| 09:50:39
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and live coverage of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. This morning we have a 90-minute free practice session. |
| 09:52:22
| Following the German Grand Prix two weeks ago, the teams tested for four days at Jerez. The tests were aimed at this Grand Prix in Hungary as well as testing towards the 2009 season with slick tyres and reduced downforce. |
| 09:54:08
| Heikki Kovalainen, confirmed yesterday as a McLaren driver for the 2009 season, set the pace in that test on the final day with a best lap of 1:18.385s ahead of Toro Rosso racers Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastien Vettel. Certainly the STR3 is running well mid-season. |
| 09:56:15
| The opening practice session in Hungary a year ago saw Robert Kubica set the pace for BMW Sauber with a best lap of 1:22.390s from Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. |
| 09:58:14
| Bridgestone has the super-soft option tyre and the soft prime tyre on offer this weekend. Being a tight and twisty circuit, grip is a premium and the teams have the cars in high downforce configuration. |
| 10:00:08
| The session in now underway. |
| 10:00:54
| Giancarlo Fisichella heads out in the Force India. The team continue to test the new seamless-shift gearbox today. |
| 10:01:02
| As ever, they will complete an installation lap and then pit for checks. Ferrari traditionally sit out the first part of the session as the two cars have been shaken down at Fiorano by Luca Badoer. |
| 10:01:27
| Sutil, Vettel and Bourdais head out for an installation lap. |
| 10:02:16
| Nakajima, Rosberg, Kovalainen, Kubica and others now on an installation lap. |
| 10:02:55
| The early runners have returned to the pits. |
| 10:03:56
| Hamilton, Button and Alonso currently on track. |
| 10:04:57
| Button stays out for a second lap in the Honda. |
| 10:07:35
| Button pits. Coulthard and Glock currently on installation laps. |
| 10:10:17
| A traditionally slow start to the session. At the moment we have just Rubens Barrichello on track. No times have been set. |
| 10:11:33
| Barrichello pits and there is no one on track. |
| 10:15:51
| Still no one on track. All but Massa and Raikkonen have completed an installation lap. |
| 10:17:15
| Both Button and Barrichello completed an extra lap before pitting. They too have the shark fin engine cover today on the Honda. |
| 10:18:10
| Kimi Raikkonen has his crash helmet on and is about to climb aboard his Ferrari. |
| 10:21:15
| Still no activity. The circuit is rarely used and therefore dusty and lacking grip. |
| 10:21:44
| Robert Kubica heads out for BMW Sauber. |
| 10:23:35
| It was another installation lap it seems as Kubica has pitted the F1.08 again. |
| 10:25:47
| Piquet and Massa look set to go and should be out soon... |
| 10:30:07
| Well, 30 minutes completed in this enthralling free practice session in which not one driver has set a lap time. |
| 10:30:52
| And still we wait. |
| 10:32:12
| Rubens Barrichello heads out on the soft tyre. |
| 10:33:27
| Barrichello starts a timed lap. |
| 10:34:29
| Button joins his team-mate on track. |
| 10:35:06
| Barrichello records the first timed lap of the session on a 1:34.2 |
| 10:36:54
| Barrichello improves the next time around as he gets up to speed. |
| 10:37:39
| Button's first lap of the session is twos econds up on Barrichello. He too is on the soft tyre. |
| 10:39:16
| Button's next lap is half a second off his previous best as the Honda duo continue to sweep the circuit for its rivals. |
| 10:39:43
| Sebastien Bourdais heads out for Toro Rosso. Kazuki Nakajima for Williams. |
| 10:40:21
| Barrichello decides to up the pace and is now fastest from Button by four seconds. |
| 10:41:16
| Trulli and Fisichella head out. Bourdais is in the harder tyre at the moment. |
| 10:42:39
| Bourdais sets the pace on a 1:26.7 and I have no idea what Honda are doing given the pace at the moment. |
| 10:43:04
| Raikkonen heads out for Ferrari as Nakajima splits the Honda duo. |
| 10:43:30
| Trulli is on tha hard tyre and pushing from the outset. |
| 10:44:14
| Trulli moves fastest by some three seconds and then spins ar turn one! |
| 10:45:14
| Trulli just lost the back end at the apex and around came the Toyota. He is not running the shark fin cover. Team-mate Glock certainly was earlier. |
| 10:45:49
| Raikkonen starts a timed lap, his first being very slow. He has the standard engine cover and hard tyres at the moment. |
| 10:46:29
| Button pits. He is so so slow at the moment. |
| 10:47:05
| Raikkonen moves fastest by over a second. |
| 10:47:26
| The circuit is now quite busy with over half of the session completed. |
| 10:48:02
| Webber moves third fastest fror Red Bull with Vettel up to fourth. |
| 10:50:05
| Sebastian Vettel has pulled his Toro Rosso off track with a mechanical problem. There was some smoke from the STR3 before he stopped, so perhaps the Ferrari engine. |
| 10:50:58
| Raikkonen continued to improve at the front. Massa is now on track in the sister Ferrari. |
| 10:51:42
| Glock is now third fastest for Toyota ahead of Webber and Bourdais. |
| 10:52:12
| A gain for Timo Glock who moves second behind Raikkonen. |
| 10:53:30
| Massa moves second fastest in the sister Ferrari. |
| 10:54:09
| Hamilton is now out on track. |
| 10:55:03
| Hamilton is on the harder tyre like most at the moment. |
| 10:55:18
| Kubica moves second fastest behind Raikkonen who has pitted. |
| 10:55:47
| Hamilton's first lap moves him fifth and Kovalainen is now on track too. |
| 10:56:05
| Glock is running well and on another good lap in his Toyota. |
| 10:56:14
| Glock moves second. |
| 10:57:11
| Alonso is now on track. He, Coulthard and Kovalainen yet to set a time. |
| 10:57:56
| Massa and Glock are trading times for second at the moment as Kovalainen moves sixth. |
| 10:59:06
| Button is seven seconds off the pace at the moment in his Honda. He is now back out. |
| 10:59:47
| Hamilton loses time as the back steps out and remains fourth fastest on that lap. |
| 11:00:07
| 30 minutes remain and Coulthard remains in the pits. |
| 11:01:52
| Kovalainen moves fastest for McLaren, |
| 11:03:23
| Alonso has moved into the top ten in his Renault. Raikkonen is back out in the Ferrari. |
| 11:04:58
| Kovalainen pits his McLaren. In fact most of the front runners are in the pits. |
| 11:06:11
| Coulthard is running now after sitting out much of the session and is now 11th fastest in the RB4. |
| 11:07:36
| Raikkonen remains on track but is not improving at the moment. |
| 11:08:51
| A gain for Coulthard who is now eighth fastest. |
| 11:09:42
| Raikkonen has the standard engine cover and Massa the shark fin cover. |
| 11:11:00
| The Ferrari duo remain in track. Hamilton is also back out in his McLaren. |
| 11:11:19
| Rosberg and Nakajima well down the order for Williams at the moment. |
| 11:12:06
| Trulli is working his way back up the order and is now eighth as Massa is on a hot lap. |
| 11:12:42
| Massa moves fastest by just a fraction from Kovalainen. |
| 11:13:58
| Raikkonen pits. He was on a good lap as well. He takes some fuel. |
| 11:14:38
| Glock remains fourth and is back out looking to improve. |
| 11:16:06
| Hamilton remains fifth and is looking to improve. |
| 11:16:35
| Glock moves fastest for Toyota. |
| 11:16:47
| Hamilton takes the position seconds later |
| 11:17:03
| Now Massa takes the position from Hamilton with Glock down to third. |
| 11:17:53
| Massa and Hamilton have a good four-tenths advantage over Glock. |
| 11:18:31
| Piquet has made a gain and is now P8. Heidfeld is not making progress from 14th. |
| 11:19:24
| 11 minutes remain and Kovalainen is back out in the second McLaren. |
| 11:19:42
| Massa and Hamilton have pitted. |
| 11:20:17
| Unseen by me, Massa improved a few minutes ago and is half a second clear of Hamilton. Massa is back out. |
| 11:20:53
| Sutil improves his time and gets himself from the bottom of the timesheets. |
| 11:21:59
| A slow lap from Massa as he returns to the pits. |
| 11:22:16
| Kovalainen gains two positions and is now second behind Massa. |
| 11:22:56
| Williams are now slowest as Rosberg joins Nakajima on track. |
| 11:24:29
| Only the Honda duo have tried the soft tyres and that was right at the start of the session. |
| 11:24:43
| Alonso is seventh and looking to improve. |
| 11:24:59
| He does and is now fourth ahead of Glock and Raikkonen. |
| 11:25:26
| Nakajima runs wide but is able to continue. |
| 11:26:19
| Raikkonen, sixth, is now trying the shark fin engine cover. |
| 11:27:01
| Both Rosberg and Nakajima have made small gains demoting Sutil to 20th. |
| 11:27:20
| The circuit now busy with three minutes remaining. |
| 11:28:19
| Trulli loses time late in the lap and remains ninth. |
| 11:28:36
| Sutil runs wide but is able to continue. |
| 11:29:21
| All on track with many on hot laps with a minute left. |
| 11:29:37
| Hamilton slows. He was on a fast lap. |
| 11:30:08
| The chequered flag is out |
| 11:30:26
| Who will improve? |
| 11:30:39
| Sutil moves ahead of Fisichella. |
| 11:30:51
| Raikkonen moves second. |
| 11:31:27
| Not a good lap from Hamilton who remains fourth. |
| 11:31:46
| Heidfeld has moved into the top ten. |
| 11:32:45
| So we have a Ferrari one-two with Massa fastest from Raikkonen. Kovalainen is third ahead of Hamilton, Alonso, Glock, Kubica, Piquet, Heidfeld and Trulli. |
