Hamilton spent much of practice getting comfortable with the new track, nestled in the Tuscan hills, rather than chasing outright lap time.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen pipped the Mercedes pairing of Lewis Hamilton and polesitter Valtteri Bottas with a top drive on Sunday 9 August 2020.

Formula 1 news: Max Verstappen failed to take advantage of a final lap blowout for Lewis Hamilton, in Sunday’s British Grand Prix having just gone into the pits himself in a bid to achieve the race’s fastest lap.

Verstappen qualified seventh for the Hungarian Grand Prix struggling to come close to replicating his 2019 hot lap at the course that earned him pole position.