Formula One championship chief Max Verstappen was quickest in first follow for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the streets of Baku on Friday.
Red Bull driver Verstappen clocked 1min 43.184sec, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc solely 0.043sec behind.
Carlos Sainz was third with Sergio Perez in fourth as reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton was solely seventh.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix has returned to the calendar for the primary time since 2019
In the final race in Monaco, Verstappen’s first triumph in the Principality, coupled with a poor weekend for seventh-placed Hamilton, allowed the Dutchman to show a 14-point deficit right into a four-point benefit in the world championship.
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