Photo: GEPA pictures/Dutch Photo Agency/Sebastiaan Rozendaal
Formula Renault 3.5 championship leader Carlos Sainz remained at the head of the field in a dryer second practice session at the Hungaroring.
In improved conditions, Sainz slashed his earlier benchmark of 1m57.309s down to a 1m33.273s. Oliver Rowland went slightly faster than Sainz at the very end of the session, but his time was set after a red flag and so it was deleted. That left him second, just over a second slower than Sainz.
Sixth-placed Pierre Gasly also had a time deleted for the same reason, and the pair of Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 graduates are under further investigation.
Oscar Tunjo carried across his form from the earlier session to take third place ahead of the French trio of Norman Nato, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Gasly.
Jazeman Jaafar was seventh ahead of series debutant Esteban Ocon, who triggered the late red flag. New Caterham F1 recruit Roberto Merhi was ninth, while Luca Ghiotto ended up tenth having headed Sainz with eight minutes to go.
Session results
| Pos | Driver? | Team | Time? | Gap | Laps? |
| 1 | Carlos Sainz | DAMS | 1:33.273 | 20 | |
| 2 | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | 1:34.364 | 1.091 | 17 |
| 3 | Oscar Tunjo | Pons Racing | 1:34.528 | 1.255 | 15 |
| 4 | Norman Nato | DAMS | 1:34.933 | 1.660 | 19 |
| 5 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | Lotus | 1:35.413 | 2.140 | 16 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Arden Motorsport | 1:35.878 | 2.605 | 16 |
| 7 | Jazeman Jaafar | ISR | 1:36.086 | 2.813 | 16 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Comtec Racing | 1:36.134 | 2.861 | 15 |
| 9 | Roberto Merhi | Zeta Corse | 1:36.376 | 3.103 | 19 |
| 10 | Luca Ghiotto | International Draco Racing | 1:36.650 | 3.377 | 15 |
| 11 | Zoel Amberg | AVF | 1:37.038 | 3.765 | 18 |
| 12 | Meindert van Buuren | Pons Racing | 1:37.096 | 3.823 | 14 |
| 13 | Sergey Sirotkin | Fortec Motorsports | 1:37.560 | 4.287 | 16 |
| 14 | William Buller | Arden Motorsport | 1:38.699 | 5.426 | 18 |
| 15 | Pietro Fantin | International Draco Racing | 1:39.194 | 5.921 | 19 |
| 16 | Matias Laine | Strakka Racing | 1:39.419 | 6.146 | 16 |
| 17 | Cameron Twynham | Comtec Racing | 1:39.540 | 6.267 | 18 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Tech 1 Racing | 1:40.192 | 6.919 | 13 |
| 19 | Roman Mavlanov | Zeta Corse | 1:40.906 | 7.633 | 11 |
| 20 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 1:41.179 | 7.906 | 13 |
| 21 | Marco Sorensen | Tech 1 Racing | 1:41.303 | 8.030 | 14 |
| 22 | Will Stevens | Strakka Racing | 1:41.495 | 8.222 | 16 |
| 23 | Marlon Stockinger | Lotus | 1:44.761 | 11.488 | 15 |