Budapest – Ricciardo keeps control in EL2

Free practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix is ​​definitely lively. This afternoon, the second session was interrupted twice following the exits of Pascal Wehrlein and Jolyon Palmer. The German from Sauber F1 Team hit the piles of tires violently. Unharmed, he extricated himself from his car by its own means. A few minutes later, it was Jolyon Palmer who came out, behind the wheel of his Renault.

Among the setbacks, let us note the two figures of speech of Felipe Massa (Williams) and the engine problem having immobilized, for a few moments, the Ferrari by Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari).

Best time of the morning session, Daniel Ricciardo confirmed his good intentions on a track which is successful for him and which saw him win in 2014. Author of a lap in 1'18"455, the Australian from Red Bull Racing was ahead of Ferrari by 0”183 Sebastian Vettel and 0 »201 la Mercedes de Valtteri Bottas. Followed by Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), which precede Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Nico Hulkenberg (renault).

Eighth, two rows ahead of his teammate Stoffel Vandoorne, Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Honda) could well see itself knocking on the doors of the top five on Sunday.

Just like Esteban Ocon (Force India), eleventh, who beat his teammate by a breath Sergio Perez. His compatriot Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) is 18th, just behind his teammate Kevin Magnussen.

See you tomorrow for the third free practice session and qualifying.