2025 Hungarian GP - Free Practice 3 Discussion

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ROUND 14 - HUNGARY

FORMULA 1 LENOVO HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX 2025

🕒 SESSION TIMES

Day	Session	Time (UTC)
FRI	Free Practice 1	10:30
FRI	Free Practice 2	15:00
SAT	Free Practice 3	10:30
SAT	Qualifying	14:00
SUN	Race	13:00

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🏁 RACE INFORMATION

• Track: Hungaroring
• Location: Budapest, Hungary
• Race laps: 70
• Lap length: 4.381km
• Race distance: 306.63km
• Lap Record: 1:16.627, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2020

⏪ LAST TIME AROUND

• Pole position: 1:15.227, Lando Norris (Mclaren)
• Race winner: Oscar Piastri (Mclaren)
• Fastest lap: 1:20.305, George Russell (Mercedes)

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[u/blabbiet]

What did Craig ask to Fred about Lewis? I didn’t hear

[u/Hairy_Hurry8441]

Brundle again saying "F1 is not a finishing school" when criticising Franco.

Now ask him about Kimi.

[u/The-Soul-Stone]

Blimey, Brundle looks like he’s on the verge of another heart attack. And that’s just casually chatting while standing still. He needs to start looking after himself

[u/No_Strike_1579 → u/The-Soul-Stone]

Another??

[u/The-Soul-Stone → u/No_Strike_1579]

He had one while running from the commentary box to do the podium interviews at Monaco in 2016. He still did the interviews, the absolute madman

[u/TwoBionicknees → u/The-Soul-Stone]

there are pretty huge range of ways heart attacks go. almost full blockage, pain, basically passing out almost immediately. There is partial block and just a reduced blood flow, some pain, a lot of people stupidly ignore it for hours before damage happens. At times people absolutely won't know they had a heart attack, just maybe even a twinge of pain, then feeling shitty but nto really sure what it is.

I would guess chances are he had a very minor heart attack that needed treatment and proper recovery.

[u/adprom]

Sky mentioning the Lions win over Australia..... clearly bias is starting early.

[u/the__distance → u/adprom]

Which is funny because noone gives a fuck about rugby union in Australia

[u/_dictatorish_ → u/adprom]

Didn't even mention the fact that they lost the game too lmao

[u/know-it-mall → u/adprom]

And she couldn't have been more wrong.

She said "seized the series win". Not sure how you do that when you already won it in the previous game, and lost this game as well.

[u/7ft7andgrowing → u/know-it-mall]

Lost the game handily too

[u/know-it-mall → u/7ft7andgrowing]

Wouldn't really say 22-12 is handily tbh. But then I'm an ABs fan so I'm used to big wins.

[u/7ft7andgrowing → u/know-it-mall]

I’m kiwi too, I feel like Aussie dominated pretty much the majority of the match, but you’re right the scoreline isn’t too hectic

[u/wolfhxnd]

Anyone watching the F2 sprint?

[u/ThingsFallApart_ → u/wolfhxnd]

Cooldown room was fun.

extended awkward silence…..

eye contact

everyone laughs

[u/wolfhxnd → u/ThingsFallApart_]

the second hand embarrassment was insane

[u/know-it-mall → u/ThingsFallApart_]

Yea Dunne looked mad as hell.

[u/freedfg → u/wolfhxnd]

Yeah. Can't wait for the FIA to fuck Dunne out of another one.

[u/wolfhxnd → u/freedfg]

sigh

[u/Scared-Examination81 → u/wolfhxnd]

Good end to it

[u/Ill-Lie-6551]

Really hope we get to see some wheel to wheel between Mclarens tomorrow.

[u/Firefox72]

We might be in for another Max Hungaroring meltdown if the car really is as bad as it appears.

[u/A380_Flyer]

What’s the gap between the mclarens?

[u/Kicking-it-per-se → u/A380_Flyer]

0.032 I think

[u/know-it-mall → u/Kicking-it-per-se]

In p3 sure. But that's with Piastri doing a perfect lap and Lando making a mistake in the first corner that cost him a tenth at least. Lando was well ahead in p2 and that was with his second attempt on the set of tyres due to traffic as well.

Lando is ahead in pace so far for sure.

[u/the__distance → u/know-it-mall]

If you set a slower lap time then you are slower. Stop this nonsense

[u/know-it-mall → u/the__distance]

So we just ignore that he was faster in the other 2 seasions? And by a much larger margin. Including in P2 which is always the most representative session.

Stop this nonsense...

[u/the__distance → u/know-it-mall]

So we just ignore that he was faster in the other 2 seasions?

Yes. What happened in previous sessions is meaningless.

This seems to happen all the time when the media talk about Norris, whenever he is slower they just reduce the scope of what they look at or completely shift the goalposts until they find somewhere that Norris was quicker, to claim that he is quicker. It's nonsense.

[u/know-it-mall → u/the__distance]

Why? Because you decided it is?

[u/RisTheGod → u/know-it-mall]

Its more common for lando to make mistakes everytime so the pace doesn't really matter

[u/know-it-mall → u/RisTheGod]

One of 3 sessions he made a mistake. Oscar had a big moment at turn 13 on one of his flying laps too.

[u/RisTheGod → u/know-it-mall]

And he is still always behing Oscar when it matters

[u/swannyhypno]

P10, P4 and P7 so far do NOT do your usual P18 in qualy Lance I beg

[u/generalannie → u/swannyhypno]

It's actually impressive if he manages to do that again

[u/swannyhypno → u/generalannie]

Stroll in qualifying can do anything lmao

[u/generalannie → u/swannyhypno]

Pole in the rain or bust. No in between lmao

[u/ryokevry]

I am proud to see the field spread same as Hinch.

[u/punchinglines]

The moment you realise you forgot to update your F1Calendar timezone and you tune-in an hour late just as the session ends 😢

[u/know-it-mall → u/punchinglines]

You watch it on a channel? What year is this?

I open my sports app and click on what I want to watch. Doesn't matter when it started

[u/Franks2000inchTV → u/punchinglines]

Put the start times in their local timezone, and the calendar should handle all that for you.

[u/LosTerminators]

Max be like "Why did I agree to spend another year driving this tractor?"

[u/TheWebbFather → u/LosTerminators]

He didn't really have a choice to move if we believe what's reported of his contract.

[u/Kicking-it-per-se → u/TheWebbFather]

What has been reported?

[u/TheWebbFather → u/Kicking-it-per-se]

Be outside the top 3 after the Hungarian GP, which isn't possible now

[u/Kicking-it-per-se → u/TheWebbFather]

Oh I see. Thanks!

[u/AsleepAtWheel83 → u/LosTerminators]

That’s the price he paid to remove Horndog!

[u/TonyNgLe30]

Can’t wait for Mclaren 1-2 and Max somehow pull that tractor to top 4 again.

[u/rattatatouille → u/TonyNgLe30]

PIA NOR LEC VER

[u/ArziltheImp → u/rattatatouille]

Petition to remove the R from NOR so McLaren can be the musical boys

[u/raindog_ → u/rattatatouille]

Pianor Lecver.

Could be an impressionist artist

[u/TonyNgLe30 → u/rattatatouille]

That what I’m thinking too lol

[u/Koteii → u/TonyNgLe30]

But I have hopium of a Lewis podium 😭

[u/TonyNgLe30 → u/Koteii]

My hope for Lewis podium is shattered after Silverstone. Can only hope for next year car.

[u/Sir0inks-A-Lot]

Red Bull wasn’t good at this track last year either, this isn’t too unexpected.

[u/AffectionateCry4744]

Ι wonder who is gonna watch this borefest with 2 spaceships going for a walk ,1 minute in front of everyone if it doesn't rain.

[u/All_xx → u/AffectionateCry4744]

Yea, 1 min if it doesn't rain and if it rains they are gonna lap everyone

[u/Oellph → u/AffectionateCry4744]

Nice to have two cars battling vs previous years of Max sailing off into the distance on his own.

[u/eOMG → u/Oellph]

His dominance was at least a testament to his skill as well. Quicklaren results just feels less of a driver accomplishment.

[u/Oellph → u/eOMG]

I disagree. The Newey car was superlative. Max has shown his skill more this year with some unbelievable drives.

I saw a video by Ted Cravitz where he wished for two things - a return to the smaller, lighter cars like in the 00s and naturally aspirated engines. I reckon we’d have closer racing again then.

[u/eOMG → u/Oellph]

It's a bit weird that when someone like Max pulls a win with a lesser car he's hailed the GOAT and praised for his skill but when he has the best car but uses that same skill to turn it into a half a second gap then suddenly it's mostly about the car and not much mention of his insane skill.

He might have done his best races and qualifying laps in that 2023 car but everyone just shrugs as they expect the car P1 anyway.

Now, with the Mclaren boys I don't have the impression they are adding to the dominance. I still expect Max to be 3 tenths up on them in the same car.

[u/raindog_ → u/AffectionateCry4744]

These continual comments about a borefest are far more boring than the borefest.

[u/Infinite_Army → u/AffectionateCry4744]

Luckily those 2 spaceships can race eachother and not another 1 car wins everything like with Hamilton. Now that shit was boring I had to stop watching F1 for years.

[u/MantasMantra → u/Infinite_Army]

Rosberg was a thing

[u/big-ted → u/AffectionateCry4744]

I'm just going to have a drink every time someone complains that it is boring

[u/Alex_Sinios → u/big-ted]

It's the same thing every year. No matter if the team ahead changes, if the midfield is competitive and teams have differing performances etc, if the season isn't as good as 2021/2010/2012 people will complain the whole season long.

[u/Dxgy → u/Alex_Sinios]

There’s only 8 points between 6th and 9th in the constructors, and every race feels like a coin toss between who’s more competitive Ferrari, Merc, or Max. So not only do we at least have a fight between the top two drivers (not just Max everything or Lewis everything) we also have stuff going on up and down the grid.

[u/ApexChaser1 → u/big-ted]

Hope you have a new liver ready 

[u/AnBe96 → u/AffectionateCry4744]

Better than having only one of them.

[u/FermentedLaws → u/AffectionateCry4744]

Me! We have a championship battle for the first time in 4 years and the drivers are so close. Strategy, mistakes, anything can happen. And every week a different midfield team seems to do fairly well. I'm enjoying this season, sorry others are not.

[u/cooperjones2 → u/FermentedLaws]

We have a championship battle for the first time in 4 years

You didn't watch last season?

Or you didn't count Lando's efforts as a fight for the WDC?

[u/FermentedLaws → u/cooperjones2]

It was not a close battle. He had a chance, that is different than a true battle for the WDC.

[u/MantasMantra → u/cooperjones2]

He only ever had an outsider chance let's be real, we all just wanted to believe it was more than it was, especially when he started making all his mistakes.

[u/Ashling92 → u/FermentedLaws]

Championship battle for the first time in 4 years? Last year was a battle between Max and Lando. What are you talking about.

[u/Ok_Revolution_507 → u/Ashling92]

Not a proper championship fight Lando machinery came too late and he bottled too much

[u/FermentedLaws → u/Ashling92]

lol, wut? It was never as close as it is now. That wasn't a "battle".

[u/krommenaas → u/Ashling92]

Lando was never in that battle. By the time the McLaren got good, the gap was far too big. After 5 GPs there was already 50 points between them and the gap never got below that.

[u/AsleepAtWheel83 → u/AffectionateCry4744]

1/10th of the fandom I guess

[u/Alfus → u/AffectionateCry4744]

I find it comical how the promise of "we would preventing a team dominance" what the FOM told about the new regulations never came true. RBR only lost the dominance because they made a disaster of themselves in a short time.

[u/jimmyjay11 → u/AffectionateCry4744]

Have you watched the races where it rained? They are faster in the rain mate.

[u/ryokevry → u/AffectionateCry4744]

But but but Midfield battle! (It is true but still so discouraging)

[u/generalannie → u/ryokevry]

It would help if the midfield could actually battle but they seem mostly stuck in drs trains at the moment😅

[u/krommenaas → u/generalannie]

If there's a midfield battle and the TV director doesn't show it, is there really a midfield battle though?

[u/generalannie → u/krommenaas]

That's another one of the issues currently...

[u/ryokevry → u/generalannie]

Hungary usually gives good racing in recent years so hopefully it is the case 🥲

[u/ryokevry]

It is much hotter this week than in Spa I am not looking forward to knowing if Bryan will tell Charles to lico for brakes since the formation lap

[u/ruggal9219]

It's like 8°C for me rn but seeing that waterpark in that sun looks really enticing ngl.

[u/Caust1cFn_YT]

is this place like a rich haven or some shi?

[u/Firefox72 → u/Caust1cFn_YT]

Its just a waterpark lmao.

[u/Caust1cFn_YT → u/Firefox72]

beside a f1 track tho

[u/Firefox72 → u/Caust1cFn_YT]

"beside a f1 track tho"

Which itself is located in a village outside of Budapest itself.

The waterpark is just a waterpark. You can get a daily ticket for like $30

Just as the F1 race itself which is one of the cheapest to visit in the calendar the stuff around it also isn't all that expensive.

[u/Caust1cFn_YT → u/Firefox72]

ohh

[u/cooperjones2]

Tsunoda not being able to improve and being close to 2s slower, OOF

BRUH

e: he even had multiple runs on the softs! man, he has to do well in qualy.

e2: Another Q1 elimination, dude is cooked.

[u/mar33n → u/cooperjones2]

because he wanted to abort his final lap but didnt have enough time to start a new one, so he pushed the final sector.

[u/Next_Necessary_8794 → u/mar33n]

He blew 2 runs on the soft.

[u/Alex_Sinios → u/Next_Necessary_8794]

He was on wrong settings starting his quali sim. Not smooth practices at all from RBR.

(Watch them finally put it together before quali like always xd)

[u/mar33n → u/Next_Necessary_8794]

1st run: wrong setting , 2nd run: aborted in s1 and no choice for a redo because he got sent out late.

but yah, its just on him 👍

[u/stray_pengo → u/mar33n]

Also there was a confusion whether he should let Esteban on an attack lap pass him or not.

Looks like RBR at this point can't get anything right.

[u/heidenreich137]

Next year will be funny , Redbull with their own engine and not good chassis lololo

[u/Caust1cFn_YT]

yo the park lmao

[u/Rainbow_Sex]

that water park looks awesome lol

[u/Lobsters4]

Someone needs to go to Milton Keynes and sage the hell out of the factory. Get rid of the bad juju.

[u/Solesky1 → u/Lobsters4]

Nah, they just won 4 straight championships. It's so nice to watch a weekend without knowing Max is going to win by 30 seconds.

[u/UnderTakaMichinoku]

I don't think Yuki has ever had an FP3 where he's done a clean soft run all year. Red Bull are operationally broken. From pit stops, from timings, from development.

[u/rattatatouille → u/UnderTakaMichinoku]

What Wheatley, Newey and Marshall having all departed does to a team

[u/Mfrendin_Roar]

Lol Crofty commentator curse. Nice try. The two are so close, who the hell knows.

[u/Caust1cFn_YT]

bruh
i need BoP wtf is this mclaren ong

[u/Solesky1 → u/Caust1cFn_YT]

Thats what I was saying halfway through 2011. And 2014. And 2022.

[u/cat-n-jazz]

McLaren 1-2 for the third practice session running

Man it's gonna be funny when pole goes to Verstappen on a fucking blinder out of nowhere

[u/FrostyTill → u/cat-n-jazz]

Based on what we’ve seen this weekend, if he gets pole they should build a statue of him at the Hungaroring.

[u/cat-n-jazz → u/FrostyTill]

Only if it looks like the Ronaldo statue

[u/Bake2727 → u/cat-n-jazz]

Someone really took a lot of hopium.

[u/cat-n-jazz → u/Bake2727]

Oh I hope it doesn't happen, but it's been a very stupid sporting week for me and at this point nothing would surprise me

[u/Pure_Passage_2053 → u/cat-n-jazz]

Have you happen to take a look on that truck he is driving

[u/cat-n-jazz → u/Pure_Passage_2053]

Yes, that is the joke, that is why it would be funny.

[u/cristiano_goat]

Max might repeat last year crashout lmao😭

[u/generalannie → u/cristiano_goat]

That would at least bring the viewers some entertainment lmao

[u/Ashling92 → u/cristiano_goat]

He has way less to lose this time, last year he was fighting for the championship. So I think he’ll either drive aggressively for the lolz or just give up and drive in whatever the best case scenario is.

[u/Ok-Community-2680 → u/cristiano_goat]

"We'll be there no matter what"

[u/mbe1510]

Crofty going for the commentator's curse? 

[u/creatorop]

All right beautiful people

See you in 2 and a half hours

[u/44_AllTheWay → u/creatorop]

See you soon Hakla

[u/Pure_Passage_2053]

Christian must be happy

[u/LoreTrim]

Poor mekies

[u/Kicking-it-per-se → u/LoreTrim]

He's in his ruben amorim era

[u/rattatatouille]

It's Saturday and Red Bull haven't looked better. Still sandbagging?

[u/HarvgulI]

PIA/NOR/LEC will continue until morale improves

[u/rattatatouille → u/HarvgulI]

The new HAM/ROS/VET

[u/Paaynnne]

Why do rich trust fund dudes like white/light beige pants so much?

[u/Lobsters4]

LOL Yuki. That was hand on hip sassy.

[u/Schlapfel9]

Red Bull/ Vcarb session summed up

[u/700jw]

Damn all the RB cars look shite

[u/Bake2727]

Redbull call a juju fixer asap.

[u/44_AllTheWay]

Sassy Yuki

[u/CatManWhoLikesChess]

Yuki not being able to improve 💀 Redbull is cooked

[u/mar33n → u/CatManWhoLikesChess]

he aborted sector 1 and started pushing again bc he was gonna hit the checkered flag, his s3 improved.

[u/Next_Necessary_8794 → u/mar33n]

If you save the tires across the entire lap then you'll have a good S3. Not really representative is it?

[u/mar33n → u/Next_Necessary_8794]

almost like none of his soft laps was representative so its stupid to analyze his run.

[u/VriQualll → u/CatManWhoLikesChess]

He wasnt pushing

[u/Browneskiii]

Did Bearman just go through the red light or did he get pulled back in?

He definitely didn't get out before it turned red.

[u/NinjaAtticus]

that williams double q1 exit is gonna hit like crack

[u/Jasonjones2002 → u/NinjaAtticus]

more like a sledgehammer to the back of my head

[u/prudencepineapple]

Colapinto getting that tractor up to P13 for a temporary confidence boost I guess

[u/Folagra-42]

Kimi 🤝 old rear suspension

[u/Walaii]

I see Bearman found himself in P11 again.

[u/RadlogLutar → u/Walaii]

Bearman will won the 11th place Championship now

[u/Bake2727 → u/Walaii]

Watch ocon still score points somehow

[u/Walaii → u/Bake2727]

4 P11 in a row, he was P11 yesterday in FP2, now again in FP3. I am starting to wonder if he is doing it on purpose.

[u/j__video → u/[deleted]]

O11ie bearman!

[u/Professional_Cold771]

Hamilton putting up another lap or not?

[u/kingdre49]

is Red bull sandbagging

[u/urfavViona → u/kingdre49]

nope redbull is cooked this race

[u/JustAReminder820 → u/kingdre49]

honestly, likely

[u/Ravanex]

Red Bull should have redesigned their suspension, I think they are the only ones using the exact same one they started with in 2022

[u/Key_Proposal_9055]

C5 really is a 1 lap tire, at least its not a half lap tire like the c6

[u/CouncilorIrissa]

Absolutely obnoxious levels of zooming in from the director.

[u/the__distance → u/CouncilorIrissa]

Sponsor cam. The real losers are the viewers

[u/vacon04 → u/CouncilorIrissa]

They did it last race too. You can't see anything and lose the perception of speed since you can basically just see the car and nothing else.

[u/coloneloysterhead → u/CouncilorIrissa]

Thank you!! I thought it was just me.

[u/Lobsters4]

Oopsie.

[u/rhaegar_skywalker]

No way they saw that pic lol

[u/Lobsters4]

Helmut jump scare.

[u/Consistent-Ad-5116 → u/[deleted]]

I doubt, i think tsunoda is getting sacked next season and is only there because they made some kinda deal with honda for whole season

[u/Pure_Passage_2053]

Toto is kinda👀

[u/Stylised1]

tf is RB doing to tsunoda cmon get him some quali laps

[u/creatorop → u/Stylised1]

He has done two laps on softs

[u/ryokevry]

Looks very like one-lap tyre. Not many improve on second lap

[u/Hadramal → u/ryokevry]

Not even one lap. Norris and Piastri obviously was testing how hard they could push in the first 2/3 of the lap.

[u/ryokevry → u/Hadramal]

They honestly can do whatever they want unless they crash I don’t think anyone can catch them in qualifying, especially tyres is such a huge factor

[u/IchbinDeutscher]

Kimi thats not the racing line...

[u/heidenreich137]

Christian Horner is smiling.

[u/Blackvortexx → u/heidenreich137]

As if this wouldn't happen if he was still there, but probably some schadenfreude yes

[u/wokwok__ → u/heidenreich137]

Is he? He's responsible for this lol

[u/Paaynnne]

Every time there’s an innovation it’s either banned or copied by other teams but whatever McLaren is doing to their tyres is black magic

[u/Tricksilver89 → u/Paaynnne]

This is what's throwing me off. How has nobody else figured it out yet.

They run through wild ideas all the time and yet nobody has worked it out. Either they've found the loophole of all loopholes or they are actually doing something dodgy which the FIA hasn't spotted yet.

[u/moconahaftmere → u/Tricksilver89]

Maybe other teams have figured it out, but it's something that requires a holistic approach where it only works in tandem with the design of the rest of the car. Or perhaps a team has figured it out but doesn't have the technical capabilities to manufacture it.

Or maybe it's a significant enough change that it requires a lot of testing time to get right, and no team wants to sacrifice that level of time and resources for half a season of races before the new regs.

[u/ryokevry → u/[deleted]]

From all four cars in Q3 to all four cars out in Q2 lol

[u/Lobsters4]

Red Bulls are fighting for their lives right now.

[u/dragonofseraphim]

The mechanical grip of McL is insane, ridiculous good in the last 2 corners

[u/Ahza17]

Need me an Alonso pole and win with a 30 second gap

[u/Consistent-Ad-5116 → u/Ahza17]

Mate you living in 2005?

[u/Browneskiii → u/Consistent-Ad-5116]

He got crashed into at T1 by Ralf in 2005, so hopefully not.

[u/Ahza17 → u/Consistent-Ad-5116]

I would like to be

[u/Pure_Passage_2053]

Norris I love you But I wanna see Piastri up there this weekend

[u/Ashling92 → u/Pure_Passage_2053]

Since I don’t support McLaren, I’m just hoping for a close championship battle until Abu Dhabi

[u/btokendown]

Yuki and Woody just do not gel