Hungaroring, FP2: Hamilton stays ahead in second practic

Lewis’s Friday clean-sweep

By Franck Drui

25 July 2014 - 15:35
Hungaroring, FP2: Hamilton stays (...)

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.DriverTeamTimeLaps
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

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