F1 Azerbaijan GP: Max Verstappen tops practice as Pierre Gasly’s Alpine goes up in flames
It was a busy 60 minutes of running in Baku with teams limited due to there being just one practice session ahead of qualifying this afternoon due to F1’s condensed sprint race format.
The reigning world champion left it late to take to the top of the timesheets, beating Ferrari’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc by less than a tenth.
Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez looked like he was going to top the ses⛎sion, however, he was beaten by Leclerc by 0.2s.
As the chequered flag𝓡 fell, Verstappen stormed to the top with a 1m42.315, nipping ahead of🍸 the lead Ferrari driver.
Perez improved again but it wasn’t enough to get ahead of either Verstappen or Leclerc, settling for third ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz, who was 0.5s down.
The condensed session was curtailed by a dramatic fire which caused a red flag with 45 minutes on t🃏he clock.
A hydraulic leak meant Gasly’s Alpine caught fire, halting the session for 12 🏅minutes.
Things got worse for Alpine when 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon was forced out of the session with just eight laps on the boar♑d due to a potential issue with the rear of his car.
Outside of Red Bull and Ferrari,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris star𝓡red in the upgraded McLaren with the fifth-fastest time.
Similarly, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nyck de Vries impressed for AlphaTauri as he beat bot🔯h Aston𒁏 Martins.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll led 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso, who didn’t set a time on the soft tyres.
The Spꦑaniar♛d’s running was compromised by a DRS issue which was later fixed.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexander Albon was ninth for Williams, while168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Zhou Guanyu completed the top 10.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton was only 11th afꦐter his running was compromised by a brake issue in the first paꦚrt of FP1.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell was down i♉n 17th, like Hamilton, setting h🍷is best time on the mediums.
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