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. <\/p>\n
It means Red Bull and Verstappen remain in the ascendency and it\u2019s up to Ferrari and Mercedes to strike back at the Baku street circuit, which produced one of the races of the season last year. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, will hope Mercedes\u2019 issues with \u2018porpoising\u2019 have been put behind them after they resurfaced at the bumpy Monoco street track. Today\u2019s practice sessions will offer the first clues ahead of qualifying tomorrow. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s everything you need to know ahead of practice today. <\/p>\n
When is Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice?<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
How can I watch it?<\/p>\n
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\u2019re 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.<\/p>\n
Azerbaijan Grand Prix – full schedule<\/p>\n
Friday 10 June<\/p>\n
FP1: 12 – 1pm<\/p>\n
FP2: 3 – 4pm<\/p>\n
Saturday 11 June<\/p>\n
Qualifying: 3 – 4pm<\/p>\n
Sunday 12 June<\/p>\n
Race: 12 – 2pm\u00a0<\/p>\n
Drivers standings<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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