George Russell claimed the fastest time of the two-day Formula 1 test at the Hungaroring for Mercedes.

The Formula Two championship leader beat Antonio Giovinazzi’s time, by less than a tenth of a second unofficially lowering the best time around the Hungarian Grand Prix track to 1’15.575.

He also completed more than 100 laps for the world champions. But the highest tally of the day went to Kimi Raikkonen, who came within a thousandth of a second of matching Giovinazzi’s time, and Red Bull’s Jake Dennis, the team’s simulator driver making his second test appearance in the RB14. Both manaed 131 tours of the Hungaroring.

Giovinazzi reappeared for Sauber on day two and set the fourth-quickest time. Force India development driver Nikita Mazepin was next, though technical problems on his VJM11 limited him to just 51 laps.

McLaren test driver Lando Norris spent a second day at the wheel of the team’s MCL33. He lost some of the afternoon running due to a series of technical problems.

At Toro Rosso, Sean Gelael took over regular test duties while race drivers Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly shared the workload in the car being run for Pirelli’s tyre test.

2018 F1 season