Sainz quickest in FP1 over Verstappen, Leclerc

Carlos Sainz opened the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend with the quickest time in FP1, over 1 / 4 of a second away from Method 1 championship chief Max Verstappen.

Sainz posted a 1m18.713s amid a flurry of soft-tyre runs initially of the session’s second half, beating an earlier benchmark set by team-mate Charles Leclerc.

Excessive observe temperatures had pushed the mercury above 58C, creating troublesome circumstances for the drivers to coax their vehicles across the Hungaroring.

George Russell opened with a 1m20.980s benchmark on medium tyres – which was overturned by Verstappen, who went nearly three tenths faster on the softs.

Though the Mercedes driver discovered extra time to set a 1m20.083s, Verstappen continued to flow into on the C5 tyre and posted the primary sub-80-second time: a 1m19.831s.

Oscar Piastri obtained near this on the mediums, falling simply 0.007s shy of the Purple Bull driver, though Alex Albon then hurled his Williams to the highest of the order earlier than the session ticked over into its second half. The Anglo-Thai driver set a 1m19.794s on softs, however this was eclipsed by Russell’s first soft-tyre lap: a 1m19.137s. 

Leclerc obtained his Ferrari onto the highest spot 5 minutes later, however this was later eclipsed by team-mate Carlos Sainz, who logged a 1m18.713s – each drivers working comfortable tyres and outfitted with a brand new flooring in response to the instability points attributable to the Barcelona package deal.

Verstappen tried to return to the highest, however his 1m18.989s fell simply wanting Sainz’s earlier effort; it was nonetheless ok for second, two hundredths of a second away from Leclerc.

Leclerc and Russell had been third and fourth, whereas Zhou Guanyu survived an earlier difficulty together with his Sauber shedding cooling louvres from its new sidepod package deal to sit down fifth within the timing order.

Lando Norris and Piastri had been sixth and seventh quickest, whereas RB’s Yuki Tsunoda was shut behind with the eighth-best time.

Though working Aston Martin’s older package deal for FP1, because the Silverstone squad launched new upgrades for Hungary, Lance Stroll claimed the ninth-fastest time. British GP winner Lewis Hamilton was tenth within the order, 0.15s away from Sergio Perez.

F1 Hungarian GP – FP1 outcomes