F1 Hungarian GP: George Russell fastest in rain-hit opening practice as Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz both crash
Opening practice was just minutes old when, on his first lap, Perez dropped a wheel onto the grass and spun into the Turn 5 barriers, causing substantial ꦅdamage to his upgraded RB19 and giving his mechanics a busy couple of hours to fix the car ahead of FP2.
It was the worst possible st🌱art to the weekend for Perez, who is desperately seeking to turn around his recent torrid form.
The under-pressure Mexican finds himself further in the spotlight this weekend given Daniel Ricciardo is back on the F💦1 grid with AlphaTauri and targeting Perez’s seat at Red Bull.
Red Bull team principal Chrﷺistian Horner admitted Perez’s crash was “frustrating” for the team.
Carlos Sainz also crashed when he spun his Ferrari at Turn 3 and rear-ended the barriers, causing the second red flag of the session. Unlike Perez, Sainz was able to rejoin the session after an army of marཧshals came to his aid.
Russell ended up at the top of the time🍷sheets after exchanging fastest laps with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in the closing minutes.
The Briton was 0.359s clear ꦏof Piastri, with Lance Stroll over a s🅺econd off the pace in third for Aston Martin.
Lando Norris took fourth ahead of Fernando Alonso, Valtteri Bottas, Charles Lecl🌸erc and Zhou Guanyu.
Logan Sargeant was ninth as Nico Hulkenberg headed Haas teamma🔜te K🎃evin Magnussen in 10th.
Lewis Hamilton, world champion Max Verstappen and the returning Ricciardo were among seven🉐 drivers who did not set a lap time.
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