At a sopping wet Hungaroring, Ferraris Sebastian Vettel offered the team something to smile about, setting the fastest time in Free Practice 2 for the 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1m 40.464 s, 0.272 s ahead of the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.
With lap times around 24 seconds slower than the chauffeurs were handling in the dry on Friday morning, Vettel and Bottas completed ahead of the McLaren of Carlos Sainz in 3rd and the 2 Racing Points of Lance Stroll and Sergio Perez– although the similarity FP1 leader Lewis Hamilton and Red Bulls Alex Albon stopped working to set a lap time in the mainly unrepresentative session, which saw motorists splitting their running in between the full and intermediate damp tires.
AS IT HAPPENED – Second Practice in Hungary
Having missed the entire of Free Practice 1 with a sensing unit issue, AlphaTauris Pierre Gasly attempted to use FP2 to catch up on lost time, ending up being the very first chauffeur out in the session on full wets– although the Frenchman managed just 7 laps, complaining of a smell of burning in his AT01 right at the end of the session, as he ended up in P6.
Hungary FP2: Perez bounces through the gravel in the wet
1
Sebastian
Vettel
VETERINARIAN
Ferrari
1:40.464
2
Valtteri
Bottas
BOT
Mercedes
+0.272 s.
3.
+1.320 s.
Carlos.
Sainz.
SAI.
McLaren.
4.
Lance.
Walk.
STR.
Racing Point.
+1.916 s.
5.
+2.006 s.
Alfa Romeos Kimi Raikkonen, reclaiming his cars and truck from Robert Kubica for FP2, suffered having “absolutely no grip” and endured a variety of off-track adventures, but racked up the most number of laps with 16.
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He ended up in P9, one location in front of the 2nd Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, who was likewise unhappy with the lack of rear grip on his SF1000 as he ended up 10th, ahead of the 2nd Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi, the McLaren of Lando Norris and the AlphaTauri of Daniil Kvyat.
Sergio.
Perez.
PER.
Racing Point.
So, maybe not much to be gained from the second totally free practice session of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. However with a changeable projection for the weekend ahead, might a few of the drivers have gotten some important knowledge in FP2? Stay tuned to certifying tomorrow and the race on Sunday to discover.
With only 13 motorists setting a time, Red Bulls Max Verstappen was seventh, 2.3 s adrift of Vettel, and ahead of the Haas of Romain Grosjean.
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FP2 Highlights: 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix.
