PRACTICE: Boya quickest for Campos in opening Budapest session

Mari Boya started his Budapest weekend on the front foot, winding up quickest for Campos Racing with a 1:34.236 in Practice. The Spaniard led Hitech Pulse-Eight teammates Martinius Stenshorne and Luke Browning, who completed the top three.

After a quiet start to the session, drivers headed out onto circuit with 15 minutes gone. Following tyre preparation laps, Alex Dunne set the first time to beat with a 1:34.986, which was swiftly bettered by Gabriele Minì, the Italian going 0.031s faster.

His PREMA Racing teammate Dino Beganovic had been on a strong lap just ahead of him but a snap of oversteer at the penultimate corner cost the Swede time, crossing the line almost a second down in fifth.

Van Amersfoort Racing’s Noel León was next to top the times, the Mexican driver recording a 1:34.641 to go fastest overall.

Behind the top trio, Rodin Motorsport driver Callum Voisin went fourth-quickest just ahead of Arvid Lindblad in the #3 PREMA car, 0.4s down in P5 with 15 minutes remaining.

Sebastián Montoya had been inside the top five earlier in the session but lost his first effort to track limits. The Campos Racing driver bounced back right away though to go second overall, 0.117s off León’s time.

Teammate Boya beat the pair of them shortly afterwards, going well clear of the rest on a 1:34.236 with just over 10 minutes left of the session.

Hitech Pulse-Eight teammates Martinius Stenshorne and Browning then moved themselves into the top positions, the former going second and the Briton fourth. On his final lap, the latter was able to find the time to lift himself up one more spot to take third at the chequered flag.

Leonardo Fornaroli was also a late improver for Trident to end up fifth ahead of Montoya, Cian Shields and Santiago Ramos, while Minì and Dunne rounded out the top 10 positions.

Qualifying around the Hungaroring is set to get underway later on Friday at 15:05 local time.