Azerbaijan GP Friday practice
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Alonso moves to the top with a 1m46.0s.
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Leclerc back at the front, but not for long! Hartley goes fastest, and then he is trumped by Magnussen's Haas. Lots of improvements early on here while the established frontrunners are letting the rest of the field have at it.
Grosjean makes it a Haas 1-2, then immediately goes off at Turn 1.
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Leclerc moves above Alonso to take fourth. Vettel has slotted into sixth on the leaderboard early on here.
Raikkonen's first proper lap is spoiled by Stroll's Williams in the final sector, and although the Ferrari gets by on the start/finish straight, he then had to defend into Turn 1 to keep the Williams at bay.
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Ricciardo goes fastest by 1.3 seconds over Magnussen with a 1m43.9s.
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Hartley has a pretty high-speed trip into the Turn 15 escape road, and we get a replay of Raikkonen going off at much lower speed into Turn 2. Perez has been off at Turn 3, and now Bottas goes off at Turn 1!
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Vettel goes second, 1.1s down on Ricciardo - both on supersofts. Grosjean now splits them in the Haas.
Ocon demotes Vettel another place, taking third.
Hamilton - yet to post a time - has started his first flying lap, but he's six tenths down in the first sector already.
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Verstappen is the only driver we haven't seen yet in this session, as work continues on his crashed car from FP1.
Hamilton posts an overall best in the second sector, although Ricciardo quickly snatches that honour from him.
Hamilton's first lap puts him third, 1.1s down on Ricciardo.
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Raikkonen says his tyres have cooled down too much.
Perez briefly goes second, only to lose it to Magnussen seconds later.
Ocon gets revenge for Force India, moving ahead of the Haas to take second.
Verstappen leaves the pits with one hour and nine minutes remaining.
Stroll is complaining about traffic. We suspect he isn't the only one.
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Top 10 early in FP2: 1 Ricciardo, 2 Ocon, 3 Magnussen, 4 Perez, 5 Grosjean, 6 Hamilton, 7 Vettel, 8 Vandoorne, 9 Hartley, 10 Hulkenberg.
Hamilton jumps ahead of those pesky midfield cars to take second. He's now just two tenths down on Ricciardo.
Verstappen gets straight on with it, staying out to start a timed lap.
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Big lock up for Verstappen at Turn 3 and he goes straight on!
We get a shot of Jos Verstappen either trying to contain a frustrated smile, or grimacing. It was hard to tell, particularly once he spotted himself on screen!
Raikkonen goes fourth, while a a lot of cars are back in the pits now.
Bottas is yet to set a proper time (he's nearly 10 seconds down), but he's starting a flying lap now.
Verstappen stays out. He'll be hoping he's not damaged those front tyres too much with that lock-up.
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While the track is quiet, Ricciardo goes even faster at the front of the field. He's 0.684s clear of Hamilton now with a 1m43.512s.
Verstappen gets a cleaner lap in, and he goes eighth.
Bottas joins the fun now as well, and he moves ahead of Hamilton to take second.
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Hulkenberg is having his plank and floor checked. The car is up on stands in the garage at the moment.
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Ericsson is touring back to the pits. It's not clear why.
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