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Formula 1 Hungarian GP

Hungarian GP qualifying day

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Hulkenberg goes fastest, 0.7s ahead of Magnussen, then Ericsson goes second!
Both Mercedes drivers and Raikkonen have already gone out on the ultrasofts.
Everyone will now be on ultrasoft slicks but can they get laps in before the rain returns?
Vettel switches to ultrasofts.
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Magnussen beats Sainz by two tenths and is now quickest.
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Sainz uses slicks to go fastest by 2.4s!
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The rest: 11 Hartley; 12 Magnussen; 13 Grosjean; 14 Perez; 15 Leclerc; 16 Ocon; 17 Ericsson; 18 Vandoorne; 19 Stroll; 20 Sirotkin
Purple sector two from Sainz on slicks.
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Order is 1 Vettel; 2 Raikkonen; 3 Ricciardo; 4 Verstappen; 5 Hamilton; 6 Hulkenberg; 7 Bottas; 8 Gasly; 9 Sainz; 10 Alonso
Sainz attacks a flying lap on ultrasofts.
It's the drivers down the order who are rolling the dice and going for dry tyres here - both Williams drivers are now on ultrasofts. But the clouds are rolling in!
Ricciardo improves to third behind the two Ferraris.
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Vettel flies to the top with a 1m25.176s, 0.812s clear of Raikkonen.
Ericsson heads out on ultras too.
Bottom five so far is: 16 Ocon; 17 Ericsson; 18 Vandoorne; 19 Stroll; 20 Sirotkin
Sainz, Hartley and Magnussen are gambling on slick tyres - they've gone out on ultrasofts.
Verstappen improves to third, Vettel (who is second) is now going faster.
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Vettel says "I think we need dry tyres" but Ferrari reports that rain is arriving in two minutes.
Verstappen does a first sector time half a second better than anyone else so far.
Verstappen puts a lapin and goes sixth. Ricciardo is 13th.
Alonso leaps from the back to seventh.
Verstappen encounters lots of traffic at the end of his flying lap.
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Vettel reports that "all the back [of the the track] is dry" and asks Ferrari to have another set of intermediates ready.
Ericsson, the McLarens and Williams have done the slowest laps so far.
Vettel makes it a Ferrari one-two, 0.3s off Raikkonen.
Gasly goes fifth ahead of Leclerc, before Sainz demotes them both.
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Raikkonen blows Hamilton away with a lap 0.8s quicker, and Hulkenberg goes third.
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Bottas kicks things off with a 1m27.245s, which Hamilton beats by 0.398s.
Radio Comms
Raikkonen reports the Turn 6/7 chicane is "very dry" - before clarifying "at least it looks dry"
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While Hamilton is told that the rain will becoming from "Turn 14", which is the long final corner where a very large black cloud is building.
Eighteen cars are on track - everyone except the Red Bulls.
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Valterri Bottas is told more "raining is coming" - pressure to get an early lap in then?
Green flag
The session begins and the Mercedes are among those straight out.
Drivers are queuing up at the end of the pitlane with intermediates on their cars.
The initial rain has passed so it's a question of whether the track dries before more rain arrives.
Rain
The risk of rain in the session too is 80%, declares race control.

By: Matt Beer

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