#F1 #HungarianGP FP2: @ScuderiaFerrari’s #Vettel quickest in rain-soaked session.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel topped the classifications in a wet FP2 session at the Hungarian GP ahead of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas as the 13 other drivers in the field failed to post a lap-time.

After Free Practice 1 was run under heavy skies at the Hungaroring, the rain set in during the FIA Formula 2 and 3 categories, who were conducting their practice and qualifying sessions before FP2.

Although the track was not as wet as it was at last weekend’s Free Practice 3 session Styrian Grand Prix, which was indefinitely suspended – little running took place – mostly during the early stages.

23 minutes in, the first time was posted as Racing Point’s Sergio Perez set a 1:43.862 on the full wet tyres.

The Mexican’s team-mate Lance Stroll joined him on track afterwards along with Alfa Romeo Racing’s Kimi Raikkonen.

Stroll lowered the benchmark to a 1:42.380 shortly after Perez took an excursion across the gravel from locking his front-left tyre at the chicane.

Stroll’s lap remained on top for almost half an hour before Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel jumped the Canadian as the session’s pace-setter.

Vettel who was touring around the Hungaroring with his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, took three laps to eclipse Stroll’s benchmark with a 1:41.564, also on the blue-branded grooved full wet rubber.

The German remained on track with the same set and improved to a 1:40.464 at the 60 minute mark and held top spot until the sessions end – despite some drivers putting on a set of green side-walled intermediates in the latter stages.

Bottas was the first Mercedes driver to hit the circuit after 64 minutes had been completed, and the Finn immediately moved to second on the time-sheets on his second flyer.

The championship leader was set to go quickest, but lost time in the third sector and pitted after that run – with Bottas one of the drivers in the field who ran intermediates but failed to improve.

The other Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, emerged just before the 70th minute mark, but only ran an installation lap on the intermediates and returned to the garage – not posting a lap-time.

McLaren’s Carlos Sainz, jumped to third with 20 minutes remaining and was 1.320 seconds off of Vettel’s F1 Hungarian GP FP2 effort, as the Spaniard then slipped off the track at the left-hand turn two on his following lap.

Stroll and Perez ended the day fourth and fifth respectively, ahead of Scuderia AlphaTauri’s sixth-placed Pierre Gasly, who made his first appearance this weekend after missing out on the earlier session due to a power-unit issue.

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen came out with less than ten minutes remaining, running an installation lap on the inters before switching to full wets and posted the seventh-best time with a 1:42.820.

Haas F1 Team’s Romain Grosjean and Alfa’s Raikkonen, both took eighth and ninth respectively, with the latter taking over from reserve Robert Kubica, who ran in his place in the morning Free Practice 1 session.

Leclerc rounded out the top ten in his SF1000, 3.261 seconds adrift of Vettel’s F1 Hungarian GP FP2 benchmark – with the Monegasque-youngster complaining of losing the rear end early in the corners as he circulated on.

The other three drivers who completed a lap-time were Alfa Romeo Racing’s Antonio Giovinazzi, McLaren’s Lando Norris and Scuderia AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat and they wound up 11th, 12th and 13th respectively.

You can see the full Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydij (Hungarian GP) 2020 Free Practice 2 Results Classification at the following link: https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2020/races/1047/hungary/practice-2.html

Catch up on what happened in FP1 here: #F1 #HungarianGP FP1: @LewisHamilton heads @ValtteriBottas in @MercedesAMGF1 1-2.

Read this weekend’s Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydij (Hungarian GP) 2020 Race Preview here: #F1 Aramco #HungarianGP 2020 Preview. #HungaryGP