FP1: Ricciardo tops first practice at Hungaroring

F1 Grand Prix, GP Hungary, Hungaroring

The twisty circuit of the Hungaroring was always set to be one of Red Bulls best events, and the team made a solid first step in making in a good weekend. The early outing however showed that Ferrari may be close, with especially Vettel in the mix early on.

Daniel Ricciardo certainly did what Red Bull expected, completing the 'ring in a mighty 1:17.613 on a set of new softs, but that didn't really gave him much of an advantage to the competition, with Vettel and Verstappen both within a tenth of a second of the Australian's best.

Kimi Raikkonen put his Ferrari in fourth, relegating both Mercedes to 5th and 6th. Valtteri Bottas for instance was noticeably struggling with the handling of his car, and hence also completed less laps as the team were more busy on his car. The doesn't mean others had it easy, as Verstappen momentarily faced the wrong way after pushing a bit too hard in Turn 1.

Friday mornings though are often used a test sessions with teams using the 90 minutes to trial new components, and verify their on-track performance through flow-viz monitoring and sensor systems.

Romain Grosjean was a handy 7th, albeit more than 1.3s down on the pace setter, and with the Renault duo on his heels. Kevin Magnussen completed the top 10.