Lando Norris on top for McLaren in Hungary FP3 session

Norris, who was also the fastest driver at the Hungaroring on Friday, finished just 0.044 seconds clear of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.

Max Verstappen took third spot, 0.281 seconds slower than Norris, with George Russell fourth in his Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton finished 10th.

Norris has had good opportunities to add to his sole win which he scored in Miami earlier this season, but fell short at recent rounds in Canada, Spain, Austria and the British Grand Prix.

However, he will head into qualifying here as the favourite to take what would be only the third pole position of his career.

Over at Mercedes, Hamilton ended his two-and-a-half-year wait for victory at Silverstone a fortnight ago. But the seven-time world champion has failed to trouble the top of the time charts so far this weekend.

On Saturday, Hamilton also suffered an innocuous spin after he lost control of his Mercedes at Turn 10 with five minutes remaining. He finished the session 0.688 sec slower than Norris.

Qualifying for Sunday‘s 70-lap grand prix gets under way at 16:00 local time (15:00 BST).

FP3 times for Hungarian Grand Prix:

1 Lando Norris 1:16.098
2 Oscar Piastri +0.044
3 Max Verstappen +0.281
4 George Russell +0.466
5 Carlos Sainz +0.541
6 Daniel Ricciardo +0.554
7 Alexander Albon +0.563
8 Nico Hulkenberg +0.598
9 Yuki Tsunoda +0.646
10 Lewis Hamilton +0.688
11 Charles Leclerc +0.705
12 Valtteri Bottas +0.706
13 Sergio Perez +0.856
14 Fernando Alonso +0.903
15 Lance Stroll +0.987
16 Logan Sargeant +1.070
17 Guanyu Zhou +1.193
18 Pierre Gasly +1.401
19 Kevin Magnussen +1.409
20 Esteban Ocon +1.477