BUDAPEST — McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was fastest in both practice runs for the Hungarian Grand Prix Friday while Red Bull, hit by a new rule banning a controversial engine setting this week, endured two slow sessions.

In a rain-hit second session, the British driver clocked a best time of one minute 21.995 seconds, slightly better than his first session time, followed by Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus and Williams’ Bruno Senna.

Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher slid off the track and crashed into a wall of tires as the second session was hit by a brief but heavy summer shower, having started in warm sunshine.

Red Bull’s drivers, who failed to make the top 10 in the first session, were well down the pecking order again.
Germany’s Sebastian Vettel was eighth and Australian Mark Webber, second behind leader Fernando Alonso in the Formula One championship, 14th.

Red Bull was forced to change its engine torque mapping after the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) closed down a loophole in the regulations this week.

The new ruling, addressing a hugely complex issue, limits how much teams can change specific settings that control the amount of torque delivered by the engine in various conditions.

The Hungarian Grand Prix is the 11th of the 20 races in the season and is followed by a one-month break. Alonso is 34 points clear of Webber at the top and will lead into the break regardless of the outcome of Sunday’s race. — Reuters