BUDAPEST
\nLewis Ha\u00adm\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00adi\u00adlton topped the times ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc as Ferrari set the pace with a dominant 1-2 in Friday\u2019s second free practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
\nThe four-time champion, who could become the first driver to claim 10 pole positions at the same circuit, clocked a best lap time of one minute and 18.729 seconds to beat Leclerc by 0.148 seconds.
\nWorld champion Lando Norris, who won at the Hungaroring last year, was third for McLaren, but adrift by half a second, ahead of four-time champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull and George Russell in a Mercedes.
\nHamilton has a career record 104 poles and will hope on Saturday to repeat his last qualifying success which was in Hungary in 2023. He is second in the drivers\u2019 championship, 45 points behind Kimi Antonelli.
\nOn a hot, dry day with a gusting wind, Isack Hadjar was sixth in the second Red Bull ahead of Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls, Oscar Pias\u00adtri in the second McLa\u00adren and Nico Hulkenberg of Audi.
\nRacing Bulls\u2019 rookie Arvid Lindblad was 10th while Antonelli struggled to 13th in his Mercedes after sitting out opening practice earlier when the team gave his car to their test and reserve driver.
\nStruggling Aston Mar\u00adtin\u2019s two-time champion Fernando Alonso was 19th in his heavily-updated car but his team-mate Lance Stroll missed the session following a suspension failure in FP1.
\nThe team had introduced virtually new cars carrying 16 upgrades for Stroll and Alonso with an engine upgrade to follow after the summer break.
\nFranco Colapinto was first to clock a lap time, before Leclerc and then Hamilton took command for Ferrari, the Briton lapping in 1:19.648 as Anto\u00adnelli completed his first lap to go eighth.
\nHis team-mate Russell reported poor balance, complaining that \u201cit feels dreadful, like the car is out of balance\u201d as he went fourth, before Antonelli said he had \u201calmost spun twice \u2014 what\u2019s going on?\u201d
\nWith 20 minutes gone, Hamilton had improved to 1:19.585 to lead Leclerc by a tenth with Verstappen third ahead of Russell and Antonelli. The Dutchman reported that he was troubled by his seat.
\nNorris took to softs after 25 minutes and went top in 1:19.228 followed by Vers\u00adtappen, two-tenths adrift before Colapinto spun and crashed at the final corner to prompt a red flag. The Argentinian was unhurt.
\nAction resumed after six minutes with Antonelli struggling and running off at the chicane while Lecl\u00aderc and Hamilton regained the initiative in 1:18.877 and 1:18.914, respectively \u2014 0.351 ahead of Norris in third.
\nHamilton then improved to go top with 15 minutes remaining as a frustrated Antonelli floundered and locked up at turn two in a cloud of dust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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