Russell tops day 2 test in Hungary

George Russell

George Russell was again behind the wheel of the W09 EQ Power+ on the last day of in-season testing. The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Reserve Driver completed 116 laps at the Hungaroring and ended the day on top of the timesheets. His fastest lap of the day was also the fastest lap ever recorded around the circuit.

Raikkonen led the way in the morning before he and Russell traded fastest times at the beginning of the afternoon.

Russell first put up a 1m16.050s time, which Raikkonen quickly toppled with a 1m15.805s.

But the Mercedes driver was able to improve again on hypersofts to a 1m15.575s to edge Antonio Giovinazzi's Tuesday benchmark by less than a tenth, also set on hyypersofts.

Russell's effort was almost 0.6 seconds faster than Sebastian Vettel's lap record, set last Saturday during FP3 for this year's grand prix but hypersoft tires were not used during the grand prix weekend so the comparison is meaningless.

George Russell
Day two ran very smoothly and was a much more productive day for the team and me. We did some runs on the HyperSoft tyre, which was an incredible experience for me. I had never driven that tyre before, nor a Formula One car in anything other than a race setup. That was a great experience and it puts a smile on my face that we achieved the fastest lap ever around the Hungaroring. All in all, it's been two productive and positive days and I can't wait for the next opportunity to drive an F1 car again.

Hungary Test Day 2 Times

Final test times from Day 1

*Conducting tire testing with Pirelli