Overview

• Lando Norris topped both Friday sessions while Oscar Piastri led FP3, underscoring McLaren’s pace dominance at the Hungaroring.
• Charles Leclerc acknowledged Ferrari trails McLaren by roughly four-tenths of a second, calling it a tough challenge to close the gap.
• Max Verstappen finished well off the pace with ninth, fourteenth and twelfth-place results in free practice and received a track-side warning for discarding a towel.
• Limited overtaking opportunities at the Hungaroring make Saturday’s 16:00 local time qualifying session critical for race prospects.
• Ferrari positions itself as the main challenger while Red Bull seeks performance gains before F1’s summer hiatus.