Daniel Ricciardo topped the second practice session ahead of Sunday’s Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Ricciardo, who was fastest in the morning’s session, bettered his FP1 benchmark with a 1m18.455s to beat former team-mate Sebastian Vettel to top spot.
Less than half a second separated the top six drivers in the session, Valtteri Bottas was third ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and team-mate Lewis Hamilton who was the only driver towards the top of the timesheets that used the soft tyres.
Max Verstappen struggled to find a balance to match his team-mate’s stability and speed.
Nico Hulkenberg was ‘best of the rest’ in seventh place ahead of Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who backed up a strong FP1 with another solid 90 minutes.
His McLaren team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne made it two McLarens in the top 10, fractionally slower than Carlos Sainz Jr who ended the session in ninth.
Esteban Ocon returned to the cockpit to set the 11th fastest time infront of Force India team-mate Sergio Perez, Daniil Kvyat and the Williams duo led by Lance Stroll.
Pascal Wehrlein crashed heavily at Turn 11, bringing out the first of two red flags. Jolyon Palmer was responsible for the second one as he lost his Renault at Turn 14.
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