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Hamilton Fastest at Hungarian GP Practice 1

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton finished the first free practice session of the Hungarian Grand Prix on top of the time sheets.

Hamilton’s time of 1:21.347 sent him to the top of the time sheets on the red marked super-soft tyre. Newly re-signed Mercedes team mate, Nico Rosberg was second fastest, 0.237s off the pace, with a 1:21.584.

The session which started under overcast and damp conditions saw drivers head out on the intermediates initially. There was hardly any running for the first 30mins of the session. Once the track was dry drivers took to the track and the lap times started tumbling.

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were 3rd and 4th fastest respectively for Ferrari with Vettels best time of 1:22.991, 1.644s off Hamilton’s pace. The Red Bull pair of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen were 5th and 6th fastest.

Both McLaren’s finished in the top 10 with Fernando Alonso setting a 1:23.961 to place him 7th fastest ahead of his team mate Jenson Button in 8th.

Haas F1’s Romain Grosjean was 9th fastest and Force India’s Sergio Perez marginally faster than his team mate to take 10th fastest.

Mercedes once again showed why they are the team to beat laying down the gauntlet early on. Times will get much quicker once the track rubbers in and the dust is cleared.

Red Bull have not showed their hand yet as they completed the session without running the super soft tyres. Both drivers’ times came courtesy of the yellow marked soft-compound tyre. There is not much between Red Bull on the softs and Ferrari on the super softs and it does look like Red Bull may have the upper hand over Ferrari.

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:21.347 34
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:21.584 +0.237 34
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:22.991 +1.644 22
4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:23.082 +1.735 19
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:23.174 +1.827 28
6 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:23.457 +2.110 27
7 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:23.935 +2.588 28
8 Jenson Button McLaren 1:23.961 +2.614 18
9 Romain Grosjean Haas 1:24.013 +2.666 22
10 Sergio Perez Force India 1:24.073 +2.726 29
11 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:24.120 +2.773 29
12 Felipe Massa Williams 1:24.154 +2.807 27
13 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:24.370 +3.023 33
14 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:24.579 +3.232 27
15 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:24.981 +3.634 19
16 Charles Leclerc Haas 1:25.181 +3.834 22
17 Felipe Nasr Sauber 1:25.256 +3.909 18
18 Esteban Ocon Renault 1:25.260 +3.913 28
19 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:25.324 +3.977 16
20 Rio Haryanto Manor 1:27.012 +5.665 23
21 Pascal Wehrlein Manor 1:27.249 +5.902 9
22 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:28.560 +7.213 6

 

Photo Credit: Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team

About Ritesh K Bhana

Ritesh likes to think he is a true Tifosi, but he still remains fair to other teams. He supports two other teams which are not Red Bull and McLaren. Follow Ritesh on twitter @Humanshield_1

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