17:19
What happened here?
Max Verstappen faces FIA investigation for bizarre F1 Hungarian GP incident
Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton
2025 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix - Friday Practice recap
Recap Friday practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix
01 Aug 2025
17:04
17:00
Chequered flag
Norris on top ahead of Piastri, Leclerc, Stroll, Alonso, Hamilton, Russell, Hadjar, Tsunoda and Antonelli.
16:55
Race pace
McLaren in a league of their own when it comes to race pace.
1m21.5s for Norris
1m21.8s for Piastri
1m22.3s for Leclerc
16:50
Current top 10
Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Stroll, Alonso, Hamilton, Russell, Hadjar, Tsunoda and Antonelli.
16:44
Unusual incident for Verstappen
Verstappen finds something, possibly a towel, in his cockpit and tosses it away
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 1, 2025
Stewards are going to take a look at this after the session #F1#HungarianGPpic.twitter.com/KtmIZWNxR8
16:41
Order after soft runs
Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Stroll, Alonso, Hamilton, Russell, Hadjar, Tsunoda and Antonelli.
16:39
Leclerc back ahead
Leclerc moves ahead of Stroll again for third. Leclerc is now 0.399s off.
16:34
Impressive from Stroll
He improves to third-fastest, moving ahead of Leclerc.
16:33
Leclerc goes third
Leclerc slots behind the two McLarens again, 0.5s off the pace.
16:31
Norris beats Piastri
0.2s between the McLaren duo now, as Norris takes top spot.
16:31
Piastri
Piastri topples Stroll at the top of the order to go fastest now. He sets a 1m15.915s.
16:28
Stroll goes fastest
A 1m16.221s for Stroll puts him top of the order. The times will continue to tumble.
16:26
Sainz on the softs
He moves up to third, 0.3s off Norris' medium time.
16:20
Leclerc improves
Leclerc stays third, reducing the gap to Norris to 0.478s.
16:18
Norris back on top
Norris returns to the top of the timesheets, setting a 1m16.525s.
16:15
Piastri goes clear
Piastri takes top spot off Norris. He sets a 1m16.697s, 0.2s ahead of his teammate.
16:14
Current order after 15 minutes
Norris, Antonelli, Leclerc, Russell, Hadjar, Hamilton, Piastri, Tsunoda, Stroll and Hulkenberg.
16:12
Norris lowers the benchmark
Norris continues his strong start to weekend to go fastest with a 1m16.916s.
16:08
Leclerc storms to the top
A 1m17.181s for Leclerc to go fastest on the mediums. Hamilton slots into fourth, 0.4s down.
16:07
Early times on the board
Russell takes the top with a 1m17.442s, less than a tenth ahead of Hadjar. Tsunoda rounds out the top three.
16:00
FP2 is underway
Hulkenberg heads out for the start of FP2 in Budapest.
15:48
What happened in FP1?
Norris led a McLaren 1-2 in first practice. Leclerc was their nearest challenger, 0.2s off the pace.
Hadjar showed an impressive turn of pace for Racing Bulls, setting the fourth-fastest time, ahead of Hamilton.
15:44
We're building up to FP2
The action kicks off at 4pm UK time - so around 15 minutes.
13:40
