Ricciardo continues at top of leaderboard, Hamilton fifth, Vettel 11th

Daniel Ricciardo put the onus on Mercedes and Ferrari by setting the fastest time in the second practice session of the Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix.

The Chinese GP winner set the early pace and improved to a time of 1min 42.795sec, just under a tenth ahead of second place Kimi Räikkönen.

Max Verstappen, who crashed out halfway through FP1, recovered to finish third in FP2, 0.116sec off the pace. But the Red Bull driver limped to the pits late in FP2 with a power unit issue.

FP1 leader Valtteri Bottas finished fourth, ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso (sixth) once again cemented a spot in the top 10, ahead of Force India’s Esteban Ocon who continued a strong Friday showing to finish seventh.

Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz Jr, 20^th in FP1, finished eighth ahead of Kevin Magnussen. Nico Hülkenberg rounded out a close top 10 separated by just 1.296sec.

Sebastian Vettel managed to break the top 10 in FP1, but the drivers’ standings leader locked up three times in the second practice session and settled for 11^th, 1.332sec off the pace.

Sergio Pérez finished third in the first session but ended FP2 with the 12^th fastest time, comfortably ahead of Romain Grosjean.

Neither Sauber broke into the top 15, with Charles Leclerc 16^th and Marcus Ericsson 20^th – behind McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne.

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Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix FP2 results

1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1min 42.795sec
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1min 42.864sec	+0.069sec
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1min 42.911sec	+0.116sec
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1min 43.570sec	+0.775sec
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1min 43.603sec	+0.808sec
6	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1min 43.700sec	+0.905sec
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1min 43.814sec	+1.019sec
8	Carlos Sainz Jr	Toro Rosso	1min 43.834sec	+1.039sec
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1min 43.977sec	+1.182sec
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1min 44.091sec	+1.296sec
11	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1min 44.127sec	+1.332sec
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1min 44.142sec	+1.347sec
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1min 44.425sec	+1.630sec
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1min 44.459sec	+1.664sec
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1min 44.712sec	+1.917sec
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1min 44.940sec	+2.145sec
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1min 45.007sec	+2.212sec
18	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1min 45.051sec	+2.256sec
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1min 45.288sec	+2.493sec
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1min 46.042sec	+3.247sec

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