The 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 13th round of the 2024 season taking place in Budapest between the 19th and 21st of July.

The event timetable for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 13:30 local time - 11:30 GMT
2nd Practice 17:00 local time - 15:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 12:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:18.713	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
2	1:18.989	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:19.011	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
4	1:19.137	George Russell	  Mercedes
5	1:19.180	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
6	1:19.211	Lando Norris	  McLaren
7	1:19.249	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
8	1:19.260	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
9	1:19.265	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
10	1:19.287	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
11	1:19.440	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
12	1:19.578	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
13	1:19.686	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
14	1:19.794	Alexander Albon	  Williams
15	1:19.804	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
16	1:19.885	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
17	1:19.976	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
18	1:20.023	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
19	1:20.295	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
20	1:20.371	Oliver Bearman	  Haas

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:17.788	Lando Norris	  McLaren
2	1:18.031	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:18.185	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	1:18.255	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:18.294	George Russell	  Mercedes
6	1:18.315	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
7	1:18.363	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
8	1:18.371	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
9	1:18.514	Alexander Albon	  Williams
10	1:18.519	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
11	1:18.586	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
12	1:18.611	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
13	1:18.618	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
14	1:18.754	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
15	1:18.791	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
16	1:18.888	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
17	1:19.179	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
18	1:19.286	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
19	1:19.606	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
20	1:20.067	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber

[cmlean]

After what was a fairly quiet FP1 where we had a momentary virtual safety car for debris on the track, FP2 started with a bang.
Charles Leclerc lost his Ferrari on the exit of turn 4 with his car bouncing off the inside fencing. The car went in rear first and then bounced the left side off the barriers.
Within 5 minutes of the session resuming, Zhou Guanyu had a similar incident in the same turn only this time spun towards the entry of turn 5. Sergio Perez must have heard the tyres breaking adhesion as he took evasive action and watched the spinning Sauber pass by on his right.

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:16.098	Lando Norris	  McLaren
2	1:16.142	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
3	1:16.379	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:16.564	George Russell	  Mercedes
5	1:16.639	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
6	1:16.652	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
7	1:16.661	Alexander Albon	  Williams
8	1:16.696	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
9	1:16.744	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
10	1:16.786	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
11	1:16.803	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
12	1:16.804	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
13	1:16.954	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
14	1:17.001	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
15	1:17.085	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
16	1:17.168	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
17	1:17.291	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
18	1:17.499	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
19	1:17.507	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
20	1:17.575	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:15.227	Lando Norris	  McLaren
2	1:15.249	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
3	1:15.273	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:15.696	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
5	1:15.854	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
6	1:15.905	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
7	1:16.043	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
8	1:16.244	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
9	1:16.447	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
10	1:16.477	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
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11	1:16.317	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
12	1:16.384	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
13	1:16.429	Alexander Albon	  Williams
14	1:16.543	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
15	1:16.548	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
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16	1:17.886	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
17	1:17.968	George Russell	  Mercedes
18	1:18.037	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
19	1:18.049	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
20	1:18.166	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine

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Q1 started following a downpour from near the end of the F2 race until almost the start of the session.
Sergio Perez hit the barriers bringing out the red flags. He was inside the top ten when it occurred but a late flurry of quick times pushed him down to 16th.
George Russell struggled with his Mercedes and failed to progress through to Q2.
Alpine made the wrong decision not to send their drivers out in the final minutes and both failed to progress.
Q2 looked done and dusted until Daniel Ricciardo, in the final moments of the session, found grip on the drying track and topped the times.
Q3 again started with the threat of rain so all teams sent their drivers out early to set a time. The final runs commenced and Yuki Tsunoda lost his RB bringing out the red flags again, this time with 2 1/2 minutes remaining. The McLarens lined up early and used their out laps to control just who would get a chance to improve. Only the first 6 cars made it round before the chequered flag dropped. Of those, only Daniel Ricciardo set a time that was better than earlier runs.
With basically .05 seconds covering the top 3, we are looking at an exciting race!

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Race

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
2	Lando Norris	  McLaren
3	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
4	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
5	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
6	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
7	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
8	George Russell	  Mercedes
9	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
10	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
11	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
12	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
13	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
14	Alexander Albon	  Williams
15	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
16	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
17	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
18	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
19	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
DNF	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine