Azerbaijan GP Friday practice
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There's going to be a fair bit of attention on Ferrari in this session after a subdued FP1. The drivers were unhappy with the rear grip levels in particular, and Raikkonen's session ended early in the garage. We don't normally see the red cars a couple of seconds off the pace, so FP2 should give us a more accurate idea of where Ferrari stands in Baku.
And we're back. Welcome to live coverage from FP2 for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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That's a wrap for FP1. Bottas beat Ricciardo to the fastest time, but a crash for the second Red Bull of Verstappen and an unusual top 10 means the early order is far from clear. Join us again in a couple of hours for live coverage of FP2: 
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Looking for something to check out now practice has finished? Take a look at how the 2018 F1 field would look without the halo on the cars: 
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Top 10 in FP1: 1 Bottas, 2 Ricciardo, 3 Perez, 4 Hamilton, 5 Ocon, 6 Verstappen, 7 Alonso, 8 Sirotkin, 9 Gasly, 10 Vettel.
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Vandoorne is told to stay out and give Alonso a tow past the chequered flag. McLaren already making plans for qualifying.
Grosjean also finds a bit more time to move up a place to 14th.
Latest of late improvements from Perez, who moves up to third in the Force India.
Checkered flag
And there's the chequered flag. Bottas just 0.035s faster than Ricciardo in FP1.
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Vettel heads back out, while we've not seen Raikkonen for a long time and his Ferrari is being taken apart on stands in the garage.
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Grosjean improved to 15th just before that latest lock-up.
Another lock-up for Grosjean, who has visible flat-spots on his front tyres and goes off at Turn 1.
Perez improves late on, he goes fifth behind Ocon.
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Hamilton reports "the car won't turn left..."
Grosjean scuffs the wall on the exit of Turn 2, leaving a nice patch on the wall and on his tyre sidewall.
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Sirotkin often has to have a couple of bites on turn in to Turn 12, but he's usually able to carry reasonable speed through and onto the straight. It's still a car with some turn-in instability but it's looking better than it did.
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Top 10 with six minutes to go: 1 Bottas, 2 Ricciardo, 3 Hamilton, 4 Ocon, 5 Verstappen, 6 Perez, 7 Alonso, 8 Sirotkin, 9 Vettel, 10 Stroll.
Yellow flag
Sirotkin has been straight on at Turn 3, having had a wobble on the brakes. He rejoins.
Street circuit racing is all about skimming the walls.
Hartley improves to go 11th.
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Force India and Perez engage in some radio traffic that seems to be for the benefit of race control, accusing Magnussen of not getting out of the way between Turns 7-12.
Vettel sneaks a Ferrari into the top 10 in ninth. He's 2.2 seconds off the pace.
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An improvement from Gasly, who sits just above team-mate Hartley in 15th now.
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Ocon is told that he is losing some time by braking earlier, and not as hard, for Turn 3, and his next lap is a new personal best.
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The Force India seems to need careful balance on the brakes to be hooked up in the corner. It suggests some of their problems are ride height dependent. When it’s right, it looks fine.
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Ferrari watch: Vettel 11th, Raikkonen 12th.
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Top 10 with a little more than a quarter of an hour left in FP1: 1 Bottas, 2 Ricciardo, 3 Hamilton, 4 Ocon, 5 Verstappen, 6 Perez, 7 Alonso, 8 Sirotkin, 9 Stroll, 10 Hulkenberg.
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