Lando Norris leads in the second practice.
The second session of free practice
Cloudy. Dry. Air +27°C, track +38°C
Sauber restored Nico Hülkenberg's car, which in the morning couldn't complete a session due to a power unit failure. Fernando Alonso returned to the wheel in Aston Martin— the team decided to give him time to recover from a back injury and reduce his workload—during the first session, he was replaced by reserve driver Felipe Drugovich.
After the support race sessions, track conditions improved. Teams completed their standard car setup programs and evaluated tire performance over distance— the first half-hour the drivers worked with harder tires, then switched to Soft.
The session was calm. Norris and Leclerc went off track. The Williams car of Sainz had no radio or telemetry, so the team couldn't warn him, and he caused a disruption for Lawson. At the end of the session, the McLaren drivers almost collided, but it was avoided.
Max Verstappen threw a towel out of his cockpit onto the track and was summoned to the stewards.
Norris posted the best time again, clocking in at 1:15.624.
Second session of free practice
Pilot
Team
Time
Difference
Laps
1. L. Norris
McLaren
1:15.624
-
27
2. O. Piastro
McLaren
1:15.915
+0.291
30
3. C. Leclerc
Ferrari
1:16.023
+0.399
28
4. L. Stroll
Aston Martin
1:16.119
+0.495
28
5. F. Alonso
Aston Martin
1:16.233
+0.609
25
6. L. Hamilton
Ferrari
1:16.329
+0.705
28
7. D. Russell
Mercedes
1:16.417
+0.793
27
8. A. Hajjar
Racing Bulls
1:16.427
+0.803
30
9. Y. Tsunoda
Red Bull
1:16.485
+0.861
30
10. K. Antonelli
Mercedes
1:16.520
+0.896
26
11. O. Berman
Haas
1:16.567
+0.943
27
12. N. Hülkenberg
Sauber
1:16.680
+1.056
31
13. E. Ocon
Haas
1:16.704
+1.080
29
14. M. Verstappen
Red Bull
1:16.791
+1.167
25
15. L. Lawson
Racing Bulls
1:16.812
+1.188
29
16. K. Sainz
Williams
1:16.874
+1.250
32
17. G. Bortoloto
Sauber
1:16.946
+1.322
29
18. A. Elbon
Williams
1:17.021
+1.397
30
19. P. Gasly
Alpine
1:17.043
+1.419
25
20. F. Colapinto
Alpine
1:17.159
+1.535
29
The first session of free practice
Cloudy. Dry. Air +26...25°C, track +47…38°C
The Hungaroring grandstands were already full on Friday morning. Hungary loves Formula 1, and many tourists come for this event.
In the first practice, there were two driver replacements. In Sauber, Paul Aron took the wheel of Nico Hülkenberg’s car, and Aston Martin decided to give Fernando Alonso time to recover from his back muscle injury— he was temporarily replaced by reserve driver Felipe Drugovich.
As usual at Hungaroring, track adhesion on Friday was less than ideal. Teams focused on finding the right settings and evaluating aerodynamic configurations suited for a high downforce track. Many drivers ran with aerodynamic tape.
Pierre Gasly had to abort his first few laps and returned to the pits due to a loss of power from the engine. After losing the first half-hour, he went out again.
Paul Aron, at the engineer’s request, stopped his car in the safety zone due to engine issues. A virtual safety car mode was declared for a few minutes to facilitate its evacuation.
Sainz, Bortoloto, Norris, and Hamilton went off track without consequences to the cars.
Lando Norris posted the best time again, completing a lap in 1:16.062— two hundredths faster than his teammate.
First session of free practice
Pilot
Team
Time
Difference
Laps
1. L. Norris
McLaren
1:16.052
-
26
2. O. Piastro
McLaren
1:16.071
+0.019
30
3. C. Leclerc
Ferrari
1:16.269
+0.217
28
4. A. Hajjar
Racing Bulls
1:16.681
+0.629
31
5. L. Hamilton
Ferrari
1:16.734
+0.682
28
6. O. Berman
Haas
1:16.878
+0.826
26
7. K. Antonelli
Mercedes
1:16.880
+0.828
26
8. D. Russell
Mercedes
1:16.925
+0.873
26
9. M. Verstappen
Red Bull
1:16.940
+0.888
25
10. L. Stroll
Aston Martin
1:16.958
+0.906
25
11. A. Elbon
Williams
1:16.984
+0.932
28
12. E. Ocon
Haas
1:17.004
+0.952
26
13. P. Gasly
Alpine
1:17.123
+1.071
27
14. L. Lawson
Racing Bulls
1:17.184
+1.132
29
15. K. Sainz
Williams
1:17.195
+1.143
31
16. F. Drugovich
Aston Martin
1:17.269
+1.217
26
17. Y. Tsunoda
Red Bull
1:17.393
+1.341
27
18. F. Colapinto
Alpine
1:17.464
+1.412
29
19. G. Bortoloto
Sauber
1:17.652
+1.600
17
20. P. Aron
Sauber
1:19.788
+3.736
9
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