At the end of the last free practice session before the start of qualifying, it was Lewis Hamilton who had the best time in Hungary. He recorded the fastest lap time of the session with a time of 1.16.826.
He was just a little faster than Verstappen, who recorded a time of 1.16.914, 0.088 behind Hamilton's time. Valtteri Bottas completed the top three.
The session was interrupted by a red flag waved after a crash by Mick Schumacher. The Haas driver got away with it but may not be able to qualify. The time kept ticking, giving the drivers less than ten minutes to do a qualifying run.