Hungarian GP, ​​Free Practice 3: also the third act for Hamilton

It's Mercedes again and Lewis Hamilton again in the third Free Practice session of Hungarian Grand Prix. The reigning British world champion preceded his teammate's car and Vettel's Ferrari.
Red Bull and its cousin Toro Rosso did well, with Kvyat and Sainz in fourth and fifth place respectively. Sixth time for Hulkenberg's Force India, which precedes the other car from Faenza, that of Verstappen. Fernando Alonso also continues his positive weekend, with his McLaren eighth ahead of Ricciardo and Grosjean's Lotus.
However, after a promising start to the session, Kimi's Ferrari was forced to return to the pits due to a serious water leak, thus finishing only sixteenth and without having lapped on the soft compound.

News – The temperature in Budapest is already close to 30°C, 46°C as regards the asphalt, when it is time to return to the track for Free Practice 3. Sebastian Vettel is the first to leave the pits, immediately followed by his teammate and by Hulkenberg's Force India.
After the four minutes, Force India's Perez, who missed Free Practice 2 on Friday following an accident in the first session, set the first time, 1:27.421.
So in 1:27.056 he thinks about it Grosjean to lead the small group of first place finishers, with Hulkenberg third. About ten minutes passed Verstappen takes the lead in 1:26.363. Followed by Grosjean, Hulkenberg, Perez, Sainz, Ericsson, Button, Nasr and Alonso.

Once the first quarter of an hour was over, the two Reds began to take turns in the lead: Hag gives the go-ahead but Kimi immediately responds with a 1:25.943. The Finn maintains first position followed by his teammate, Verstappen, Grosjean, Sainz, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Perez, Maldonado and Button. So it is Hag returned to the lead of the group with the best time of 1:25.926.
The answer of Raikkonen it doesn't take long to arrive, and it's 1:25.661. But he thinks about it Mercedes to dictate the pace, taking the lead in 1:25.201, and Ricciardo he slips into third place.

The two Force India they switch to yellow rubber first, while Rosberg in the lead he lowers his best time to 1:24.873. But it is Hulkenberg then taking the lead thanks to the softer compound and a time of 1:24.483. Perez he goes up to fourth while Hamilton slots in behind the German pace setter.
After the first thirty minutes Hulkenberg remains in the lead followed by Hamilton, Rosberg, Perez, Bottas, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Kvyat, Massa and Vettel. Alonso in the meantime he also switched to the soft, thus climbing to third place.

Whom he is forced to return to the pits due to a water leak on his Ferrari. On the track Hulkenberg continues to lead the group ahead of Hamilton, Alonso, Rosberg, Button, Perez, Vettel, Bottas, Kimi and Sainz. The drivers quickly return to the pits to switch to the soft compound in the final minutes of the session.
Rosberg he gets back on track and regains the top spot in 1:23.095 but that's it Hamilton then dictating the rules, lapping in 1:22.997. Third time for Vettel.
Two minutes from the end Mercedes di Rosberg It gets stuck at the end of the pit lane and the marshals are forced to intervene to remove it.

The checkered flag signals that it's time to return to the pits. The fastest is again Hamilton.

F1 GP Hungary – Times and results Free Practice 3

Nina Stefanelli