Hungarian GP: Hamilton dominates 2nd practice
Hamilton clocked a 1m23.949s on the soft compound tires, 0.351 seconds clear of Daniil Kvyat with the Red Bull driver's teammate Daniel Ricciardo 0.151s further adrift.
However, Red Bull fans should not celebrate yet, the lemon Renault engine in Ricciardo’s car spewed its guts all over the track, with 20 minutes remaining, the Australian pulling off the track at Turn 11 to bring out the red flag
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was 5th while teammate Vettel had two spins (at Turn 12 and Turn 1), was seventh quickest, just over half a second slower than Raikkonen.
Lewis Hamilton
It was really good fun out there today. I'm starting to think this might be my favorite track. It's so fun to drive with the combination of corners and undulations. The way it all flows together just feels old school. It's incredibly hot, though – like driving in a sauna! You're drenched in sweat before you even get in the car with all the thermals on and I lost about half a kilo just in that session. It's a big challenge to get a good lap here in these conditions and I think everyone has struggled a bit. It's meant to be a bit cooler on Sunday which will be easier to cope with physically but will obviously change the balance a bit, so it should be interesting. Our car feels strong here though and I'm very happy with it so far.
Practice 2 Results
Pos | Driver | Car | Behind | Laps |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m23.949s | 36 |
2 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/Renault | 0.351s | 29 |
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 0.502s | 16 |
4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes/Mercedes | 0.719s | 34 |
5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1.185s | 30 |
6 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1.650s | 37 |
7 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1.711s | 26 |
8 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1.803s | 31 |
9 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1.932s | 35 |
10 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1.971s | 31 |
11 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1.986s | 19 |
12 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 2.045s | 32 |
13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Mercedes | 2.141s | 36 |
14 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 2.430s | 36 |
15 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Mercedes | 2.493s | 39 |
16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 2.882s | 29 |
17 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia/Ferrari | 5.164s | 29 |
18 | Will Stevens | Marussia/Ferrari | 5.166s | 28 |