Charles Leclerc was quickest within the first follow session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, however the Ferrari driver wasn’t operating when the chequered flag fell.
His SF-26 rolled slowly into the pit lane after struggling a techniques failure on the finish of the lap. Leclerc’s smoking automotive got here to a relaxation on the weigh bridge the place Ferrari mechanics got here to his rescue. “One thing broke,” he informed his group.
Earlier, Leclerc simply noticed off Max Verstappen to move the follow session by virtually half a second. The lap instances fell quickly because the dusty circuit cleaned up over the course of the one-hour session, however Leclerc’s 1’19.075 remained the benchmark, three seconds off the quickest lap in the identical session 12 months in the past.
Their group mates got here subsequent, Lewis Hamilton forward of Isack Hadjar, however the second Ferrari driver appeared much less completely satisfied in his automotive. Hamilton complained about issues along with his gearshifts and felt the automotive was set too stiff.
George Russell spoiled his first run on delicate tyres when he locked up closely at flip one. The bumpy method to the primary nook made it a problem for a number of drivers. He ended up fifth, 4 tenths of a second forward of Frederik Vesti, who drove Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s automotive for this session.
4 different groups used the chance of the final race earlier than the summer season break to fulfill their obligation to run an inexperienced driver. Leonardi Fornaroli returned in Oscar Piastri’s McLaren, Ryo Hirakawa made one other look for Haas, Paul Aron returned to Alpine having additionally pushed for them final yr and Colton Herta had his second run for Cadillac.
Robust performances by the Audi and Racing Bulls drivers meant each McLarens ended the session outdoors the highest 10. Lando Norris was virtually two seconds off the tempo in eleventh.
Aston Martin’s long-awaited improve arrived to blended outcomes. Fernando Alonso put his automotive a promising thirteenth, however Lance Stroll suffered an obvious left-rear suspension failure in flip three and spun dramatically, triggering the one pink flag of the session.
Verstappen was pissed off to come across Carlos Sainz Jnr on the racing line approaching flip 10 early within the session. He claimed the Williams driver “slammed on the brakes” then appeared to delay his rival on the exit of the nook. The stewards summoned each drivers over the incident and Sainz was referred to as a second time for a similar offence of “alleged erratic driving”, and proven the black-and-white flag after the session ended.
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2026 Hungarian Grand Prix first follow end result
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Driver
Group
Mannequin
Time
Hole
1
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
SF-26
1’19.075
2
3
Max Verstappen
Pink Bull-Pink Bull-Ford
RB22
1’19.559
0.484
3
44
Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
SF-26
1’19.618
0.543
4
6
Isack Hadjar
Pink Bull-Pink Bull-Ford
RB22
1’19.997
0.922
5
63
George Russell
Mercedes
W17
1’20.066
0.991
6
5
Gabriel Bortoleto
Audi
R26
1’20.360
1.285
7
72
Frederik Vesti
Mercedes
W17
1’20.467
1.392
8
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Audi
R26
1’20.623
1.548
9
41
Arvid Lindblad
Racing Bulls-Pink Bull-Ford
03
1’20.760
1.685
10
30
Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls-Pink Bull-Ford
03
1’20.866
1.791
11
1
Lando Norris
McLaren-Mercedes
MCL40
1’21.024
1.949
12
31
Esteban Ocon
Haas-Ferrari
VF-26
1’21.051
1.976
13
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin-Honda
AMR26
1’21.550
2.475
14
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine-Mercedes
A526
1’21.704
2.629
15
23
Alexander Albon
Williams-Mercedes
FW48
1’21.819
2.744
16
67
Leonardo Fornaroli
McLaren-Mercedes
MCL40
1’21.890
2.815
17
50
Ryo Hirakawa
Haas-Ferrari
VF-26
1’22.001
2.926
18
11
Sergio Perez
Cadillac-Ferrari
MAC-26
1’22.089
3.014
19
61
Paul Aron
Alpine-Mercedes
A526
1’22.168
3.093
20
25
Colton Herta
Cadillac-Ferrari
MAC-26
1’23.118
4.043
21
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin-Honda
AMR26
1’23.471
4.396
22
55
Carlos Sainz Jnr
Williams-Mercedes
FW48
1’23.734
4.659
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