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Formula 1 Hungarian GP

F1 Hungarian GP Live Updates - final practice and qualifying

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Continuing our countdown, if this was Q2, the cars who would be knocked out would be:

15. Grosjean
14. Russell
13. Ocon
12. Albon
11. Ricciardo
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If this was Q1, the cars in the drop zone currently would be:

20. Latifi
19. Raikkonen
18. Giovinazzi
17. Kvyat
16. Magnussen
Six minutes to go now, and the two Mercedes are both in the pits. That might be it for this session for the Black Arrows.
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Stroll meanwhile moves up to fifth, behind Leclerc, and just ahead of Verstappen who reports: "I'm understeering too much".
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But that soon changes as Perez bumps back up to third with a 1m15.598s, only 0.16 behind Bottas. That's rather impressive.
Meanwhile Norris has moved up to fifth in the McLaren, only behind the two Mercedes, Leclerc and Verstapen.
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Hamilton improves his time, but just misses out on beating Bottas. He posts a 1m15.479s, a big oversteery moment on throttle exiting the Turn 13 left-hander costing him a few fractions of a second.
Replays show Latifi had a very similar spin to Verstappen earlier at Turn 12. He's currently 16th in the order, 0.7s behind his team-mate.
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But as we type, he's bumped down to ninth by Sainz and Ocon. Verstappen meanwhile moves up to fourth, 0.6s off Bottas, but the car is clearly not as stable as the Mercedes.
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Now Hamilton moves up to second, a 1m15.602s, and George Russell climbs to seventh! Good effort that, only 1.4s behind Bottas.
Latifi meanwhile has a moment at Turn 12 and heads straight on.
Verstappen reports that he can't get eighth gear to sync.
Bottas appeared to be FLAT through Turn 11. Rather impressive, that.
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Sure enough, Bottas goes top on a 1m15.437s.
Now we've got the two Mercedes back out again. Will they be able to knock Leclerc off his perch?
Vettel meanwhile improves to fifth, half a second off his team-mate.
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Well there's a turn-up for the books. Leclerc goes fastest on a 1m15.781s.
The track is still dry with a little under 20 minutes to go, as Vettel is informed over the radio to be mindful of a tail-wind into Turn 1.
They're not the only team mates at opposite ends of the order. Gasly is an encouraging ninth for AlphaTauri, a full 10 places ahead of team-mate Kvyat, who is currently only quicker than Raikkonen's Alfa Romeo.
The only men on track at the moment are the two Ferraris, which return on a new set of Soft tyres. Leclerc is currently fourth, but Vettel is down in 13th.
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Sainz, still out on the Medium tyres, improves to 11th on a 1m17.329s, just a fraction behind team-mate Norris who is currently occupying 10th spot.
Replays show Stroll doing his best impression of Perez's massive lock-up at Turn 1 yesterday, while Norris has a wobble at Turn 11 and runs out over the rumble strips. That'll give his back a jolt!
Most of the cars have come back to the pits now - Perez, Sainz, Latifi, Giovinazzi the only men out on track at the moment.
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Now Hamilton shows what he can do without traffic at the final corner and becomes the first man all weekend to move into the 1m15 bracket - a tidy 1m15.984s for the reigning world champion.
Verstappen is still going on the same set of Medium tyres he spun on earlier, but hasn't improved on his first flyer. Clearly Red Bull more concerned with race set-up at the moment.
That was despite having to make a big correction at the final corner to avoid a McLaren, which was itself off-line avoiding Perez as the Racing Point came in to pit.
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And now Hamilton returns to the top of the charts again on a 1m16.120s. It's an enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse going on at the moment between the Mercedes twins.
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With half an hour in the session to go, here's your order:
1. Bottas
2. Perez
3. Hamilton
4. Leclerc
5. Stroll
6. Verstappen
7. Albon
8. Gasly
9. Norris
10. Ricciardo
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Hmm, that'll get Renault's backs up. Sergio Perez moves into second on a 1m16.340s in the Racing Point.
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There's another improvement from Bottas, who moves back to the top with a 1m16.278s.
Odd plume of smoke from Hamilton's Mercedes at Turn 12 there, but it didn't seem to come from a lock-up. Answers on a post-card please.
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Perez meanwhile is fourth, and Stroll has moved up to fifth in the second Racing Point, 0.1s off his team-mate.
18 of the 20 cars are now out on track, with only Raikkonen and Latifi in the pits currently.
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Now Bottas moves up to second, just 0.066s behind Hamilton.
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Albon radios in reporting "weird tyre balance".
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Verstappen spins at Turn 12 - clipped the kerb and the rear got away from him.
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More quick times punched in by Hamilton and Leclerc, who move into first and second respectively. The Mercedes posts a 1m16.472, the Ferrari a 1m16.849s - but it seemed the Monegasque was having to work quite hard for the time.

By: Jake Boxall-Legge

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