Hungaroring, FP2: Hamilton stays ahead in second practic
Lewis’s Friday clean-sweep
Lewis Hamilton continued to set the pace at the Hungaroring, beating Nico Rosberg to the top of the second free practice timesheet by just over two tenths of a second.
Hamilton, who has won the Hungarian Grand Prix four times in seven attempts, outpaced team-mate Nico Rosberg on both the medium and soft compounds on offer.
It wasn’t all plain sailing for Hamilton, however, as during the session he complained about his brakes, telling his team he was having trouble stopping the car. Team-mate Rosberg was also less than comfortable, the German frequently asking for advice on where he could improve his times.
Behind the title contenders, Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel, who has never won at the tight and twisting Hungaroring, was third fastest, taking his RB10 to within seven tenths of a second of Hamilton’s benchmark.
Fernando Alonso repeated his morning placing with the fourth-fastest time. His lap of 1:25.437 was six hundredths of a second clear of McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen.
After finishing in third place in the morning session Kimi Raikkonen finished sixth in the afternoon, just under three tenths of a second adrift of team-mate Alonso. Daniel Ricciardo was seventh in the second Red Bull.
After finishing in 13th place in the morning, Williams’ Valtteri Bottas found an improvement in pace in the afternoon to claim eighth spot, ahead of Jenson Button in the second McLaren. Bottas’ team-mate Felipe Massa rounded out the top 10. The Brazilian suffered a spin during his option tyre run and then was hampered by a technical issue that restricted him to the garage for some time during the period of the session in which he was expected to be conducting long runs.
Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
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01 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG | 1:24.482 | 38 |
02 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG | 1:24.720 | 38 |
03 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Renault | 1:25.111 | 33 |
04 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.437 | 26 |
05 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren Mercedes | 1:25.580 | 34 |
06 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:25.730 | 30 |
07 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Renault | 1:25.983 | 29 |
08 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams Mercedes | 1:25.999 | 37 |
09 | Jenson Button | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.234 | 33 |
10 | Felipe Massa | Williams Mercedes | 1:26.402 | 18 |
11 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso Renault | 1:26.689 | 42 |
12 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso Renault | 1:26.703 | 37 |
13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India Mercedes | 1:26.789 | 39 |
14 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber Ferrari | 1:26.919 | 41 |
15 | Sergio Perez | Force India Mercedes | 1:27.013 | 39 |
16 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus Renault | 1:27.019 | 40 |
17 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus Renault | 1:27.021 | 14 |
18 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber Ferrari | 1:27.480 | 32 |
19 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham Renault | 1:28.370 | 35 |
20 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia Ferrari | 1:28.469 | 26 |
21 | Max Chilton | Marussia Ferrari | 1:28.586 | 35 |
22 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham Renault | 1:29.036 | 34 |