Max fourth Hungaroring FP1

Published on 28 July 2017 by Stefan Meens

Max Verstappen kicked off his Hungarian Grand Prix with a fourth place in the first free practice session. The Dutchman lapped the Hungaroring 27 times with a fastest effort of 1:19.1. His Red Bull Racing team mate, Daniel Ricciardo, was quickest ahead of Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).

For this Grand Prix weekend, Red Bull brought several updates for the RB13, which explains that Max completes his first couple of laps of the event with ‘aero racks’ mounted to his car. Visible updates noticeable are the different front wing and the mirrors.

After four installation laps, and the earo rack removed, Max heads out for stint on the super-soft Pirellis, the tyre compound he would set his quickest lap time on.

In the meantime, the Hungaroring proves to lack grip in the early stages of the GP weekend. Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren), Romain Grosjean (Haas) and Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) all spin, but without major consequences.

Antonio Giovinazzi, the Ferrari Junior completing FP1 for Haas instead of Kevin Magnussen, is less fortunate. The Italian misses turn 11 and smashes into the tyre wall. The left side of the Haas is damaged and the session is red flagged.

Another driver whose FP1 ended badly was Jolyon Palmer. Right in the final moments of the session, the Renault driver goes wide, clipping a kerb stone with his front wing. The wing is subsequently ripped off and Palmer is forced to park his car track side. The incident signals the end of the first free practice session.
 

Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring - Friday 28 July

FREE PRACTICE 1 RESULTS

01  3 Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:18.486          31
02  7 Kimi Räikkönen      Ferrari                     1:18.720 +0.234s  20
03 44 Lewis Hamilton      Mercedes                    1:18.858 +0.372s  31
04 33 Max Verstappen      Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:19.162 +0.676s  27
05 77 Valtteri Bottas     Mercedes                    1:19.248 +0.762s  30
06  5 Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari                     1:19.563 +1.077s  21
07 14 Fernando Alonso     McLaren Honda               1:19.987 +1.501s  21
08  2 Stoffel Vandoorne   McLaren Honda               1:20.005 +1.519s  24
09 27 Nico Hulkenberg     Renault                     1:20.150 +1.664s  25
10 30 Jolyon Palmer       Renault                     1:20.461 +1.975s  27
11 19 Felipe Massa        Williams Mercedes           1:20.540 +2.054s  28
12 11 Sergio Perez        Force India Mercedes        1:20.574 +2.088s  23
13 26 Daniil Kvyat        Toro Rosso                  1:20.780 +2.294s  27
14 55 Carlos Sainz        Toro Rosso                  1:20.917 +2.431s  25
15 18 Lance Stroll        Williams Mercedes           1:20.974 +2.488s  29
16  8 Romain Grosjean     Haas Ferrari                1:21.313 +2.827s  20
17 34 Alfonso Celis       Force India Mercedes        1:21.602 +3.116s  24
18  9 Marcus Ericsson     Sauber Ferrari              1:21.785 +3.299s  31
19 50 Antonio Giovinazzi  Haas Ferrari                1:22.251 +3.765s  8
20 94 Pascal Wehrlein     Sauber Ferrari              1:22.490 +4.004s  29

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