarrassing early exit.
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Bottas pips Hamilton by 0.042s in the end, with Perez a strong third ahead of Leclerc, Stroll and an unhappy Verstappen in P6. Then it's Norris, Vettel, Gasly recovering well after losing FP1 running yesterday to take P9 and Ricciardo rounding out the top 10.
No improvements at the sharp end in the closing stages, but it looks very tight at the top between the two Mercedes.
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The chequered flag is out to end the session, but there are still cars on track.
Only one more lap now for anybody to make a late improvement.
Hamilton reports that the battery pack in his glove just fell out. If he goes fastest right at the end, all that means is we won't know what his heart-rate reading was. Modern F1, eh?
Only Verstappen, Sainz and Latifi in the pits with two minutes of the session to go.
The Mercedes twins have clearly decided they both want FP3 bragging rights, as they both return to the track for the final minutes of the session.
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