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Leclerc fastest as McLaren impresses, Mercedes struggles

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Leclerc fastest as McLaren impresses, Mercedes struggles

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari F1-75. Hungarian Grand Prix, Friday 29th July 2022. Budapest, Hungary.

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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the pace during second practice for Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix, as McLaren showed encouraging speed, while Mercedes struggled.

Leclerc set a time of 1:18.445s on Soft tyres to finish fastest in the one-hour session in hot and sunny conditions at the Hungaroring.

Wet weather, and cooler temperatures, are forecast to prevail for final practice and qualifying on Saturday.

McLaren, which slipped to fifth in the standings in France, emerged as the biggest threat to Ferrari through Friday afternoon.

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Lando Norris classified second, 0.217s behind Leclerc, to split the Ferrari drivers, with Carlos Sainz 0.014s behind his ex-team-mate in third spot.

Norris’ speed was backed up by team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in fifth place.

Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen was fourth, 0.283s off the pace, though team-mate Sergio Perez had a scrappier session and wound up ninth.

Alpine’s Fernando Alonso was sixth while the soon-to-be-retiring Sebastian Vettel had one of his and Aston Martin’s most productive Fridays by finishing seventh.

Mercedes claimed a double podium finish in France but its prospects of replicating such a result in Hungary appear slim on the basis of Friday’s running.

George Russell complained of front locking en route to eighth overall, nine-tenths off the pace of Leclerc, while eight-time Hungarian GP winner Lewis Hamilton finished over a second down in 11th spot.

Both drivers were also significantly off the pace during the Medium tyre runs earlier in the session, in which Leclerc also held the advantage.

Valtteri Bottas returned to action after missing FP1 while Robert Kubica drove and he rounded out the top 10.

His Alfa Romeo team-mate Zhou Guanyu was 12th, ahead of last year’s race winner Esteban Ocon, with Lance Stroll 14th for Aston Martin.

AlphaTauri, Haas and Williams finished at the bottom of the pecking order.

Pierre Gasly took 15th, ahead of Kevin Magnussen, who continued to build up learning in the upgraded Ferrari-inspired Haas VF-22.

Mick Schumacher, in the old-spec Haas, was 17th, while Nicholas Latifi edged Yuki Tsunoda for 18th position.

Alexander Albon finished at the rear of the field after a spin into Turn 1 compromised his run plan.

Saturday’s final practice session is scheduled for 13:00 local time.

Position Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:18.445 27
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:18.662 0.217 29
3 Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari 1:18.676 0.231 29
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:18.728 0.283 26
5 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:18.872 0.472 27
6 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:19.049 0.604 30
7 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:19.253 0.808 31
8 George Russell Mercedes 1:19.355 0.910 28
9 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1:19.397 0.952 28
10 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:19.411 0.966 30
11 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:19.547 1.102 23
12 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:19.605 1.160 26
13 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:19.614 1.169 27
14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:19.702 1.257 30
15 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:19.730 1.285 28
16 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:19.818 1.373 29
17 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:19.985 1.540 28
18 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:20.488 2.043 30
19 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:20.521 2.076 31
20 Alex Albon Williams 1:20.615 2.170 20
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