Formula One is back as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix gets underway with the opening day of practice in Baku. Defending world champion Max Verstappen retains his championship lead following the Monaco Grand Prix, which saw Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez claim victory.
It means Red Bull and Verstappen remain in the ascendency and it’s up to Ferrari and Mercedes to strike back at the Baku street circuit, which produced one of the races of the season last year.
Charles Leclerc suffered more frustration at his home race in Monte Carlo last time out and although the Ferrari driver has now gone almost two months without a victory, he is still just nine points off the championship lead as he looks to relight the title race.
Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, will hope Mercedes’ issues with ‘porpoising’ have been put behind them after they resurfaced at the bumpy Monoco street track. Today’s practice sessions will offer the first clues ahead of qualifying tomorrow.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of practice today.
When is Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice?
The first session will get underway at 12pm BST on Friday 10 June. It will last an hour and will be followed by the second session at 3pm.
How can I watch it?
It will be shown live on Sky Sports F1, with live coverage of FP1 starting from 11:30am. Coverage of the FP2 will begin from 2:45pm. If you’re not a Sky customer you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription. We may earn commission from some of the links in this article, but we never allow this to influence our content. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.
Azerbaijan Grand Prix – full schedule
Friday 10 June
FP1: 12 – 1pm
FP2: 3 – 4pm
Saturday 11 June
Qualifying: 3 – 4pm
Sunday 12 June
Race: 12 – 2pm
Drivers standings
Max Verstappen – 125 pointsCharles Leclerc – 116 pointsSergio Perez – 110 pointsGeorge Russell – 84 pointsCarlos Sainz – 83 pointsLewis Hamilton – 50 pointsLando Norris – 48 pointsValtteri Bottas – 40 pointsEsteban Ocon – 30 pointsKevin Magnussen – 15 pointsDaniel Ricciardo – 11 pointsYuki Tsunoda – 11 pointsFernando Alonso – 10 pointsPierre Gasly – 6 pointsSebastian Vettel – 5 pointsAlex Albon – 3 pointsLance Stroll – 2 pointsGuanyu Zhou – 1 pointMick Schumacher – 0 pointsNico Hulkenberg – 0 pointsNicholas Latifi – 0 points
