McLaren confident
LIVE from 12.30 pm: Third practice session for the Hungarian GP
McLaren driver Lando Norris has set the fastest time in the Formula 1 final practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Briton was exactly 44 thousandths of a second faster than his Australian team-mate Oscar Piastri at the Hungaroring near Budapest on Saturday.
Red Bull world champion Max Verstappen finished third, 0.281 seconds behind. This means there is a lot to be said for a duel between McLaren and Verstappen in qualifying at 4pm (live in the sportkrone.at ticker).
"It will be very close in qualifying"
"There were two or three corners that Max didn't drive optimally. The bottom line is that McLaren is very fast. It will be very close in qualifying," explained Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko on ORF. "The positive thing is that our long runs with the hard tire were very good." Mercedes driver George Russell was already 0.466 seconds behind in fourth place.
Verstappen, who has triumphed in Hungary in the past two years, leads the championship standings ahead of Norris by 84 points before the start of the second half of the season on Sunday (3pm). The two Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are already 105 and 109 points behind respectively after twelve races.
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