During the first Free Practice session, only Oliver Bearman was behind the wheel without being a regular driver. He was taking the place of Nico H\u00fclkenberg. A strategic decision for the team as the young driver will join the team in 2025.<\/p>\n
This session, Red Bull made significant modifications to Max Verstappen’s car, leaving his teammate Sergio P\u00e9rez with the older version of the vehicle. The results speak for themselves, as Verstappen dominated the first part of the session. Sergio P\u00e9rez, on the other hand, quickly returned to the pits after only a few laps.<\/p>\n
During this first session, all types of tires were used. At Ferrari, probes were installed on the cars, as well as on Sergio Perez’s car, to evaluate the airflow. After the modifications made during the Barcelona Grand Prix, which had significantly affected the cars’ performance, the cars used the old floor which seems to have limited the bounce on the car.<\/p>\n
On the Haas side, Kevin Magnussen encountered brake issues on his car, complicating his track sessions. Similarly, Zhou Guanyu, at Kick Sauber, lost parts, causing a hole in the sidepod and forcing him to change his engine cover. In total, only one safety car was deployed during this session, after Alexander Albon went off track and damaged his car on the kerbs. The Thai driver had nonetheless managed to set a good time with 31 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n
Lando Norris lost control of his car several times, the track being particularly slippery due to the intense heat of this weekend, with an outside temperature of 31\u00b0C and 58\u00b0C on the track. He was not the only one, as Charles Leclerc also encountered gravel several times, especially at the exit of turn 12 following the exits of many other drivers. On his side, Oscar Piastri took time to rejoin the track, only entering after 13 minutes with medium tires. He still managed to climb to sixth place in the rankings.<\/p>\n
Ferraris struggled to achieve good lap times at the beginning of the session, partly because they were using hard tires, but they were able to make up for it in the second part as they dominated the top of the standings until the end, whereas Mercedes also showed good performance. George Russell was in the first place after 25 minutes on track, despite an incident with Yuki Tsunoda who blocked him at the exit of turn one, forcing Russell to slow down to avoid contact. A similar incident occurred later in the session when Esteban Ocon hindered Russell. Alpines remained at the bottom of the standings throughout the event, unable to reach the top 10.<\/p>\n
The car that seems to have underperformed this session is the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso. Stroll expressed his dissatisfaction with the performance of his car while Alonso hinted that the car was undrivable, especially due to oversteering.<\/p>\n
The session ended on a positive note for Guanyu Zhou, who finished in 5th place, while Carlos Sainz secured the first place, demonstrating Ferrari’s competitiveness in this first Free Practice session.<\/p>\n
| N\u00b0<\/th>\n | Driver<\/th>\n | Team<\/th>\n | Times<\/th>\n | Gap<\/th>\n | Laps<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1<\/td>\n | Sainz<\/td>\n | Scuderia Ferrari<\/td>\n | 1:18.713<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2<\/td>\n | Verstappen<\/td>\n | Oracle Red Bull Racing<\/td>\n | 1:18.989<\/td>\n | +0.276<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 3<\/td>\n | Leclerc<\/td>\n | Scuderia Ferrari<\/td>\n | 1:19.011<\/td>\n | +0.298<\/td>\n | 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 4<\/td>\n | Russell<\/td>\n | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport<\/td>\n | 1:19.137<\/td>\n | +0.424<\/td>\n | 28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 5<\/td>\n | Guanyu<\/td>\n | Stake F1 Team <\/td>\n | 1:19.180<\/td>\n | +0.467<\/td>\n | 24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 6<\/td>\n | Norris<\/td>\n | McLaren F1 Team<\/td>\n | 1:19.211<\/td>\n | +0.498<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7<\/td>\n | Piastri<\/td>\n | McLaren F1 Team<\/td>\n | 1:19.249<\/td>\n | +0.536<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8<\/td>\n | Tsunoda<\/td>\n | Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team<\/td>\n | 1:19.260<\/td>\n | +0.547<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 9<\/td>\n | Stroll<\/td>\n | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team<\/td>\n | 1:19.265<\/td>\n | +0.552<\/td>\n | 25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10<\/td>\n | Hamilton<\/td>\n | Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport<\/td>\n | 1:19.287<\/td>\n | +0.574<\/td>\n | 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11<\/td>\n | Perez<\/td>\n | Oracle Red Bull Racing<\/td>\n | 1:19.440<\/td>\n | +0.727<\/td>\n | 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12<\/td>\n | Ricciardo<\/td>\n | Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team<\/td>\n | 1:19.578<\/td>\n | +0.865<\/td>\n | 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 13<\/td>\n | Alonso<\/td>\n | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team<\/td>\n | 1:19.686<\/td>\n | +0.973<\/td>\n | 24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 14<\/td>\n | Albon<\/td>\n | Williams Racing<\/td>\n | 1:19.794<\/td>\n | +1.081<\/td>\n | 22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 15<\/td>\n | Bottas<\/td>\n | Stake F1 Team <\/td>\n | 1:19.804<\/td>\n | +1.091<\/td>\n | 28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 16<\/td>\n | Sargeant<\/td>\n | Williams Racing<\/td>\n | 1:19.885<\/td>\n | +1.172<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 17<\/td>\n | Gasly<\/td>\n | BWT Alpine F1 Team<\/td>\n | 1:19.976<\/td>\n | +1.263<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 18<\/td>\n | Ocon<\/td>\n | BWT Alpine F1 Team<\/td>\n | 1:20.023<\/td>\n | +1.310<\/td>\n | 26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 19<\/td>\n | Magnussen<\/td>\n | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team<\/td>\n | 1:20.295<\/td>\n | +1.582<\/td>\n | 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 20<\/td>\n | Bearman<\/td>\n | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team<\/td>\n | 1:20.371<\/td>\n | +1.658<\/td>\n | 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Sainz won the first Free Practice session on the Hungarian circuit, while his team-mate Charles Leclerc finished third after experiencing difficulties on the track due to the heat. The teams took advantage of FP1 to try out a number of new features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":34660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[321,485,610],"class_list":["post-29368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-essais","tag-grand-prix-de-hongrie","tag-hungaroring"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n |