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Max Verstappen after the race in Monza

F1 Azerbaijan GP Results Today: Verstappen flounders as championship rivals fly

Max Verstappen after the race in Monza — Photo: © IMAGO

F1 Azerbaijan GP Results Today: Verstappen flounders as championship rivals fly

All the times from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice session

By Chris Deeley.

Two red flags came out on Saturday in Azerbaijan for the final session of free practice, further signalling a race likely to be impacted by safety cars.

The first was broadly unrelated to the circuit's tight confines, Esteban Ocon's Alpine losing drive and causing him to stop on track, but the second stoppage came thanks to Ollie Bearman running too deep into a corner and hitting the wall as he attempted to escape to the run-off area.

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The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc looked speedy once again, the Monegasque driver shaking off his FP1 crash to continue his historic good form in Baku, but George Russell set the hour's fastest lap coming into qualifying.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri showed more pace than they had the previous day, second and third on the timesheets having bemoaned their pace on Friday.

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