After four days of testing at the Jerez circuit the AT&T Williams team was confident that they were in a better position for achieving a result in the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix. Friday practice would get underway with Bridgestone having both the soft and super soft tyres available. Under sunny conditions both Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima would take to the track early to complete their installation lap. They would be joined by several other drivers including both McLaren's, Renault's, Torro Rosso's, Force India. We had yet to see either of the Ferrari, Red Bull, or Toyota cars. A large number of the teams were running with the shark fin engine covers.

After nearly ten minutes of the session run we only had the Ferrari cars yet to come out. With fifteen minutes of the session run no times had been set. With the track empty for a considerable amount of time it would be Kubica who would be first to return to the track with an hour and eight minutes remaining. But the BMW driver would pit. Not much for the fans to get excited about. It was funny to hear the circuit commentator say that "you will see the cars out on the circuit quite a lot today."

With an hour left in the session still no times had been set. Kazuki was in his pit talking to his engineer, looking relaxed. Barrichello was the next driver to return to the track. He would be joined by team-mate Button. The first time would be set by Rubens with a 1m:34.220. Button would go faster with a 1m:31.657. Barrichello had improved his time with a 1m:33.698. Both Honda's were on the softer tyre. Barrichello would improve his time by a considerable margin setting a time of 1m:27.409. Bourdais was next out with fifty minutes left in the session.

We now had several other drivers coming out, including Kazuki. Neither of the Ferrari's had come out. Bourdais was now fastest with a 1m:26.708. Kazuki's first lap would see him in third, 1m:27.604. Raikkonen was out on the track as Trulli went fastest with a 1m:23.254, followed by Fisichella. Trulli was on the harder tyre. Bourdais was now third but he would improve to be in second with a 1m:25.055. Nico had left the pits as Kazuki improved with a 1m:26.730. Sutil was now fourth and Raikkonen slowest in eighth. But Kimi would set the quickest time with a 1m:22.032.

Webber was now in third, 1m:23.906. Kazuki was now sixth as Nico started his first timed lap. Nico's first lap would see him in seventh and Kazuki eighth. Nico and Kazuki would drop to ninth and tenth as Glock moved into third and Vettel sixth. With just under forty minutes remaining the order was Raikkonen followed by Trulli, Glock, Bourdais, Webber, Vettel, Piquet, Fisichella, Nico, and in tenth Kazuki. Massa had finally left the pits. Webber would move ahead of Bourdais with a 1m:23.505. Glock was now second with a 1m:22.738 but Massa would move ahead of the Toyota, 1m:22.725, making it a Ferrari one-two.

Kazuki had pitted while Kubica moved into fourth, 1m:22.767. Piquet was now in fifth with a 1m:22.943. Nico and Kazuki were now in eleventh and twelfth. Nico would say that it was very low of grip. The second BMW of Heidfeld was now in sixth, 1m:23.146. Nico would also pit as Hamilton took to the track and moved into fifth with a 1m:22.820. He would improve, 1m:22.158, but remained in fourth behind Glock. Glock was now in second, 1m:22.066, just 0.034 behind Raikkonen. Kovalainen was now sixth, 1m:22.766. Nico and Kazuki had dropped down the order to be in fifteenth and sixteenth. Piquet and Kovalainen were fighting over sixth and seventh with Heikki improving with a 1m:22.396 to remain in sixth. Vettel has pulled off the circuit.

Kovalainen was now fastest with a 1m:21.951. Team-mate Hamilton was now in fifth, 1m:22.158. Alonso would move into the top ten, seventh, with a 1m:22.331. Both Williams drivers had retuned to the track with just over twenty five minutes left in the session. Raikkonen was also back out as the Williams drivers dropped down the order to be in seventeenth and nineteenth positions. Kovalainen and Hamilton had both pitted. With twenty two minutes remaining the order was Kovalainen followed by Raikkonen, Glock, Massa, Hamilton, Kubica, Alonso, Piquet, Trulli, and in tenth Button. Coulthard would move into eighth, 1m:22.700, after spending much of the session in his pit.

Neither Nico or Kazuki had improved as they continued to circulate around the circuit. Hamilton's car looked to be a handful as Kazuki pitted. At the front it would be Massa who would improve to be fastest with a 1m:21.946. Nico would also pit with just over fifteen minutes remaining. Raikkonen had also come in with out improving his time. But it would be Hamilton who would push Massa into second with a 1m:21.535 but just as quickly Massa would respond taking the top spot with a 1m:21.465. Glock has also improved to now be in third, 1m:21.931. Massa would go even faster with a 1m:20.981. Nico and Kazuki remained in the pits still down in eighteenth and nineteenth positions. Both Williams drivers were over three seconds a lap slower than the fastest time.

Kovalainen was back out as Hamilton and Massa pitted. Massa's stop was brief and he was back out. Sutil would improve pushing Kazuki to be bottom of the times. Sutil would improve again to be ahead of Nico, making it both Williams cars at the bottom of the times with seven minutes left in the session. Kovalainen had found some time moving into second, 1m:21.410, to be ahead of team-mate Hamilton. Both Nico and Kazuki were back out on the track with the pair on the harder tyre option. Alonso would also improve to now be in fourth with a 1m:21.839. Raikkonen was now in sixth, just behind fifth placed Glock.

Nico had improved with a 1m:23.476 while Kazuki set a time of 1m:23.641 to see the pair in seventeenth and eighteenth. Kazuki had run wide but was able to continue. With the final minutes counting down most drivers were out on the circuit as Nico improved with a 1m:23.231, to be sixteenth. Everyone was now out on the track with Massa still fastest from Kovalainen and Hamilton. Kazuki was now in seventeenth. Despite their lack of pace the Williams drivers were closely matching each others times.

With the end of the session neither Williams driver had been able to improve. At the front the order was Massa followed by Raikkonen, who had put in a quick lap right at the end, Kovalainen, Hamilton, Alonso, Glock, Kubica, Piquet, Heidfeld, and tenth was Trulli.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time     Laps
 1.  Massa         Ferrari              (B)  1:20.981  19
 2.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1:21.345  21
 3.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:21.410  17
 4.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:21.535  18
 5.  Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:21.802  18
 6.  Glock         Toyota               (B)  1:21.931  22
 7.  Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)  1:22.267  18
 8.  Piquet        Renault              (B)  1:22.326  19
 9.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  1:22.370  22
10.  Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:22.457  25
11.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:22.654  23
12.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:22.700  16
13.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:22.900  26
14.  Button        Honda                (B)  1:22.917  27
15.  Barrichello   Honda                (B)  1:23.093  26
16.  Rosberg       AT&T Williams-Toyota (B)  1:23.147  21
17.  Nakajima      AT&T Williams-Toyota (B)  1:23.274  22
18.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari  (B)  1:23.353  25
19.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari  (B)  1:23.459  28
20.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:23.923  4