Reigning champion Max Verstappen topped the opening observe session on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, beating the second-placed Lewis Hamilton by three tenths of a second. F1Technical’s lead journalist Balazs Szabo experiences on the opening Baku observe.
Having struggled in latest races, Max Verstappen impressed within the opening observe on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, clocking a 1m45.546 and racking up a complete of 20 laps.
His team-mate Sergio Perez took third for the Milton Keynes-based outfit, with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton separating the 2 Crimson Bull drivers.
Lando Norris took fourth for McLaren, from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in fifth and Oscar Piastri in sixth.
Having taken an emotional victory on the Italian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc was trying sturdy within the early phases of the one-hour session. Nevertheless, he clipped the filth on the skin of the method to Flip 15 and slid into the wall, bringing out the purple flags and ending his session with half-hour to go.
Charles Leclerc is aware of all too effectively how the streets of Baku can chew 😫
This second while topping the instances ended the Ferrari driver’s FP1 👇#F1 #AzerbaijanGP pic.twitter.com/gFMlGBePFV
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Aston Martin’s two-time world champion Fernando Alonso set the seventh-quickest time whereas his team-mate Lance Stroll ended up down in P13.
Williams had a low-key first session. Having made his F1 debut at Monza, Franco Colapinto beat his team-mate Alexander Albon, with the Williams duo ending up sixteenth and 17 respectively.
Nevertheless, the Argentinean couldn’t catch slightly snap at Flip 4 and slid into the wall, bringing out the purple flag. His Thai team-mate additionally had slightly journey down the escape street at Flip 4 however stored it out of the obstacles.
Having introduced an especially low-downforce rear wing to Baku, Alpine endured a messy opening session. Pierre Gasly accomplished a complete of 31 lap, however his quickest tour was solely sufficient for a P18. His team-mate Esteban Ocon reported a lack of energy early on his third lap. He managed to crawl again to the pits, however his session was over early as Alpine investigated the problem.
Properly, that was an intense session 😅
Two vehicles within the obstacles, and a ultimate flying effort from Max Verstappen to set the quickest time 🟣
This is the total FP1 classification 👇#F1 #AzerbaijanGP pic.twitter.com/EdTtCTq077
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