Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin are the first to take off and set a time this Saturday at Baku. The first time is set at 1:48.197 by Schumacher while Mazepin is already attacking, 2 seconds faster.<\/p>\n
The first 20 minutes are quite calm. There is a bit of wind on the track but much less than yesterday. The track has been cleaned because the F2 cars raced this morning but it is still slippery and yellow flags are coming one after the other.<\/p>\n
Bottas goes straight at turn 3 into the escape area. The same goes for Max Verstappen at the next corner.<\/p>\n
The drivers try several types of tires but are mainly on hard or medium compounds. Soft tires are not used because the heat doesn’t help to preserve them.<\/p>\n
Like Charles Leclerc yesterday, Max Verstappen, who had already had a scare by causing a yellow flag, goes too wide at turn 15 and hits the tecpro. He damages his front wing, but unlike Leclerc, he cannot continue because his suspension is also broken.<\/p>\n
The red flag is deployed on the track and everyone goes back to remove the Red Bull, which will remain stuck on the breakdown truck until the end of the session. Qualifying is only 2 hours later, so we will have to work quickly to repair the Red Bull.<\/p>\n
\nHier nous \u00e9tions au virage 15 quand Leclerc a tap\u00e9 et que Latifi \u00e9tait en panne. Il n’y a pas de solution de repli sans drapeau rouge. Le pilote doit rentrer \u00e0 pied en longeant le circuit. Verstappen a eu plus de chance en prenant le taxi Medical Car ! #F1<\/a> #BakuGP<\/a> #F1inside<\/a><\/p>\n