Hamilton tops third practice ahead of Hungary qualifying

Lewis Hamilton won the final practice session during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend. The Mercedes driver lapped his fastest attempt in 1.17.811 with the soft tires.

Both Red Bull cars finished behind him as Verstappen was 0.250 seconds slower and Sergio Perez – 0.256 seconds behind the seven-time world champion.

Fourth was Nico Hulkenberg with Haas, while Lando Norris, George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz rounded up top 8.

Lewis Hamilton tops FP3 at the #HungarianGP on the Soft C5 tyre 🔴

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The qualifying is later on Saturday and it is promising to be one of the most entertaining battles for starting positions so far this season as at least four teams have very good performance so far at Hungaroring.