LIVE: Hungarian Grand Prix - FP2

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Follow F1i's live coverage of all the action from the second free practice session for the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Mercedes dominated the opening session, with Lewis Hamilton setting the pace from team-mate Nico Rosberg, while Sebastian Vettel was over 1.6s adrift of the Mercedes pair in third place. While Ferrari was third and fourth ahead of the two Red Bulls, both Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen only used the soft tyre compared to the top four all on supersofts.

McLaren showed up well in the opening session in seventh and eighth but appeared to have a handful of a car, while Vettel was another to spin during first practice.

Lap times are already very quick, with the resurfaced Hungaroring seeing the pole position time from last year beaten by both Hamilton and Rosberg in FP1. As the weekend goes on, the lap record could well be under threat.

FP2 should see Red Bull's true pace as it finally runs the supersoft tyre, while Ferrari will hope its race pace is more competitive than its one-lap showing was this morning.

You can follow live coverage of the second practice session with F1i's live commentary page, and also join in the debate by adding your comments.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.