Azerbaijan GP Friday practice

17:39

17:39 Red Bull very impressive on one-lap pace, then, and on a track where it was expected to struggle somewhat. Ferrari and Mercedes appear in contention on long-run pace though.

17:34 And the rest: 11 Massa; 12 Alonso; 13 Sainz; 14 Magnussen; 15 Hulkenberg; 16 Palmer; 17 Vandoorne; 18 Wehrlein; 19 Ericsson; 20 Grosjean.

17:34 Here's your top 10 at the end of FP2 - Red Bull again appears to have the edge on one-lap pace: 1 Verstappen 1m43.362s; 2 Bottas; 3 Ricciardo; 4 Raikkonen; 5 Vettel; 6 Stroll; 7 Perez; 8 Kvyat; 9 Ocon; 10 Hamilton.

17:32 Anyway - that's it for FP2! Chequered flag is out.

17:31 The replay shows Verstappen turning into the corner before snapping back the other way. That sent the rear of the car out, putting him into the wall and also breaking his right-rear suspension.

17:30 That should just about end things - Verstappen gets to Turn 1 but goes straight on into the barrier in the run-off area, crumpling the left-hand side of his car. Yellow flags out.

17:25

17:25 Hamilton, incidentally, is out of the car and it looks as though he is done for the session.

17:24 "We're running pretty low on the downforce side," says Red Bull's Christian Horner, whose drivers remain first and third in this session. "We've managed to find a balance that the drivers are happy with and we're not too far off in a straight line."

17:21 Vettel has brought his pace down impressively and is now getting into the low 1m46s range.

17:19 Just over 10 minutes of the session remaining and we are well and truly into long runs, despite that earlier red flag setting us back a bit.

17:18

17:17 "Good lap, a good chunk faster than Hamilton," Raikkonen is told.

17:17 Don't get too excited about the chances of Alonso contesting the event just yet, but Alonso reiterated racing at Le Mans was on his to-do list.

"When it comes the moment to take the decision for next year, I will put on the table all the things that are possible," he added.

"I will race in Le Mans one day, I said this many times, it's not any news."

17:12 "I am struggling with this front temperature," says Perez.

17:04 Both Alonso and team-mate Vandoorne are already set for big grid penalties this weekend as a result of engine component changes.

Both McLaren-Hondas set for large Azerbaijan GP grid penalties

McLaren Formula 1 drivers Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne are set to each receive substantial penalties for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after Honda was forced fit new engine elements

17:03 The replay suggests his engine went pop through the fast kinks at the end of the lap, and a puff of smoke revealed by a second angle backs that theory up.

17:02 We'd got more than an hour into Friday's second practice session, but we've got a problem for a McLaren-Honda. Alonso slows before stopping out on track.

17:01 Uh-oh...

16:57 "When you get to Turn 8, I would advise staying very far to left of the exit," Ricciardo is told.

16:55 The session resumes, and Ricciardo and Sainz head straight out.

16:55 That will no doubt have disrupted some teams' programmes, with 35 minutes left in the session and some drivers yet to attempt any performance runs.

16:54

16:54 Session will restart at 1755 local time - so just a couple of minutes from now.

16:36 That VSC has since ended, and we're back under normal conditions in Baku.

16:31 Vettel is now out on super-softs as well. He's currently 13th.

16:31 Bottas set fastest first and third sectors on his most recent lap but couldn't tie that together into a faster lap.

16:30 With half an hour gone, here's how the order looks: 1 Verstappen; 2 Ricciardo; 3 Perez; 4 Bottas; 5 Ocon; 6 Hamilton; 7 Raikkonen; 8 Stroll; 9 Kvyat; 10 Sainz.

16:14

16:14 Verstappen goes faster still, and has now recorded a 1m43.988s.

Team-mate Ricciardo is now second on a 1m44.861s, while Alonso is third - albeit two seconds off the pace.

16:13 Replays show Vettel started to turn in before bailing out as the barrier approached.

16:13 Vettel is the latest drive to run deep, as he takes the escape road at Turn 8 - where Perez crashed in FP1 - before reversing out.

16:12 Grosjean is told his brakes aren't working as well as they should be over the radio.

16:12 Kvyat's brakes are smoking after running deep into the run-off area. He's having a bit of trouble getting going and requires the assistance of the marshals.

"If they push me back I can restart," he says, before getting going again.

16:10 Verstappen sets purples first and second sectors before a PB in sector three gives him a 1m44.288s - so he's already gone faster than his FP1 benchmark time.

16:07

Raikkonen goes for a wander. Photo: LAT

16:07 Great work from Force India, as Perez prepares to head out onto the track having lost less than 10 minutes of running despite that hefty FP1 crash.

16:01 Palmer and Magnussen are the first two out of the pits, and have since been joined out on track by Grosjean and Kvyat.