[F1] – Good morning to all dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back to the appointment dedicated to the written live coverage of the third free practice session of Hungarian Grand Prixeleventh round of the 2023 Formula 1 championship.
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After a Friday marked by rain in PL1 and by the saving of tire sets in PL2, this third free practice session is expected great activity on the track between single lap performance and latest long run simulations. The experimental Qualifying sessions with hard tires in Q1 and medium ones in Q2 could push teams and riders to one-lap tests even with the hard tyres.
Session over, relive it with our minute-by-minute chronicle
13.45 – In any case, there will be Qualifying to be discovered in the light of the obligation – on an experimental basis, the second and last test is scheduled at Monza – to use the hard compound in Q1 and the medium in Q2. That’s all as far as the FP3 chronicle is concerned, we greet you with the complete results of this third free practice session of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
13.40 – Hulkenberg’s time lets us glimpse potential from Ferrari, truly fearsome Lando Norris who printed the fifth with the medium tire against the soft of his opponents.
13.35 – The third free practice session sees Lewis Hamilton excel, a good 250 thousandths faster than the Red Bulls of Verstappen and Perez, very close on the flying lap, while in the long run the Dutchman had an unsustainable pace for the competition.
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13.30 – Perez improves to six thousandths of a second from Verstappen.
13.29 – Perez improves in the first sector, he is below Hamilton’s performance.
13.28 – Heavy traffic, difficult to have a clean ride.
13.27 – Last run for the pilots. Ricciardo launches himself with medium rubber and flow viz in the central area of the car.
13.26 – This is the top 10:
1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Perez
4. Hulkenberg
5. Norris
6. Russell
7. Leclerc
8. Sainz
9. Alonso
10. Bottas
13.25 – Hulkenberg enters fourth position, 3 thousandths behind Perez, third.
13.24 – Sixth Leclerc, seventh Sainz. Russell improved in the second push, moving into fifth position 308 thousandths behind Hamilton.
13.23 – Sainz is also launched with soft rubber.
13.22 – This is the top 10:
1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Perez
4. Norris
5. Alonso
6. Russell
7. Bottas
8. Stroll
9. Zhou
10. Albon.
13.21 – Leclerc takes to the track with the soft tyre.
13.20 – Currently Norris with the average at 271 thousandths from Hamilton is remarkable. Verstappen points out that he really has no grip. Perez closes the lap in third position 263 thousandths from Hamilton, 13 from Verstappen.
13.18 – Verstappen stops in second position 250 thousandths behind Hamilton. Error in the central sector of the esses for the Dutch.
13.17 – Russell is third at 316 thousandths, but drops to fourth because Hamilton flies to 1’17″811.
13.16 – 11 thousandths advantage for Russell in T1, but with a compound advantage.
13.15 – Now the Mercedes with soft rubber will be launched. Verstappen also has the soft.
13.14 – Qualifying simulation for Norris with the medium tire. The English driver who closed in was very fast 1’18″082.
13.12 – Bottas pays seven tenths to Alonso, Zhou nine. Alfa Romeo is very focused on the qualifying simulation even with the hard one to try and take advantage of the pace seen yesterday and pass the gap in Q1.
13.11 – Bottas is now launching with the hard tyre, Q1 simulation for the Finn.
13.10 – Mercedes still far from the top classification radars for now with Hamilton eleventh and Russell 14th. They focused on simulating qualifying with middle school.
13.09 – Then Gasly’s time rises, Leclerc also concludes the long run.
13.08 – Gasly is 15 thousandths down on average compared to Alonso in T1.
13.07 – Best time for Alonso in 1’18″350128 thousandths faster than Verstappen.
13.06 – Alonso launches with the soft and improves the T1 to 117 thousandths from Verstappen.
13.05 – The long run of Leclerc and Sainz continues, constant on 24″.
13.04 – On the flying lap between Verstappen and Perez there was only 80 thousandths of a second before.
13.03 – Verstappen returns to the pits, 23 ″ 4 for Perez instead who continues.
13.02 – Tsunoda with the hard is 140 thousandths faster than Ricciardo.
13.01 – This is the top 10:
1. Verstappen
2. Bottas
3. Zhou
4. Norris
5. Perez
6. Albon
7. Plates
8. Gasley
9. Sargeant
10. Hamilton
13.00 – Sargeant moves to ninth position, two tenths behind Albon. Ricciardo simulated Qualifying with a hard tire and is 18th, one and a half seconds behind Verstappen.
12.59 – Via radio Verstappen continues to warn a dancer rear, but still lapped in 23 “5. 23″9 for Perez.
12.58 – Verstappen lost the rear in Turn 2 signaling that he had no warning. Albon with the soft enters sixth position at 114 thousandths from the Dutch. The gaps are really minimal.
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12.57 – In the top-10:
1. Verstappen
2. Bottas
3. Zhou
4. Norris
5. Perez
6. Plates
7. Gasley
8. Hamilton
9. Ocon
10. Magnussen
12.56 – Verstappen continues to fly, 23 “1.
12.55 – Alonso launches with the used soft, but he doesn’t improve in the first sector or even in the second. The Spanish rider is currently tenth.
12.54 – 24″1 per Sainz e Leclerc, 23″5 per Verstappen.
12.53 – 23″9 for Verstappen, Leclerc had a loss of the rear at the last corner. Piastri improves and is fifth at 120 thousandths from Verstappen, Gasly is sixth at 298, Magnussen signs the best partial in T1 with medium tire, in T2 he is 490 thousandths from Verstappen.
12.52 – 24″0 for Verstappen, Bottas beats Zhou and is second at 11 thousandths. 24″5 for Sainz.
12.51 – Zhou enters second position with a soft tire 66 thousandths behind Verstappen.
12.50 – 24 ″ 5 the second pass of Leclerc.
12.49 – Race simulation for Leclerc and Verstappen with medium tyre. 24″4 for Leclerc.
12.48 – Ocon comes back fourth, ahead of Norris who is behind Piastri for now.
12.47 – Third time for Piastri 471 thousandths behind Verstappen.
12.46 – Piastri and Norris launch with soft rubber.
12.45 – This is the top 10:
1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Ocon
4. Gasley
5. Russell
6. Leclerc
7. Hamilton
8. Alonso
9. Stroll
10. Sargeant
12.44 – Leclerc always returns to the track with the medium tyre.
12.43 – Russell closes the lap on a medium tire 940 thousandths behind Verstappen, ahead of Leclerc, but only slightly with new tyres.
12.42 – Ocon and Gasly with the softs move into third and fourth position, eight tenths from Verstappen.
12.41 – Verstappen also does not improve and does not even close the lap by returning to the pits like Leclerc. Perez, on the other hand, relaunches, but the splits are high and he too returns to the pits.
12.40 – Perez’s mistake in Turn-2, Verstappen does not improve the first sector.
12.39 – Two cooling laps for the Red Bull drivers before the second push. Perez points out that the temperature does not drop. Dynamics to keep in mind in view of Q2.
12.38 – Leclerc’s gap is also due to the fact that the Ferrari drivers’ set of medium tires is not new. Important correction in Turn-2 by Sainz, who underlines that he suffers from the wind.
12.37 – For now, Leclerc is third, one second behind the Red Bulls on the same tyre. The AlphaTauri pilots are engaged in the long run simulation, Tsunoda is faster than Ricciardo and not by a little (one second).
12.36 – Verstappen does better, but only by 80 thousandths, 1’18″478.
12.35 – 1’18″558 Perez’s best time so far.
12.34 – Ferrari drivers Sainz and Leclerc also start the session on medium tyres.
12.33 – Magnussen is the only one on the track with soft tyres, all the others (Tsunoda, Bottas and Zhou, Perez, Ricciardo and Verstappen) have mediums.
12.32 – Medium rubber for Perez and Verstappen for this first run.
12.31 – Inaugurates the Daniel Ricciardo track.
12.30 – Green light at the bottom of the pit lane. The third free practice session of the Hungarian Grand Prix begins.
12.25 – Several pilots are already inside their respective cockpits.
12.20 – 24°C the air temperature, 45°C that of the asphalt.
12.10 – Mercedes with the updates brought to Hungary has backtracked.
12.00 – Friday of practice was quite indecipherable, our Federico Albano tried to dig into the data arriving at these ‘conclusions’.
11.50 – Some details on the negotiation between Ferrari and Mercedes for the arrival in Maranello of the technician Loic Serra.
11.40 – The day started very well for the Italian colors since the victory of Gabriele Minì in F3 in the Sprint Race.
11.30 – Let’s start our report starting from the topic shaking the paddock or the rumors about the teams that would not have respected the 2022 budget cap. Suspicions about Aston Martin and Alpine are ‘unanimous’ conflicting voices instead about Red Bull and Mercedes.
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