Hamilton beats Leclerc to top spot during FP2 in Hungary
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Lewis Hamilton ended Friday’s running for the Hungarian Grand Prix on top, edging out his Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Lando Norris in Free Practice 2.
Adding to this, With several teams still trying to finetune their upgrades – including Aston Martin after Lance Stroll suffered a suspension issue to bring his FP1 to an early end – many were eager to make the most of the 60-minute session, which got underway at 1700 local time.
Meanwhile, The Silverstone-based outfit arrived in Hungary with the most significant updates, having essentially introduced a B-spec car in the hopes of gaining on the midfield, but McLaren also have a substantial new package while Red Bull have brought back their rotating rear wing.
Notably, Cadillac and Alpine were the first to head out in the breezy conditions, with Kimi Antonelli, Oscar Piastri, Franco Colapinto, Ollie Bearman and Valtteri Bottas appearing for the first time after stepping aside for their rookie counterparts in FP1.
As per the latest buzz, It was quickly verified that Stroll would not take part as his team didn’t have enough time to repair the damage he sustained earlier in the day, leaving Fernando Alonso as the sole representative for Aston Martin.
In further updates, As the Spaniard continued to provide valuable data about their heavily revised car, Leclerc set the initial benchmark of 1m 20.103s on medium tyres – around a second adrift of his soft compound run in FP1 – before Hamilton went four-tenths faster.
On top of that, The Ferrari pair looked strong from the get-go, but someone who wasn’t as happy with their performance was Pierre Gasly, who reported: “Something feels wrong on the car, it’s extremely bad. It just feels broken in Turn 12. Something with the front is wrong.”
It was soon made clear that with the wind picking up, balance around the circuit was becoming a sticking point. George Russell insisted that his Mercedes felt “dreadful” and “so out of balance”, and his team mate similarly questioned the behaviour of his car as he “almost spun twice on braking”.
Source: Formula 1