Live: F1 Hungarian GP updates – FP3 & Qualifying

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We're now going to grab a bite to eat. But please join us again in about two hours' time when we will be back with what promises to be an interesting qualifying session. Bye for now.

Late wide moment for Magnussen as he goes off at Turn 11. He's just been announced as exiting the Haas team at the end of the year and he was almost a second slower than Hulkenberg.

And there are no other improvements so it ends with Norris on top, from Piastri, Verstappen, Russell and Sainz. There are then three standout performers in that session with Ricciardo, Albon and Hulkenberg occupying sixth to eighth. Hamilton is down in 10th after a spin and Perez is only 13th. 

Ocon does improve but it's not enough to lift him off the bottom of the leaderboard. It's a terrible session for Alpine as Gasly is only in 18th.

Certainly won't be for Verstappen as he goes straight on at Turn 1! Red Bull is genuinely seeming on the back foot compared to McLaren here.

The chequered flag is now out at the end of this session - will there be any late improvements?

Zhou is told to stay in gear and have a slow in-lap, so there's a potential mechanical problem with the Sauber at the end of this session.

Alonso finally shows what Aston Martin is capable of on the softs - and it's not a lot. He only goes 14th with his latest effort, just ahead of team-mate Stroll.

Albon has to fight through a whole bunch of traffic on his latest lap. It's not the longest of circuits and slow cars could well be a problem in qualifying later.

Replays show Hamilton just completely lost the rear through Turn 9 and that is not the confidence boost he needs just a few hours before qualifying. He avoided hitting anything and has now brought the Mercedes back to the pits.

A spin for Hamilton at Turn 9! We said he wasn't looking as comfortable as Russell and that's being born out.

Perez's dismal form is continuing as he goes 13th - he's eight tenths off the pace. Not really where he should be. 

Tsunoda goes ninth so it's definitely advantage Ricciardo here.

It's even worse for Leclerc as he's only 10th with his effort, behind the likes of Ricciardo, Albon and Hulkenberg. 

Sainz goes fifth with his qualifying simulation and that puts him half a second behind Norris.

Verstappen was shaking his head as he crossed the line - the Dutchman is clearly not completely comfortable with his steed here.

It's third for Verstappen, who looked noticeably less comfortable than the McLaren drivers. He's two tenths down so it would seem it's advantage McLaren going into qualifying later. But we have been here before and Verstappen has pulled it out of the bag...

Bottas goes seventh with his qualifying simulation and Ricciardo then goes fourth as he keeps his encouraging performance. 

Hulkenberg goes fifth for Haas as he seeks to continue his strong run of recent results - and he was fastest of everyone in the opening sector.

But here comes Verstappen, he's on the softs now and is on an outlap. Let's get a true barometer of how good the McLarens are looking.

Piastri is also looking quick and goes second and is just half a tenth behind his team-mate.

Albon goes third with a really decent effort in the Williams to also be half a second down on Norris.

It's a 1m16.098s for Norris to go almost half a second faster than Russell! This McLaren is looking very good.

Sargeant, meanwhile, climbs to fifth with his latest effort.

Here comes Norris, let's see what he can do! Looking good in the first sector at least!

And we're back to having three British drivers at the top of the leaderboard!

Hamilton is also on the pace now and puts in a 1m16.786s to narrow the gap to just two tenths to his team-mate.

And Russell now goes even faster! It's a 1m16.564s on his latest set of softs. Very impressive.

At the two-thirds mark, Russell continues to set the pace after a truly stunning time for the Mercedes driver. The two McLarens are next up, then the two Ferraris, the two RBs, Hulkenberg and then you finally get Hamilton - winner last time out, of course.

We haven't seen proper soft efforts from the Aston Martins either, as they've preferred the mediums so far today.

We're over halfway through this session and still the Red Bulls have yet to truly show their hands. Verstappen and Perez continue to pound around on the hards, surely they will bolt on some softs at some point to understand the impact of the cooler conditions? Plus, we want to see how they're shaping up ahead of qualifying!

Piastri now climbs up to third to demote the Ferraris back to fourth and fifth.

Hamilton has been sliding around on his lap in contrast and continues to look uncomfortable in the car. He is only ninth and is over six tenths slower than his team-mate. Ouch.

We have a new pacesetter! Russell goes top, just a tenth quicker than Norris - a 1m16.826s for the Mercedes racer and that's another encouraging effort.

We haven't mentioned Red Bull for a while and that's because both of them are continuing to use the hards, in contrast to almost everyone using softs.

Now, that's more like it for Leclerc! He goes up to third and almost exactly matches the time of his team-mate Sainz, despite the Ferraris continuing to look unstable through Turn 4 and its kerb.