© Getty ImagesFree Practice Update - Hungarian Grand Prix 2021Bulls are up and running in Budapest for their weekend in Hungary.
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It's always a pleasure to return to the Hungarian Grand Prix, and Formula One has been coming here since 1986, just nine months after it was first completed. So it's safe to say it's a firm favourite with teams and fans.
This weekend the drivers will race over the 4.381km long circuit, with a total of 14 corners and an elevation of 34.7 metres.
Hungary Pre-Race Programme© Red Bull Racing Honda
The Bulls got their track action underway on Friday morning with Free Practice One. Max finished the session in P1 with a best time of 1:17.555. The Dutchman managed 21 laps. Checo came back in P8 setting a time of 1:18.466. He completed 20 laps.
The afternoon session, Free Practice Two, saw Max end his Friday in P3. His time was a 1:17.310 and he managed 24 laps. Checo finished in P5 setting a best time of 1:17.824. The Mexican driver completed 23 laps of the Hungaroring.
Saturday afternoon's Free Practice Three finished with Max in P2. He set his best practice time of 1:16.914 and completed 13 laps. Checo ended the session in P7 with a time of 1:17.917. He managed 12 laps.
There are a lot of things to analyse this evening but there’s nothing too big to overcome so I’m not worried.
“In general, it was not an easy day on track today, we had a few adjustments that we were working on from FP1 and FP2 that we need to look into, seeing what works and what doesn’t. There are a lot of things to analyse this evening but there’s nothing too big to overcome so I’m not worried. The track was very hot today, but it looks like there’s a bit of rain coming so that should make things interesting and I’m looking forward to it.”
We’ve made good steps and we have a good idea about what we need to do before qualifying to make improvements.
“The car felt good over the longer and shorter runs today. I think there’s definitely time to be found, I was caught in some traffic during both sessions so I think there is still plenty to play for in qualifying tomorrow. With the weather conditions predicted to change over the weekend, there is a bit of an unknown, it may benefit some more than others so we will have to wait and see what happens. We’ve made good steps and we have a good idea about what we need to do before qualifying to make improvements, so I am optimistic for the rest of the weekend.”
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Max Verstappen | Valtteri Bottas | Lewis Hamilton | Carlos Sainz | Pierre Gasly | Fernando Alonso | Charles Leclerc | Sergio Perez | Lando Norris | Lance Stroll |
| Red Bull Racing Honda | Mercedes | Mercedes | Ferrari | AlphaTauri | Alpine | Ferrari | Red Bull Racing Honda | McLaren | Aston Martin |
| 1:17.555 | 1:17.616 | 1:17.722 | 1:18.115 | 1:18.181 | 1:18.385 | 1:18.391 | 1:18.466 | 1:18.649 | 1:18.755 |
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Valtteri Bottas | Lewis Hamilton | Max Verstappen | Esteban Ocon | Sergio Perez | Pierre Gasly | Fernando Alonso | Sebastian Vettel | Lando Norris | Lance Stroll |
| Mercedes | Mercedes | Red Bull Racing Honda | Alpine | Red Bull Racing Honda | AlphaTauri | Alpine | Aston Martin | McLaren | Aston Martin |
| 1:17.012 | 1:17.039 | 1:17.310 | 1:17.759 | 1:17.824 | 1:18.113 | 1:18.169 | 1:18.228 | 1:18.313 | 1:18.320 |
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Max Verstappen | Valtteri Bottas | Carlos Sainz | Charles Leclerc | Lando Norris | Sergio Pérez | Daniel Ricciardo | Fernando Alonso | Lance Stroll |
| Mercedes | Red Bull Racing Honda | Mercedes | Ferrari | Ferrari | McLaren | Red Bull Racing Honda | McLaren | Alpine | Aston Martin |
| 1.16.826 | 1.16.914 | 1.17.055 | 1.17.497 | 1.17.520 | 1.17.772 | 1.17.917 | 1.17.942 | 1.17.992 | 1.18.050 |
