F1 Hungarian GP Live Updates - Friday practice
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By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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That wraps up our live coverage on Friday practice, but be sure to check back tomorrow morning for FP3 which starts at 11:00am BST (12:00pm local time). Cheers!
It took a while for FP2 to get going, and in truth never really dried up enough for consistent running, but it could prove handy track time if it is wet for qualifying or the race this weekend.
Having led the early efforts Stroll has been shuffled down to fourth place but stays ahead of Racing Point team-mate Perez with Gasly taking sixth place. Verstappen was seventh as Grosjean, Raikkonen and Leclerc round out the top 10.
That's it for Friday practice - Vettel tops FP2 to provide some much-needed good news for Ferrari. Bottas claims second for Mercedes, just as he did in the dry morning session, with Sainz in third place for McLaren.
Gasly heads back out after AlphaTauri checked over his car following his report of a burning smell. Kvyat, his team-mate, gets it twitchy trying to get the power down.
All 20 drivers have completed at least one lap in FP2 but only 12 have produced a timed effort. It looks like top spot is Vettel's unless there are any late headline-grabbing efforts.
Kevin's here! With a little over five minutes to go the Danish driver heads out for the first time. Elsewhere, Gasly reports about a burning smell in his AlphaTauri but no smoke can be seen coming from his car. He pits as a precaution anyway.
Leclerc: "I'm losing the rear so easily," he tells his Ferrari team. It has been a story of the session in the low temperatures.
Albon is on track meaning Magnussen will be last to take to the track, if he heads out at all with 10 minutes to go. Conditions still look very wet and slippery without much improvement since the start of the session.
Vettel slides off track at Turn 11 which halts his hopes of a lap time gain. The Ferrari driver has enough run-off area to avoid a bigger problem than lost time.
Leclerc, Gasly and belatedly Verstappen join in on the fun meaning just Magnussen and Albon are late to the FP2 party. Vettel, who has switched to the inters, is starting to push once again as he looks to improve on his provisional top time.
More pitstop practice than car performance work for Sainz, as he pits once again to return to the McLaren garage. Only Vettel and Bottas, the top two in FP2, on track now.
Sainz pits to change from wets to intermediates, meanwhile the Williams pair appear on track for the first time this afternoon.
Sainz moves up to P3 for McLaren, the place he qualified in the wet for the Styrian GP last weekend, but remains well over a second off Vettel's leading time.
That lap from Bottas has encouraged Hamilton to also head out on track for the first time in FP2. The only drivers yet to take to the circuit are the Red Bull and Williams pair plus Magnussen for Haas.
Nearly, at least on his first attempt. Bottas slots into P2 with a 1m 40.736s to go two-tenths off Vettel.
Bottas is the latest driver to check out the conditions. Mercedes were dominant in the dry FP1, so can they repeat it in the wet?
The Finn duly radios to his team both his front and rear tyres are below the ideal temperature which is causing the lack of grip using the full wets. He used some colourful language but we've kept that part out.
Vettel goes fastest with a 1m 40.464s beating both Racing Point drivers. Just showing them something they might be interested in for 2021.
Kvyat runs wide at the chicane which rather wrecks his first timed lap. More and more cars out on track now with a little over 30 minutes of the session to go.
Vettel fails to beat Leclerc as the German puts in a 1m 44.912s on his first timed effort to take P4. Elsewhere, Kvyat and Norris have taken to the track for the first time in FP2.
The Ferrari duo have the track all to themselves so that should be enough room to avoid a repeat of the opening lap of last weekend's race... Leclerc sets his first timed lap of FP2 to slot into P3 with a 1m 45.827s.
Ricciardo copies what his team-mate did earlier by pitting straightaway and completing a practice pitstop. It leaves Leclerc out on track who has been joined by his Ferrari team-mate.
It is Ricciardo's turn to test out track conditions as he heads out on intermediates. He's followed by Leclerc on the full wets with his Ferrari.
It was a short-lived adventure for Ocon who pits immediately. It gives Renault the chance to complete a practice pitstop, at least.
Elsewhere in the world MotoGP returns to action this weekend at Jerez where it is currently 36 degrees and bright sunshine. Not jealous. Not at all.
A quick recap of what has happened so far: Stroll leads the session with a 1m 42.380s ahead of Racing Point team-mate Perez with Raikkonen in third. Gasly also ventured out for an install lap. Oh, and it rained.
The rain has returned, well got a bit heavier, so this could become a long wait for further FP2 action.
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