Wurz 5th fastest in opening Hungarian practice

With the BMW Sauber relacing Jacques Villeneuve with Robert Kubica for this weekend’s race, after Jacques crashed in the German Grand Prix and has been told not to race. the WilliamsF1 team had made the announcement that Alex Wurz would be replacing Mark Webber commencing in 2007.

With the start of the first practice session it would be Honda's Anthony Davidson first out on the track. After earlier rain there were some wet patches but the track was drying. Neel Jani , Alex Wurz, Markus Winkelhock and Robert Doornbos would also take to the track.

Davidson and Alex would continue while the others would pit after their installation lap. Kimi Raikkonen would also come out as Alex set the early fastest time. Pedro de la Rosa would also come out in the second McLaren. Raikkonen would pit after his installation lap. Takuma Sato was out in the new Super Aguri Honda SA06. De la Rosa would also pit. Alex would continue to lead Davidson. Markus Winkelhock would head back out in his MF1 Toyota. Neel Jani was also back on track joined Doornbos. Davidson would move ahead of Alex by three-tenths of a second. Both Davidson and Alex would pit while Doornbos, Jani and Winkelhock set times that would see them move third through fifth.

Jani would pit as Jarno Trulli came out for his installation lap. Trulli would pit leaving just Doornbos and Winkelhock on track. Trulli would come back out. Doornbos was now in second as Trulli pits again. Doornbos would pit leaving just Winkelhock on track. Alex was back out followed by Davidson. Alex would set a time in the mid 1m:24-24's but Davidson would go fastest with 0.8 advantage over Alex. With nearly half the session run Scott Speed came out in his Toro Rosso. He would pit after his installation lap. Team-mate Tonio Liuzzi would come out and just as quickly pit.

Monteiro was out while Davidson would pit. Anthony would make a quick stop and was back out while Alex would pit. Albers is out his MF1 Toyota while Alonso was also on his installation lap. Alonso would pit while Ralf Schumacher would come out for his installation lap. With over forty minutes of the session complete, Yamamoto would move into sixth. It would be a quick stop for Ralf who would come back out in his Toyota. Alex would go fastest ahead of Davidson. Both of the Red Bull's were out on the track. They would both pit while Fisichella is on his first lap and would pit.

Both Trulli and Ralf were on the track. Jarno would move into sixth, as with ten minutes remaining Monteiro, Albers and Barrichello all came out. Ralf was now in eighth as both Michael Schumacher and Button both headed out. With five miutes remaining Davidson moves ahead of Alex with a time of 1m:22.396. Both Raikkonen and de la Rosa headed out. Michael was now in third with a 1m:22.499 and Button fifth. Raikkonen was now second fastest, while de la Rosa moved into fourth. With the end of the session Kimi would go fastest with a time of 1m:21.624. Davidson was in second followed by Schumacher, de la Rosa and Alex. Barrichello and Button were in sixth and seventh. Neither Mark or Nico would come out in the session.