Hungary Friday quotes: McLaren

"The track here improves as the weekend goes on so we chose to do all the Bridgestone Potenza tyre evaluation in the afternoon session. I think we are in a good position and I am looking forward to the rest of the weekend where we should continue to be strong."

Lewis Hamilton - 3rd: "Today went smoothly, apart from my spin towards the end of the second session, which meant that I missed out on my last run, so maybe I could have gone faster. The spin happened as I was catching Yamamoto on a flying lap and I was probably a little too fast going into the corner.

"Despite this we were able to make some positive steps and I am confident with our performance so far at this track."

Ron Dennis: "An encouraging start to the weekend, with both cars looking competitive. Obviously we will work hard for further improvements overnight but we are comfortable with the progress we have made so far. Unfortunately Lewis spun in the closing minutes of the session, but this did not hamper our programme too much."

Norbert Haug: "A good first practice day on this challenging track. Both drivers went through their planned programmes and posted quick and consistent lap times. Of course traffic is always an issue here so you will find slow lap times in everyone's long runs. Nevertheless the base from which the team will work from tomorrow is a good one."