FP1: Perez tops opening practice as Red Bull shocks competition with straight-line speed

By Balazs Szabo on 10 Jun 2022, 14:00

F1 Grand Prix, GP Azerbaijan, Baku Street Circuit

Monaco race winner Sergio Perez dominated the opening practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, registering a lap time of 1m45.476s while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz clearly appear to struggle for straight-line speed on the long full-throttle sections of the Baku street circuit.

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Results

No.	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing Rbpt	1:45.476		21
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:45.603	+0.127s	21
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Rbpt	1:45.810	+0.334s	25
4	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:46.012	+0.536s	22
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine Renault	1:46.571	+1.095s	22
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:46.667	+1.191s	21
7	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Alphatauri Rbpt	1:46.696	+1.220s	25
8	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:46.705	+1.229s	24
9	10	Pierre Gasly	Alphatauri Rbpt	1:46.830	+1.354s	25
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	1:46.917	+1.441s	21
11	4	Lando Norris	Mclaren Mercedes	1:47.691	+2.215s	19
12	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:47.847	+2.371s	24
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	1:47.946	+2.470s	24
14	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:47.970	+2.494s	22
15	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	1:48.078	+2.602s	22
16	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	1:48.222	+2.746s	24
17	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	1:48.419	+2.943s	22
18	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Mclaren Mercedes	1:48.810	+3.334s	22
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Mercedes	1:50.921	+5.445s	7
20	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas Ferrari	1:58.332	+12.856s	3