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Hamilton had said he could not wait to be back
in the car after recovering from a bug that laid him low in
Germany last weekend and he wasted no time in getting back up to
speed.
The Briton, who has won in Hungary a record six times and has a
41-point lead over Bottas in the standings, lapped the
Hungaroring with a best time of one minute 17.233 seconds under
cloudy skies.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was second on the timesheets, 0.165
slower, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel occupying the third
place and only a thousandth of a second behind the 21-year-old
Dutchman.
Verstappen, who spun twice in the session, has won two of the
last three races, including the chaotic wet thriller at
Hockenheim.
Hamilton is eager to put that race behind him after starting on
pole, hitting the barriers, spinning and collecting a time
penalty before finishing 11th and then being promoted back to
ninth.
The five-times world champion won from pole in Hungary last
year.
Verstappen's French team mate Pierre Gasly was fourth fastest,
with Kevin Magnussen fifth for Haas and Charles Leclerc sixth
for Ferrari.
Bottas was sidelined after two incomplete laps, Mercedes having
detected an untraceable problem with his power unit and deciding
to swap it out of the car for another in the pool of engines.
The lost track time was another setback for the Finn, who
crashed out in Hockenheim just when he looked likely to make
inroads into his team mate's championship lead.
Hungary is the last race before Formula One's August break and
the 12th of 21 rounds.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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