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Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) sets the fastest lap of the two Friday free practice sessions, at the Hungaroring

On a dry track, the two McLaren set the pace and took the lead by mid-morning session. Even Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) approaching in the third place, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button finished on top the first session.

Among the Friday drivers, Valtteri Bottas sets the ninth place with the Williams FW34.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren. (Photo: McLaren)

The track was improving in the second session and the lap times get down until the rain arrives at 40 minutes to go. In order to collect some valuable data, several drivers were back on track after the shower. Some in intermediate tires, some others on slicks, but the timesheet will remain unchanged. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) was the fastest again, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) and Bruno Senna (Williams).

Kimi Raikkonen out on a dry track in the 2nd session. (Photo: Lotus F1)

Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring
Friday, July 27 2012

Results of the first free practice session*:
1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes) - 1'22"821 - 30 laps
2 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes) - 1'22"922 - 24
3 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F2012) - 1'23"397 - 24
4 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W03) - 1'23"628 - 29
5 - Romain Grosjean (Lotus E20-Renault) - 1'23"633 - 24
6 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W03) - 1'23"845 - 26
7 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2012) - 1'23"904 - 25
8 - Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus E20-Renault) - 1'23"983 - 24
9 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW34-Renault) - 1'24"152 - 24
10 - Sergio Perez (Sauber C31-Ferrari) - 1'24"268 - 27
11 - Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW34-Renault) - 1'24"300 - 23
12 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C31-Ferrari) - 1'24"394 - 19
13 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB8-Renault) - 1'24"546 - 24
14 - Paul di Resta (Force India VJM05-Mercedes) - 1'24"559 - 22
15 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB8-Renault) - 1'24"608 - 25
16 - Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari) - 1'25"354 - 25
17 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari) - 1'25"559 - 27
18 - Jules Bianchi (Force India VJM05-Mercedes) - 1'25"715 - 26
19 - Vitaly Petrov (Caterham CT01-Renault) - 1'26"440 - 27
20 - Charles Pic (Marussia MR01-Cosworth) - 1'26"705 - 23
21 - Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham CT01-Renault) - 1'26"755 - 26
22 - Timo Glock (Marussia MR01-Cosworth) - 1'27"015 - 24
23 - Pedro de la Rosa (HRT F112-Cosworth) - 1'27"101 - 21
24 - Dani Clos (HRT F112-Cosworth) - 1'28"176 - 24

Results of the second free practice session*:
1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes) - 1'21"995 - 20 laps
2 - Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus E20-Renault) - 1'22"180 - 20
3 - Bruno Senna (Williams FW34-Renault) - 1'22"253 - 33
4 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2012) - 1'22"417 - 28
5 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F2012) - 1'22"582 - 22
6 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes) - 1'22"747 - 17
7 - Paul di Resta (Force India VJM05-Mercedes) - 1'22"794 - 23
8 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB8-Renault) - 1'22"824 - 18
9 - Romain Grosjean (Lotus E20-Renault) - 1'22"922 - 12
10 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W03) - 1'23"160 - 19
11 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W03) - 1'23"164 - 28
12 - Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW34-Renault) - 1'23"337 - 26
13 - Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM05-Mercedes) - 1'23"713 - 25
14 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB8-Renault) - 1'23"814 - 17
15 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C31-Ferrari) - 1'24"328 - 23
16 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari) - 1'24"345 - 27
17 - Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari) - 1'24"623 - 22
18 - Sergio Perez (Sauber C31-Ferrari) - 1'24"623 - 22
19 - Vitaly Petrov (Caterham CT01-Renault) - 1'24"823 - 28
20 - Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham CT01-Renault) - 1'25"220 - 28
21 - Timo Glock (Marussia MR01-Cosworth) - 1'27"104 - 27
22 - Pedro de la Rosa (HRT F112-Cosworth) - 1'27"106 - 18
23 - Charles Pic (Marussia MR01-Cosworth) - 1'27"185 - 22
24 - Narain Karthikeyan (HRT F112-Cosworth) - 1'27"822 - 20

* Un-official results