Leclerc sets the tone in Hungary training

The Monegasque was 15 thousandths of a second faster than McLaren's Lando Norris on Friday at the Hungaroring in Mogyorod, while Pierre Gasly was 0,232 seconds behind in the Alpine. Before the eleventh World Cup round on Sunday (15.00 p.m.), the Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, who are leading in the World Cup, were far from the top times.

Verstappen was only eleventh in the afternoon, Perez didn't get any higher than 18th place. And that even though Red Bull Racing had traveled to Hungary with an upgrade package. “The car didn’t feel too bad. There was a bit of understeer, but when I tried the long run we looked competitive,” said the Dutchman Verstappen, but he wasn’t worried. “It’s difficult to say the pace over a lap, but overall the car is still strong.”

Perez crashes his car In the first training session we had one Perez's accident and heavy rain took a lot of time off the clock. A few minutes after the start of the first practice session, the Mexican lost control of his car and crashed into the barrier. The training was then interrupted for several minutes. “The incident in the first free practice session was a mistake on my part. “But the team did a great job putting the car together so that we were able to do a few laps in FP2,” said the World Championship runner-up.

Luckily for him, the extent of the damage was limited. Perez has weakened drastically after a strong start to the season and is already 99 points behind his teammate Verstappen, who is clearly leading the championship after six wins in a row. With its twelfth Grand Prix victory in a row, the Red Bull team can set a new Formula 1 record at the Hungaroring.

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Leclerc sets the tone in Hungary training

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in the more meaningful second free practice session before the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.

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