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Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP

Azerbaijan GP Friday practice

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Bottas is yet to set a proper time (he's nearly 10 seconds down), but he's starting a flying lap now.
Raikkonen goes fourth, while a a lot of cars are back in the pits now.
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!
Yellow flag
Big lock up for Verstappen at Turn 3 and he goes straight on!
Verstappen gets straight on with it, staying out to start a timed lap.
Hamilton jumps ahead of those pesky midfield cars to take second. He's now just two tenths down on Ricciardo.
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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.
Stroll is complaining about traffic. We suspect he isn't the only one.

Stroll is complaining about traffic. We suspect he isn't the only one.

Verstappen leaves the pits with one hour and nine minutes remaining.
Ocon gets revenge for Force India, moving ahead of the Haas to take second.
Perez briefly goes second, only to lose it to Magnussen seconds later.
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Raikkonen says his tyres have cooled down too much.
Hamilton's first lap puts him third, 1.1s down on Ricciardo.
Hamilton posts an overall best in the second sector, although Ricciardo quickly snatches that honour from him.
Verstappen is the only driver we haven't seen yet in this session, as work continues on his crashed car from FP1.
Hamilton - yet to post a time - has started his first flying lap, but he's six tenths down in the first sector already.
Ocon demotes Vettel another place, taking third.
Vettel goes second, 1.1s down on Ricciardo - both on supersofts. Grosjean now splits them in the Haas.
Yellow flag
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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Ricciardo goes fastest by 1.3 seconds over Magnussen with a 1m43.9s.
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.
Leclerc moves above Alonso to take fourth. Vettel has slotted into sixth on the leaderboard early on here.
Grosjean makes it a Haas 1-2, then immediately goes off at Turn 1.
Stopwatch
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.
Stopwatch
Alonso moves to the top with a 1m46.0s.
Vettel has been for a slow-speed trip down the Turn 2 escape road.
Stopwatch
Hartley now quickest in the Toro Rosso with a 1m46.3s, and Magnussen slots into second, two tenths down.
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Leclerc moves ahead of Sainz with a 1m46.7s.
Work is ongoing in the Red Bull garage to get Verstappen's car ready after his crash in the first session. He's at the back of the garage keeping a close eye on things.
Stopwatch
Sainz, bottom of the order in FP1, sets the first time of this session: 1m48.4s.
Green flag
FP2 begins. Not quite as much action as we saw at the start of the first session.

By: Geoff Creighton

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