The New Zealand driver Brendon Hartley got through another 67 laps today in the mid-season Formula One testing session in Budapest.
New Zealand F1 driver Brendon Hartley Photo: © Actionplus 2018
Hartley spent the second and final day of the session testing Pirelli tyres for his Toro Rosso team.
He was the slowest of the 11 drivers who took to the track today.
The Hungaroring's track record was broken for the second day in a row as Mercedes protege George Russell clocked the fastest time.
Ferrari tester Antonio Giovinazzi had set a new unofficial benchmark with a 1:15.6 yesterday but Britain's Russell lowered that by a tenth on the same hypersoft tyres today.
20 year old Russell was using the Pirelli hypersoft tyre, the quickest in the range and which was not available for drivers at the weekend.
Championship leader Hamilton is the only Briton on the Formula One starting grid at present but Russell is tipped to step up next season, possibly with Mercedes-powered former champions Williams.
Ferrari's 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen was second fastest with a time of 1:15.649.
Hartley's best time today was a second slower than he did yesterday.
The next round of Formula One is in Belgium at the end of the month.
- RNZ
