Valtteri Bottas went quickest within the 2d apply session for Sunday’s Hungarian Colossal Prix, shading team-mate Lewis Hamilton by two hundredths of a 2d as championship leader Max Verstappen finished three tenths of a 2d off the tempo after combating handling components.
After a gap length by which Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc held map on medium tyres, Bottas moved to the entrance on the comparable compound with a lap of 1: 18.376. Hamilton then moved into P2 three tenths of a 2d. Verstappen then emerged for his first amble of the afternoon and he suddenly spoil up the Mercedes, with team-mate Sergio Pérez slotting into fourth arrangement.
Hamilton then found a solid build ands rose to the head of the describe with a lap of 1: 18.140 that remained the quickest lap forward of the discipline began to swap to soft tyres for their qualifying simulations.
Bottas bolted on a space of the crimson-banded tyres shut to the half of hour ticket and he jumped to a time of 1: 17.012 that remained the benchmark for the comfort of the session.
Hamilton nearly bested his team-mate nonetheless though the seven-time champion became faster within the final sector lovely work early on from Bottas gave him a slim edge on the timesheet.
Verstappen, meanwhile, became busy searching for to dial out power understeer nonetheless strive as he may perchance well the championship leader couldn’t bag a sweet residence along with his RB16B and he needed to make a decision for third arrangement.
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon comprise the Anglo-French squad hope of a pretty weekend with a lap of 1: 17.759 that became lovely ample for fourth arrangement forward of Pérez who finished with a handiest time of 1: 17.824.
Pierre Gasly became sixth for AlphaTauri forward of Fernando Alonso within the 2d Alpine while Sebastian Vettel place his Aston Martin in eighth arrangement forward of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll.
2021 FIA System 1 Hungarian Colossal Prix – Free Practice 2
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1: 17.012 29 204.794
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1: 17.039 0.027 27 204.722
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda 1: 17.310 0.298 24 204.004
4 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1: 17.759 0.747 29 202.826
5 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda 1: 17.824 0.812 23 202.657
6 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri/Honda 1: 18.113 1.101 31 201.907
7 Fernando Alonso Alpine/Renault 1: 18.169 1.157 27 201.762
8 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin/Mercedes 1: 18.228 1.216 31 201.610
9 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1: 18.313 1.301 25 201.391
10 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1: 18.320 1.308 30 201.373
11 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1: 18.370 1.358 30 201.245
12 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1: 18.441 1.429 32 201.063
13 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren/Mercedes 1: 18.737 1.725 26 200.307
14 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1: 19.277 2.265 21 198.942
15 George Russell Williams/Mercedes 1: 19.292 2.280 29 198.905
16 Nicholas Latifi Williams/Mercedes 1: 19.479 2.467 30 198.437
17 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri/Honda 1: 19.671 2.659 3 197.959
18 Mick Schumacher Haas/Ferrari 1: 19.817 2.805 29 197.597
19 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1: 20.186 3.174 28 196.687
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas/Ferrari 1: 21.881 4.869 28 192.616
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