BUDAPEST - Lewis Hamilton continued his mid-season surge of form on Friday when he topped the times ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in opening free practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Rosberg leads Hamilton by one point in the championship ahead of the 11th race of the 21-race season. Rosberg, who had signed a new two-year contract with the team earlier on Friday, swapped fastest laps with him through the session. The two Mercedes men were a full 1.6 seconds clear of third-placed Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari, the four-time champion winding up ahead of his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. Frenchman Romain Grosjean was ninth Haas and Mexican Sergio Perez 10th for Force India.

Source: Bangkok Post July 22, 2016 12:56 UTC