Report: Over 100 laps recorded across Friday practice in Hungary
Alex and Carlos' Hungarian GP weekends begin at the Hungaroring
Published
24 JUL 2026
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Our 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix weekend is underway, with Atlassian Williams F1 Team recording 115 laps over the two hours of running.
A lot of the Friday chatter was dominated by just how low grip the Hungaroring proved to be across the sessions, and both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz suffered big first-corner lock-ups during FP1.
Both practice hours were affected by a red flag apiece, and FP1's came midway through the session when Lance Stroll spun in the opening sector after an issue, pulling over at the side of the track.
The red flag halted Carlos' first soft tyre run, whilst his second was aborted for a slow-moving Alpine on the racing line before his third saw one of the aforementioned lock-ups.
As a result, our Spanish racer never got a lap in on the softs and ended the opening hour in P22 with a best of 1:23.734. Alex was able to get a soft tyre lap in, ending the session in P15 after a 1:21.819.
Into FP2 and both drivers began on the hard tyre for the first time this weekend, getting some valuable data in ahead of Sunday. Our duo went on to record 64 laps across the hour.
Softs were bolted on midway through for qualifying runs, but a red flag was shown when Franco Colapinto went off line at the final corner and spun into the tyre wall.
Alex ended the hour in P16 thanks to a 1:20.973, with Carlos' 1:21.426 placing him in P17 at the end of FP2, providing plenty for us to fine-tune heading into qualifying and Sunday's Grand Prix.
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