Baku got a lashing of Blue paint today as Red Bull cleaned up in both free practice sessions, with Sergio Perez ending FP2 fastest of all after his teammate Max Verstappen took top spot in the morning session. Perez went tops early with a best effort of 1:42.115, the Mexican veteran finding 1.5 seconds between the hour sessions to end day one of the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix fastest of all, on an afternoon in which neither Mercedes was in the top ten. Verstappen was a tenth shy of the best time but could not match the other Red Bull but, notably, both the Blue cars were fast all day in qualifying and race trim. Ferrari were, like Monaco, more impressive than expected with Carlos Sainz...
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