Photo: FIA F3 European Championship
FIA F3 European Championship leader Esteban Ocon headed both free practice sessions at the Hungaroring.
The 17-year-old Frenchman was the only driver to dip below the 1m37s mark in the first of the 40-minute sessions, putting him 0.255s clear of second-placed Tom Blomqvist. Blomqvist lies second in the standings, 57 points adrift of Ocon.
Max Verstappen was third in the first session ahead of Italian duo Antonio Fuoco and Antonio Giovinazzi with Jordan King completing the top six.
Gustavo Menezes took seventh ahead of Jake Dennis, Felix Serralles and Roy Nissany.
The opening session was ended early after contact between Sean Gelael and Lucas Auer, who ended up 11th and 13th. Auer was forced to sit out the second session as a result.
Ocon lowered his own benchmark to a 1m35.801s in the second session. Second was Felix Rosenqvist, 0.224s slower. The Swede, who scored a long-awaited first win of 2014 in the Pau Grand Prix, had been 14th in the earlier session.
Fuoco was third ahead of Blomqvist, Verstappen and the impressive Menezes. King and Giovinazzi were next, with Dennis van de Laar ninth and Gelael tenth.
The grid has been reduced to 25 drivers this weekend due to the injury of Carlin driver Ed Jones and a split between EuroInternational and Riccardo Agostini. The Italian squad are only fielding Michele Beretta this weekend, but are set to have Santino Ferrucci join them for Spa once the American turns 16.
Practice results
| Pos | ?Driver? | Team | Session 1 | Session 2 |
| 1 | Esteban Ocon | Prema Powerteam | 1:36.881 | 1:35.801 |
| 2 | Felix Rosenqvist | Mucke Motorsport | 1:38.370 | 1:36.025 |
| 3 | Antonio Fuoco | Prema Powerteam | 1:37.532 | 1:36.329 |
| 4 | Tom Blomqvist | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:37.136 | 1:36.472 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:37.403 | 1:36.522 |
| 6 | Gustavo Menezes | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:37.926 | 1:36.584 |
| 7 | Jordan King | Carlin | 1:37.739 | 1:36.612 |
| 8 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:37.569 | 1:36.620 |
| 9 | Dennis van de Laar | Prema Powerteam | 1:38.612 | 1:36.632 |
| 10 | Sean Gelael | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:38.189 | 1:36.932 |
| 11 | Felix Serralles | Team West-Tec | 1:38.137 | 1:37.089 |
| 12 | Tatiana Calderon | Jo Zeller Racing | 1:38.570 | 1:37.194 |
| 13 | Jake Dennis | Carlin | 1:38.117 | 1:37.248 |
| 14 | Roy Nissany | Mucke Motorsport | 1:38.186 | 1:37.332 |
| 15 | Mitchell Gilbert | Fortec Motorsports | 1:42.839 | 1:37.345 |
| 16 | Alexander Toril | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 1:38.588 | 1:37.601 |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Prema Powerteam | 1:38.207 | 1:37.613 |
| 18 | Felipe Guimaraes | Double R Racing | 1:39.285 | 1:37.646 |
| 19 | John Bryant-Meisner | Fortec Motorsports | 1:38.657 | 1:37.648 |
| 20 | Hector Hurst | Team West-Tec | 1:38.418 | 1:37.648 |
| 21 | Jules Szymkowiak | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:38.827 | 1:37.732 |
| 22 | Spike Goddard | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 1:39.254 | 1:38.095 |
| 23 | Lucas Auer | Mucke Motorsport | 1:38.363 | No time |
| 24 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | 1:41.223 | 1:38.800 |
| 25 | Michele Beretta | EuroInternational | 1:40.467 | 1:38.919 |