» Hamilton remains fastest in Budapest

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has again finished ahead of Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in the second practice session at the Hungaroring.

Hamilton posted a 1:24.482 on the soft tyre before switching to a race simulation with 30 minutes to run. The Briton seems to be more comfortable than Rosberg in Hungary, a track that massively favours Hamilton in statistics.

In seven races, Hamilton has won four, while Rosberg has never finished higher than ninth position, let alone qualify in the top three.

So far this weekend Hamilton has the edge over Rosberg, posting faster and more consistent lap times whilst on higher fuel loads.

Rosberg’s session had a slight interruption when he was instructed to use a lower gear in Turn One as he had engine damage. However, the engine Mercedes are running on Rosberg’s car is most likely at the end of its life and will be replaced tomorrow.

Sebastian Vettel seemed to be the best of the rest as he finished the session in third place, 0.6 seconds off Hamilton’s fastest lap. He was also consistently fast in his race simulation, suggesting he will be the major threat to take the last spot on the podium come Sunday.

Williams finished a bit down the order in both practice sessions, as they haven’t been able to utilise their outright pace as the Hungaroring doesn’t have long straights. Valtteri Bottas ended the session in eighth while his team-mate Felipe Massa was 0.4 seconds behind in tenth.

Fernando Alonso was back in front at Ferrari, finishing the session in fourth and three-tenths ahead of Kimi Raikkonen who had another practice session free of interruptions.

The same couldn’t be said about Romain Grosjean however, as his session was interrupted by a cooling system leak. He only managed 14 laps compared to team-mate Pastor Maldonado’s 40.

2014 Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix – Free Practice 2 Results:

	Driver	Team / Entry	Time	Gap	Laps
1.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1W05	1:24.482		38
2.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1W05	1:24.720	+ 0.238	38
3.	Sebastian Vettel	Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault RB10	1:25.111	+ 0.629	33
4.	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari F14T	1:25.437	+ 0.955	26
5.	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes MP4-29	1:25.580	+ 1.098	34
6.	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari F14T	1:25.730	+ 1.248	30
7.	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault RB10	1:25.983	+ 1.501	29
8.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing Mercedes FW36	1:25.999	+ 1.517	37
9.	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes MP4-29	1:26.234	+ 1.752	33
10.	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing Mercedes FW36	1:26.402	+ 1.920	18
11.	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso Renault STR9	1:26.689	+ 2.207	42
12.	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso Renault STR9	1:26.703	+ 2.221	37
13.	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India Mercedes Mercedes VJM07	1:26.789	+ 2.307	39
14.	Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team Ferrari C33	1:26.919	+ 2.437	41
15.	Sergio Pérez	Force India Mercedes Mercedes VJM07	1:27.013	+ 2.531	39
16.	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team Renault E22	1:27.019	+ 2.537	40
17.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team Renault E22	1:27.021	+ 2.539	14
18.	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team Ferrari C33	1:27.480	+ 2.998	32
19.	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team Renault CT05	1:28.370	+ 3.888	35
20.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team Ferrari MR03	1:28.469	+ 3.987	26
21.	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team Ferrari MR03	1:28.586	+ 4.104	35
22.	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team Renault CT05	1:29.036	+ 4.554	34