Hungarian GP FP2: Ricciardo fastest again in upgraded Red Bull F1 car

Ricciardo, who set the pace in the opening 90-minute session at the Hungaroring, clocked a 1m18.455s on the super-soft tyres to finish 0.183 seconds clear of Sebastian Vettel in FP2.

Valtteri Bottas was third fastest, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton with the top five drivers separated by just 0.324s.

Much of the early running was completed on the soft compound tyre, with Hamilton leading the way with a 1m18.779s, six tenths quicker than Ricciardo.

Championship leader Vettel was the first to switch to the super-softs and promptly went top of the charts with a 1m18.638s.

Hamilton did not improve his time after failing to get a clean lap together, but Bottas and Raikkonen did to go second and third.

Ricciardo then bolted on the super-softs to go quickest of all, a fraction quicker than he managed in the morning session.

Focus had just switched to gathering long run data when Pascal Wehrlein crashed heavily at Turn 11 to bring out the red flag.

The rear of the Sauber stepped out as he went through the right-hander and when Wehrlein corrected, the car spun in the opposite direction.

The German clouted the barrier with the front-right and then ricocheted into an adjacent barrier, damaging the left-hand side of the car.

Wehrlein, who was 20th quickest, was able to exit the car unassisted but was taken to the circuit's medical centre for precautionary checks. He was given the all-clear.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished sixth quickest, nearly half a second slower than team-mate Ricciardo but ahead of Renault's Nico Hulkenberg and Fernando Alonso.

Carlos Sainz Jr and Stoffel Vandoorne completed the top 10.

It was another frustrating session for Jolyon Palmer, who was forced to revert to the old-spec floor before FP2 after damaging his new one in an incident in FP1.

Late on in the session the rear of his Renault stepped out at Turn 14 and, as Palmer corrected, the car lurched the other way and sent him sliding into the barriers to bring out the red flag again.

Haas did an impressive job to get Kevin Magnussen out for the closing stages of the session, after Antonio Giovinazzi crashed in the first session.

Magnussen ended the session 17th, one place ahead of team-mate Romain Grosjean.

SECOND PRACTICE TIMES

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull/Renault	1m18.455s	-	32
2	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	1m18.638s	0.183s	28
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	1m18.656s	0.201s	33
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	1m18.755s	0.300s	28
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	1m18.779s	0.324s	31
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull/Renault	1m18.951s	0.496s	25
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	1m19.714s	1.259s	33
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	McLaren/Honda	1m19.815s	1.360s	31
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m19.834s	1.379s	35
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	McLaren/Honda	1m19.909s	1.454s	18
11	Esteban Ocon	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India/Mercedes	1m20.126s	1.671s	34
12	Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India/Mercedes	1m20.266s	1.811s	33
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m20.577s	2.122s	37
14	Lance Stroll	Williams Martini Racing	Williams/Mercedes	1m20.791s	2.336s	31
15	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams/Mercedes	1m20.869s	2.414s	22
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	1m21.175s	2.720s	12
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	Haas/Ferrari	1m21.345s	2.890s	11
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas/Ferrari	1m21.504s	3.049s	25
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber/Ferrari	1m21.559s	3.104s	31
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber/Ferrari	1m21.722s	3.267s	16