Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton headed Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in a tight first practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.165 seconds ahead of the Dutchman. Vettel, who set his time with Ferrari's latest aerodynamic upgrade, was just 0.001secs behind the Red Bull. Red Bull's Pierre Gasly was fourth quickest, 0.449secs off the pace. Valtteri Bottas missed the entire session when Mercedes had to change his engine after discovering a misfire. That is a blow to the Finn, who last weekend let a golden opportunity to cut Hamilton's championship lead significantly when he crashed late in the race while the Briton was out of the points at that stage. As it...
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