McLaren head into qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix because the quickest workforce after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had been quickest in closing apply.
Norris set the most effective time of the ultimate session with a 1’16.098, slightly below half a tenth sooner than his workforce mate with Max Verstappen virtually three tenths off from Norris’s greatest.
After Friday produced one of many hottest on-track days of the final 20 years, the ultimate hour of apply on Saturday morning supplied considerably cooler temperatures because of the overcast skies overlooking the Hungaroring. The floor measured little greater than 40C because the session started in comparison with 60C yesterday.
As soon as once more, drivers had bother getting their automobiles slowed down into the few heavy braking zones on the circuit. Carlos Sainz Jnr, Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll ran off observe by locking up closely into flip one, whereas Charles Leclerc was seen with tyre smoke trailing from his right-front wheel approaching flip 4, the scene of his Friday crash.
Within the later part of the session, Norris fitted a recent set of sentimental tyres and posted a brand new quickest lap of the weekend with a 1’16.098. That will show the most effective time of the session, with solely 0.044s separating the 2 McLarens on the chequered flag.
Verstappen was third-fastest, slightly below three tenths off from the most effective time set by Norris. George Russell was fourth because the quickest Mercedes drivers, with Sainz half a second from Norris in fifth place.
It was a promising session for among the conventional midfield groups. RB had each drivers within the prime ten with Daniel Ricciardo in sixth and Yuki Tsunoda ninth, barely a tenth aside from one another. Alexander Albon continued to stunned at a circuit Williams didn’t anticipate to be robust at by posting the seventh-fastest time, whereas Nico Hulkenberg was eighth for Haas.
Lewis Hamilton spun at flip 9 when he misplaced the rear of his Mercedes, coming to a relaxation on the grass dealing with backwards over the observe. Nonetheless, he managed to get better onto the circuit and proceed, ending the session in tenth.
Leclerc was solely eleventh in his Ferrari after his Friday crash, however admitted that he had not been pushing as exhausting as he might have within the closing sector of his quickest lap. Sergio Perez was properly out of the highest ten in thirteenth, however reported being proud of the stability of his revised Crimson Bull, with the 2 Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll had been solely 14th and fifteenth, respectively.
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2024 Hungarian Grand Prix third apply outcome
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2024 Hungarian Grand Prix mixed apply instances
| P. | # | Driver | Staff | FP1 time | FP2 time | FP3 time | Hole | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’19.211 | 1’17.788 | 1’16.098 | 0 | |
| 2 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’19.249 | 1’18.618 | 1’16.142 | 0.044 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Crimson Bull-Honda RBPT | 1’18.989 | 1’18.031 | 1’16.379 | 0.281 | 0 |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’19.137 | 1’18.294 | 1’16.564 | 0.466 | 0 |
| 5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 1’18.713 | 1’18.185 | 1’16.639 | 0.541 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB-Honda RBPT | 1’19.578 | 1’18.371 | 1’16.652 | 0.554 | 0 |
| 7 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1’19.794 | 1’18.514 | 1’16.661 | 0.563 | 0 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas-Ferrari | 1’18.791 | 1’16.696 | 0.598 | 0 | |
| 9 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB-Honda RBPT | 1’19.260 | 1’19.606 | 1’16.744 | 0.646 | 0 |
| 10 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’19.287 | 1’18.363 | 1’16.786 | 0.688 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’19.011 | 1’19.286 | 1’16.803 | 0.705 | 0 |
| 12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’19.804 | 1’18.586 | 1’16.804 | 0.706 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Crimson Bull-Honda RBPT | 1’19.440 | 1’18.255 | 1’16.954 | 0.856 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’19.686 | 1’18.519 | 1’17.001 | 0.903 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’19.265 | 1’19.179 | 1’17.085 | 0.987 | 0 |
| 16 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams-Mercedes | 1’19.885 | 1’18.611 | 1’17.168 | 1.070 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’19.180 | 1’20.067 | 1’17.291 | 1.193 | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1’19.976 | 1’18.888 | 1’17.499 | 1.401 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’20.295 | 1’18.315 | 1’17.507 | 1.409 | 0 |
| 20 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1’20.023 | 1’18.754 | 1’17.575 | 1.477 | 0 |
| 21 | 50 | Oliver Bearman | Haas-Ferrari | 1’20.371 | 4.273 | 0 |
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