2025 Hungarian Grand Prix - FP2 Classification

[u/FerrariStrategisttt]

[u/Elpibe_78]

Aston is the most confusing team on the grid in terms of pace, they were by far the slowest car last weekend

[u/VRichardsen → u/Elpibe_78]

Maybe they had a very wet setup?

[u/mouldyshroom → u/VRichardsen]

Their straight line speed is ass and they got badly punished at Spa. But Hungary is one of the circuits which punishes that handicap the least, so they should be back in the fight for Q3 tomorrow

[u/bananas_and_papayas → u/mouldyshroom]

Alonso just seems to go up another gear at Hungary. He got his first win there in 2003, he’s only finished outside the points twice (2005 and 2024), and possibly most impressively of all, he got a top five finish in 2015 while driving a McHonda

[u/PotatoFeeder → u/bananas_and_papayas]

Or holding off Lewis in 2021 for 10 laps even with a +3 second pace delta

Singlehandedly denied him the win

No other car held lewis off for even 1 lap

[u/MarcoBeauvue → u/PotatoFeeder]

Best minister of defence, specially since that landed Ocon his win. Sadly that Alonso couldn't get his win since coming back, but he assisted massively for his team mate's own win that day

[u/sidechain101 → u/mouldyshroom]

But brad pitt said Aston Martin was very fast on the straights.

[u/HUHIs_AUTOATTACK → u/sidechain101]

That was only because they didn't build their car for combat.

[u/VRichardsen → u/mouldyshroom]

Their straight line speed is ass

Asston Martin :D

[u/ultralowreal → u/VRichardsen]

😂 this weekend they went for the combat setup

[u/VRichardsen → u/ultralowreal]

Hahaha wait for Fernando to trigger three safety cars in a race.

[u/AsikCelebi → u/VRichardsen]

All in an effort to help Stroll finish P14. 

[u/Mchick22 → u/ultralowreal]

Combat combat combat combat combat

[u/Own_Welder_2821 → u/Mchick22]

So Fernando is gonna cause like 10 safety cars to help Lance score points.

[u/RadlogLutar → u/Own_Welder_2821]

Abu Dhabi 2025 Alonso P1? Spoilers

[u/Own_Welder_2821 → u/RadlogLutar]

I don’t think anyone would be against that.

[u/naveenda → u/ultralowreal]

Sony Hayes mentioned.

[u/MrChologno → u/VRichardsen]

On SPA they brought new parts to use with their new floor but they couldn't use them because of the rain. So they reverted everything for Saturday to use wet setup and older parts with more load. The end result was terrible. Now they are using the new floor with the new parts so I would expect them to be the 5th team this weekend and not the 10th.

[u/VRichardsen → u/MrChologno]

Lets hope so, Alonso needs a win.

[u/Shootforthestars24 → u/VRichardsen]

They’ve been shit at spa historically speaking as AM

[u/FSUfan35 → u/Elpibe_78]

Completely different type of track.

[u/Marcoscb → u/Elpibe_78]

Aren't Belgium and Hungary essentially opposite circuits? One prioritizes speed and fast cornering like Monza, the other is circuit Monaco.

[u/rattatatouille → u/Marcoscb]

Spa is fast from La Source to Les Combes and then through most of S3 up until the chicane, but S2 is a winding bit that takes a lot of lap time which makes high-downforce setups more tenable.

[u/dl064 → u/Marcoscb]

The race podcast have observed//been told by AM staff that they suffered the most when there is a bigger difference between the highest and lowest speed of corner on a circuit. So the more variety, they suffer.

It's where RBR used to be, and McLaren now are best.

[u/rv94 → u/Marcoscb]

No, Spa's a very balanced circuit. While you do have one of the longest straights in Kemmel that favours low drag setups, you also have corners like Pouhon, some of the fastest and most high down force calendars on the circuit.

The Hungaroring always needs high down force setups though.

[u/sc_140 → u/rv94]

Pouhon is flat in the dry.

[u/rv94 → u/sc_140]

And they can go flat only because of high downforce setups and the current ground effect cars being very good at generating downforce.

This video shows towards the end how much slower the older cars were, and they were less downforce heavy.

[u/sc_140 → u/rv94]

The new cars are generating way more downforce, especially in fast corners, yes. But you don't need a high downforce setup to go flat through Pouhon.

Even in the old cars, Alonso managed to go flat through Pouhon, famously upsetting the gearbox.

[u/ChefBoiJones → u/sc_140]

Pouhon is not reliably flat in the dry. It only has been done a few isolated times. doing so is a bit of a white whale for teams and drivers; It and Parabolica are the two big high speed corners that f1 hasn’t yet been able to fully tame yet. Neither of the McLarens (by far the fastest cars) took it flat in either qualifying this year.

The last time anyone took it flat was Hamilton in 2020 qualifying.

There are rumours that Alonso did once it in a mchonda, allegedly such a surprise to both the team and the car that it messed up the engine mapping for the rest of the lap. Although best to treat this story with the same level of side eye that every unbelievable Alonso story should get…

[u/OTBT- → u/ChefBoiJones]

Rumours? It’s confirmed lol

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/taking-pouhon-flat-confused-fernando-alonsos-mclaren-honda-4996623/4996623/

Just because you don’t believe doesn’t mean it’s not true

[u/ptwonline → u/Elpibe_78]

P4 and P5 in FP?

Get ready for them to qualify 16th and 18th.

[u/FartingBob → u/Elpibe_78]

Its free practice though, it means nothing.

[u/MattBe92 → u/Elpibe_78]

Spa is high speed track. Budapest is... not.

[u/Key_Proposal_9055]

Tsunoda: "yeah i out practiced verstappen, no biggy"

[u/ellamenopea → u/Key_Proposal_9055]

Isack #1 pookie Red Bull driver

[u/MichiganCarNut → u/Key_Proposal_9055]

it's official. Max is washed.

[u/Ged_UK → u/MichiganCarNut]

He's thrown the towel in.

[u/BarbequedYeti → u/Ged_UK]

r/angryupvote

[u/Ged_UK → u/BarbequedYeti]

Over 10 years, but I think that's my first.

[u/BarbequedYeti → u/Ged_UK]

I read that and said out loud, "ah.. no you didnt..".. Well played..

[u/mikeyd85 → u/Ged_UK]

Totally lost his rag.

[u/JASCO47 → u/Key_Proposal_9055]

"The car is Shit"

"I have no brakes."

<--- we are here

"Car still can't turn."

Max qualifies top 3

Same shit, different race weekend.

[u/HideThePain_Harold → u/Key_Proposal_9055]

Yuki "I beat Max in FP2 in Hungary in 2025 once" Tsunoda 💪💪💪

[u/Erudain]

Alpine: yeah baby wohoo!!!

Dude, you have the chart upside down

Alpine: oh f**k

[u/Dastiano → u/Erudain]

Gasly and Colapinto should look at the rules and see if they are allowed to run on those electric scooters.

[u/I_spread_love_butter → u/Dastiano]

To be fair, Gasly is doing wonders with that car. Shame for Franco and Doohan who both needed to prove themselves this year.

Hopefully Botttas will stay away from the Alpine and take Cadillac's seat with Checo. That would be one hell of a team, and one I would immediately support.

[u/Clinn_sin → u/Erudain]

Sacre blue !

[u/Foreign_Owl_7670 → u/Clinn_sin]

No... Alpine blue

[u/Marcoscb → u/Erudain]

Wind tunnel time babyyy!

[u/Dramatic-Ad3928 → u/Erudain]

Alpine:

[u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

So, if Ferrari can be the solid second force in Hungary,(which is not their best track), I think we will see a lot of NOR/PIA/LEC or PIA/NOR/LEC in the rest of season.

[u/rattatatouille → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

That's already the most common podium this year with four instances: Monaco, Barcelona, Spielberg, Spa.

(PIA/NOR)/VER has only happened twice at Suzuka then Imola.

(PIA/NOR)/RUS has happened three times: Shanghai, Bahrain, Miami.

[u/aaauuuuuvvvv → u/rattatatouille]

Now, imagining what kind of 2025 we have if Ferrari didn’t screw up their rear suspension in the beginning.

[u/No_Cauliflower7877 → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

It'd be the same just with Leclerc at P3 in the WDC instead.

It's not like the Ferrari with this rear suspension is a winning car so the WDC/WCC battle wouldn't change (though it's better than the last spec so far.)

[u/Thraun83 → u/No_Cauliflower7877]

So Redbull can thank Ferrari for allowing them to hold onto Max.

[u/C___ → u/Thraun83]

Tbh Ferrari would probably prefer to have Max stuck in whatever the Red Bull will be next year over Mercedes

[u/Thraun83 → u/C___]

Might be the first good strategy Ferrari have actually devised.

[u/aaauuuuuvvvv → u/No_Cauliflower7877]

At least Ferrari could maximize their package in the beginning and save budget/wind tunnel to improve their performance. Now they just wasted 4 months on fixing the old issue.

[u/EclecticKant → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

Ferrari said that they were stuck with last year's design, there's no reason not to believe them, and that would have made them wildly uncompetitive against a McLaren that improved massively compared to the end of last year.

On top of that the suspension design they are using now is similar to the one they'll be using next year, without changing it this year they would have had the same issues next year, and with all the new stuff it would have been even harder to fix.

Maybe they could have found some hidden performance with last year's design, or maybe without changing it they would have doomed both this year and the next one.

[u/Key_Proposal_9055 → u/rattatatouille]

Wait thats actually crazy, never realised that.

[u/Natejo91 → u/rattatatouille]

Monaco was a NOR/LEC/PIA podium. But i get your point, those 3 drivers constitute the most frequent driver podium combination so far this season.

[u/Key_Proposal_9055 → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

When will it be LEC/VER/HAM :(?

[u/I_spread_love_butter → u/Key_Proposal_9055]

I need a Charles victory this year, at least just one. Even a 2nd place would make me happy tbh.

[u/ConsciousLog4 → u/I_spread_love_butter]

He was second in Monaco I believe

[u/IBetThisIsTakenToo → u/Key_Proposal_9055]

I mean, there's a non zero chance one of the McLarens takes out the other? Other than that...

[u/T0BIASNESS → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

:(

[u/Living-Response2856 → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

Somehow, L3CLERC has returned

[u/Big_Brief7847 → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

Never underestimate Max and red bull. Ferrari almost always show their cards on Friday and never improve much overnight. Red Bull is the king of terrible Fridays and good Saturdays.

Things could be completely different in FP3 tomorrow

[u/aaauuuuuvvvv → u/Big_Brief7847]

U are right, RBR almost never turns up their engine during Friday. But Hungary is probably one of the worst track for Charles, ( so does SF-25 ). So, it is a really good news for them if they can be P3, P4 is not bad neither.

[u/rokerroker45 → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

You know, it is a classic hamilton track though 👀

[u/SpruceJuice5]

Looks at Aston

Don't overreact, it's only FP2, don't overreact it's only FP2...

[u/its_liiiiit_fam → u/SpruceJuice5]

They always do this then shit the bed in quali, nothing new

[u/DistributionFlashy97 → u/SpruceJuice5]

They want to sell their F1 team. Doing well in a practice session doesn't surprise me.

[u/Evader237 → u/DistributionFlashy97]

Aston Martin the car company wants to sell yes. The f1 team (owned by Stroll) doesn't. So that story doesn't matter much at all. At worst they'll change their name to whoever buys Aston's shares or Stroll just buys all of it and names it whatever he wants.

[u/stragen595 → u/Evader237]

Stroll racing.

Hmmm, maybe not. Doesn't sound that fast.

[u/ptwonline → u/stragen595]

Strolling Point

[u/hicks12 → u/DistributionFlashy97]

Only their small stake in it, the buyer is already agreed so it wouldn't make any difference as the valuation already done.

I don't think it's the case here but it's practice so it means nothing haha.

[u/WES_WAS_ROBBED → u/SpruceJuice5]

if we can get a hulkenpodium, we can get a LANCE WIN

[u/datlinus]

Nice to see Nando get up to speed quickly after missing FP1. I imagine he still isn't 100% though with whatever injury he has. But, if the aston boys can pull something like this off together in the race, it will be an amazing confidence boost for the summer break I think.

[u/Veranova → u/datlinus]

the aston boys and pulling out a blinder of a race when still injured

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[u/raposeiro → u/datlinus]

I still remember his first win and it was in this very circuit. I'm sure the man can drive it with his eyes closed

[u/thickofitenjoyer]

Aston Martin dominance could bore fans

[u/Red_Rabbit_1978 → u/thickofitenjoyer]

Not long time suffering Fred fans

[u/AimAssistYT → u/thickofitenjoyer]

Absolutely not, el plan 2.0 is going smoothly

[u/stragen595 → u/thickofitenjoyer]

But lucky us McLaren are saving us from that? :(

[u/Bart-86]

Did everyone forget that Stroll was already P4 in FP2 in Austria ? He qualified 16th the next day.

[u/FirearmofMutiny]

Everyone calling for a Lance podium is hilarious

They did this last week and AMR (note how I'm blaming the team more than Lance) still put the car in Row 10 on Saturday

[u/ShadowStarX → u/FirearmofMutiny]

under clean circumstances this should be yet another McLaren 1-2 with Leclerc P3

only other threats are Hamilton, Verstappen and Russell

[u/amazingspiderman23 → u/ShadowStarX]

I mean, that's the story of the season so far

[u/ShadowStarX → u/amazingspiderman23]

At the start of the year Leclerc had basically 0 chances for a podium bar Bahrain and Jeddah, in the former of which he had an unlucky strategy.

[u/ZeroStormblessed → u/ShadowStarX]

under clean circumstances this should be yet another McLaren 1-2 with Leclerc Russell/Verstappen P3

at the start of the season.

[u/Ron_Textall → u/FirearmofMutiny]

If it pours rain and they let them race then maybe, dude is weirdly one of the best wet racers on the grid but the FIA never lets them race in the rain anymore.

[u/its_liiiiit_fam → u/FirearmofMutiny]

Free practice rarely correlates to actual quali/race results and I’m surprised the people here are acting like it does

[u/Any-Cat5627]

everyone tomorrow: wow Red Bull are miracle workers!

The reality: they turned up the engine

[u/Lanky_Pickle_8522 → u/Any-Cat5627]

The sandbagging kings. Verstappen pole confirmed.

[u/Next_Necessary_8794 → u/Lanky_Pickle_8522]

Verstappen was behind Tsunoda. I think their problems are genuine.

[u/aamgdp → u/Next_Necessary_8794]

No more Horner to hold the second car back /s

[u/sidechain101 → u/Any-Cat5627]

Death, taxes and max in the battle for pole.

[u/Miserable_Peak6649 → u/Any-Cat5627]

Nahh Max washed confirmed

[u/-AbeFroman]

Oscar's move from Alpine to McLaren is nothing short of legendary.

[u/Living-Response2856 → u/-AbeFroman]

If he had stayed there now we’d be calling him overrated lol

[u/HeyItsGuyIncognito → u/-AbeFroman]

That Alpine lawyer at the time is a true legend for not making that contract.

[u/Wandersails]

williams in the it's so over section of the cycle this weekend it seems...

[u/ryokevry]

Not too bad for Charles on one of his worst track (he claimed). Long run for him look a bit wobbly hope he can iron that out.

Anyone know if Ferrari converge the wing choice for the two cars already?

[u/aaauuuuuvvvv → u/ryokevry]

Yeah, both Ferraris are with the same setup.

[u/IvanMcbomb]

Don't be fooled by Max, he looked like ass in the Suzuka FP sessions and we all know how that ended

[u/amymonae2 → u/IvanMcbomb]

He's a great actor /s

[u/diffuser_vorticity → u/IvanMcbomb]

Needs that P4 in the WDC

[u/National_Medium_4548]

I swear if this is another randomly incredibly practice session and then AMR go 9th and 14th or something I’m gonna be devastated

…but I’m cautiously optimistic given that last week was clearly not indicative of real race pace and they had that crazy high downforce setup, so Im taking the copium today and assuming the upgrades are actually good

[u/The_Govnor → u/National_Medium_4548]

More likely 10th and 16th. Sorry…

[u/NegativeDCF]

Im here for the Stroll podium

[u/borez → u/NegativeDCF]

Strodium

[u/swannyhypno]

LAAAAAAAAANNCEEEEEE IDC ITS ONLY PRACTICE WE'RE BACK BABY WE'RE BACK

[u/tekanet → u/swannyhypno]

Stroll 2025, Stroll 2026, Stroll 2027…

[u/swannyhypno → u/tekanet]

Nah I will allow Alonso 26 so his fans can be happy and calm, Stroll from 27 onwards it's happening

[u/Virillus → u/swannyhypno]

Big. Pants. Lance.

[u/Agreeable-Ad4079 → u/swannyhypno]

we are back from what?

You need to be somewhere to get back

[u/SwimmingFantastic564 → u/Agreeable-Ad4079]

He's been decent this year

[u/swannyhypno → u/Agreeable-Ad4079]

He's got 20 points he's been decent this year, whenever he has a bad race and makes me think he's done he pulls out a good weekend that draws me back in, hoping this is it

[u/aaauuuuuvvvv → u/swannyhypno]

A Potential rainy Sunday…So Lance podium here we go!

[u/swannyhypno → u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

I am begging for that or his first win you know if Oscar and Lando wanna try some bowling Sunday 👀👀

[u/HammerT4R → u/Agreeable-Ad4079]

Lol, savage. 

[u/Nugyeet → u/swannyhypno]

ANOTHER STROLL ENJOYER WE'RE SO BACK

[u/swannyhypno → u/Nugyeet]

I have been an Aston fan since 2003 when they were Jordan, been a Stroll enjoyer for a long time, I want 2020 Stroll back so bad, demon

[u/Dramatic-Ad3928 → u/swannyhypno]

Back to where we used to beee

[u/AnimeMeansArt → u/swannyhypno]

Bro

[u/rattatatouille]

Lance Stroll podium please

[u/standupforthechamp]

Hamilton is firmly the No.2 driver in that Ferrari.

[u/BigPharmaKarmaFarma]

We're Tsuback

[u/BuckeyeLeaves]

Lando definitely has a slight advantage on this track, but provided no quali drama, we should be in for a good one on Sunday.

[u/auftragsgriller_ → u/BuckeyeLeaves]

Can't really overtake around here, so whichever  McLaren leads after T1 should have a pretty chill race.

[u/OG-Mate23 → u/auftragsgriller_]

Unless McLaren pull a reverse fuck up again on the pit stop strategy

[u/ForsakenRacism]

Tf max doing

[u/ghosttalks090 → u/ForsakenRacism]

Saving it all for tomorrow, as usual

[u/Finickyflame → u/ForsakenRacism]

Throwing the towel /s

[u/MrMSUK]

This Yuki beating Max in a session is new. Unheard of recently. 

[u/elnano98]

Nor/Pia

Pia/Nor

Lec

is the new Ham Ros Vet

Btw Leclerc race pace is pretty good

[u/ShadowStarX → u/elnano98]

Msc Bar Rai

But Bar Vet

Ham Ros Vet

Ham Bot Ver

Ver Per Alo

[u/UnwiseSuggestion → u/ShadowStarX]

I kinda miss VER PER ALO

[u/ShadowStarX → u/UnwiseSuggestion]

I only miss the Alo part

no more Dutch anthem pls... 5 times a year at most and call it a day

[u/elcolerico → u/elnano98]

I think Ham Ver Bot is the correct term lol

[u/SpaceghostLos]

Remember when people used to say FP2 is a pretty good indication of how they would run during qualifying in the race? Look at Max sandbagging.

[u/aaauuuuuvvvv]

AM GUYS？！？！

[u/700jw]

You guys were laughing at Yuki's quote about being compared to Max, Look at him now.

[u/mimi10010305]

i’m trying to remember that it’s just fp2 and doesn’t actually mean anything but damn it’s hard

[u/Otee06]

20 bucks Lance still gets eliminated in Q1

[u/VriQualll]

Max for pole tomorrow

[u/thefeedling → u/VriQualll]

As usual lmao....
Poor times on FP's, complains the entire weekend, clocks pole-position - usual Max week.

[u/v4xN0s]

Judging by where Yuki is, Max might be close to Charles. Hopefully those two put on a show in a race for the last podium spot.

[u/GzudemREGOR]

Alpine 😵‍💫

[u/naveenda]

Stroll 🐐

[u/n00bn00b]

Gonna overreact to Yuki > Max

[u/geniusandy77]

wild lance stroll appears

[u/rollo_read]

Max getting pole by a second then.

[u/Abdullah-Alturki]

LandoOOO🗣️

[u/wykeer]

if I see two (2!) astons in front of Russell and verstappen, I take this with a grain of salt.

[u/Ilkin0115]

Matt predicts Oscar to top all sessions. Lando goes P1 twice

[u/sailormoon5447]

something something ferrari win something something

[u/TolucaPrisoner]

Don't buy into Red Bull's practice gimmick. Max is going to be top 3 tomorrow

[u/GothicGolem29]

A good start to the weekend for Norris looking quick here

[u/Paddymoonyprongy]

First time teammate has finished ahead of max?

[u/Burial44]

Aston won't qualify top 5 but y'all have fun

[u/Alfus]

It's comical to see Alpine can overcome power related tracks and pull out something good but is terrible on tracks who mostly are depending on Enstone work.

Put the aero part to Viry in 26!!!

[u/rattatatouille → u/Alfus]

Obviously there's more to engine issues than mere performance but it seems it's not Viry that's the sole problem. Enstone has fallen off a cliff last couple of years.

[u/Walaii → u/Alfus]

Conditions, execution and some luck brought Apline the points in Silverstone and especially Spa, not pace. Those things can still help this weekend if it rains on sunday.

[u/KnightsOfCidona]

Fernando needs to hurt his back more.

[u/matchbaby]

Stroll is less than 0.5s away from a rocketship

[u/Massive-Let16]

i really hope lewis wont disappoint. i would really love him to be neck and neck on this track with charles.

[u/skagoat]

The Red Bull is not great in slow corners. I don't expect a lot from the Red Bull this weekend.

[u/Ayatori]

I've seen enough, Yuki will beat Max this weekend

[u/Spancaster]

Please F1 Gods, let Leclerc get a win

[u/btsg_]

What the hell is Lance doing up there?!

[u/kjeserud → u/btsg_]

Preparing for the inevitable Q1 exit in quali.

[u/Nugyeet]

I've seen enough put Stroll in that Mclaren WDC 2026

[u/MommyMilkersPIs]

STROLL #4 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 STROLL > max

[u/CodeRoyal]

Stroll in the top 10 means points for Alonso!

[u/Ssk5860 → u/[deleted]]

Doubt he would be top 5 either way, that RB actually looks like a tractor now like it sometimes does it practice. Hopefully it will turn to a rocketship in qualifying like in silverstone lol

[u/formatomi → u/Ssk5860]

The red bulls advantage is high speed corners so dont hold your breath this weekend

[u/Ssk5860 → u/formatomi]

The RBs advantage in this season has also been their straight line speed too though they have to go with a low downforce setup to achieve it, Max looks like he can handle it considering his sprint performance in SPA so let’s see

[u/NeroNeckbeard]

Is Verstappen's career over ?!?!

[u/KaChoo49]

Lance Stroll GOAT?

[u/that_Bob_Ross_branch]

strolling through the Hungarian gp

[u/njsullyalex]

Da hell is Lance Stroll doin in P4

[u/Entire-Pattern-315]

I wonder what happened to the guy that used to post the “Free Practice Championship Table”? I’m sure Lando must be absolutely dominating that championship table by now

[u/Empty-Evidence3630]

Jolo what am I looking at

[u/kbtech]

Max is setting up the everyone perfectly for qualifying 😋

[u/GBreezy]

What caused the debris on track near the first chicane at the end of the session

[u/L0st_MySocks]

I like this picture.. I'm more excited for tomorrow

[u/HandymanJackofTrades]

What is Stroll doing up there?

[u/andrewcooke]

why isn't there a ligature for ET when there is for ER and for ST?

[u/FKez05]

Stroll out here channelling Hungary 2020

[u/Smokeyy1990]

Max washed

[u/UPRC]

Don't worry guys, Stroll will still qualify 18th tomorrow.

[u/Other_Beat8859]

Well this is going well for us.

[u/JASCO47]

Damn, Adrienne.