00:00...crash to go fastest with 141
00:02...just stay that much more psyched and aware of my vision
00:04I need to come in and see what it's drafting
00:07I don't see it, if we just keep temping it
00:10it'll get that windshield removed
00:13...just coming in on that there, how you can see
00:15on that onboard image that we have there of Leo
00:17...onto the throttle on the medium tyre
00:20and this is really what they are calling that 2.2km main straight
00:25as soon as you're full throttle off the back of 16
00:27all the way down the main straight
00:30...and we can just hear that sound on the bottom
00:32...check the data but I think the car is dead somewhere
00:37...as Perez goes to the top
00:39Leclerc though actually still not happy in that Ferrari
00:41...that links across side of the cars
00:43how much of that is damaged
00:44obviously on the cars, just for weight
00:47we can't have sensors on absolutely everything
00:50so some of the load across the car
00:53some of the force that's gone across the car is
00:55implied or estimated from other sensors on the car
00:59and it is about risk versus reward
01:02...some particles in there, Team Radio
01:04Yeah guys, I'm not driving with this car anymore
01:07...did he describe it as bent?
01:09...something's bent on the car?
01:11I think he's referring to the steering
01:14...and he's just said on the radio
01:15...I'm not driving this car
01:17...just sort of bounce off that
01:19...this is Leclerc at 15 where he had the shunt earlier
01:22...and just goes up the escape road
01:25...we did get a momentary yellow flag
01:28...which would have been for Leclerc going off there
01:31...that's quite a narrow place to do a U-turn
01:33...here we go then, let's see what happens to Max Verstappen
01:38...tries to turn it in, locks up
01:41...and actually quite lucky not to hit the wall
01:43...didn't decide to take the...
01:46...to the escape off just to the right-hand side
01:49I think it's just that he decided too late, Harry
01:51...he'd sort of committed a little bit
01:53...he realised he wasn't going to make it
01:54...but he couldn't make it to the escape road
01:56...and managed to get that stop
01:57...I think we just got a yellow flag for Zhou Guanyu
01:59...I think he's also gone into the run-off area at Turn 3
02:02...there he is, managing to do a...
02:05...well, some point turn and get back out again
02:09...for the Chinese driver, on his way
02:11...then you start to get into your high-fuel run-ins
02:13...so the teams will add fuel up to the 80-90kg mark
02:17...and begin to do their consistent non-DRS runs
02:20...in that they want to get a feel of
02:22...what is the tyre degradation?
02:24...how is the tyre going to perform?
02:26...what's the difference across the tyres?
02:28...lots of information for the race
02:31...as we know, points are on Sunday
02:33...so you do always try and get that long run-in
02:36...some exceptions are the track like Monaco or Singapore
02:39...where overtaking is so difficult
02:42...that qualifying becomes more important
02:44...like there, in those sessions
02:46...check out the things we're racing
02:49...I don't think anybody's racing at that speed
02:51...through that left-hander of 16
02:54...but it's worth taking the pain
02:56...because the benefit he's going to get...
02:58...oh, that is...
02:59...oh-ho-ho, that was tight
03:01...no, that's...
03:02...honestly, if Gasly was going to bail out of it
03:05...he should have bailed out of it before the kinks
03:07...I think that's...
03:09...that's a bit naughty
03:10...another look at this Gasly-Norris incident
03:14...yeah, so...
03:16...you see, he's gone through the kink
03:17...and then, I think...
03:18...Gasly probably thought, I've moved over to the left
03:21...because he has moved away from the line
03:22...and thought, I'm going to leave Lando some space
03:25...but, if...
03:27...put yourself in Lando's cockpit
03:29...that is not a comfortable place, right?
03:31...because he doesn't know...
03:32...I have a problem
03:33...I have...
03:34...problem with the battery, I'm sorry
03:37...oh, okay, that...
03:39...that explains it a bit more
03:41...William Sides has had a nice, clean run
03:43...compared to Norris, across the line
03:45...he's fastest at the moment
03:46...improves his time on the soft tyre, 1.43.9
03:50...puts 4 tenths between himself and Perez
03:52...and we see him come
03:52...you can see the dust still coming up as the plank
03:55...at the bottom of the car
03:56...touches the ground
03:58...he'll come up to the time in line
04:00...George Russell has finally left the pits
04:02...and Sides stays at the top of the time
04:05...so Verstappen's last sector
04:07...only a 25.6
04:09...Bearman's gone forward faster
04:10...Hamilton then, making his way
04:13...through the left-hand kink
04:14...then the right-hand kink
04:15...the man who was...
04:16...we'll put it on poll here, back in 2017
04:19...won it in 2018
04:21...to the line, not...
04:22...not get the help of a tow
04:24...but will get that DRS getting up to over 335
04:27...just about kilometres an hour to the line
04:30...and third fastest there, Bamilton
04:32...who lost a bit of time in that final sector
04:35...well, he was signed, then he was up for grabs
04:37...and then he was re-signed again
04:38...at least for the next few races
04:40...part of that was that we're heading to some
04:41...Sergio Perez strong tracks
04:43...this being one of them
04:45...as his teammate, Verstappen, still pushing
04:46...has to find the run-off
04:48...nice, Yuri
04:49...very, very well collected there from Verstappen
04:52...who rejoins
04:53...so, this is good momentum for Perez
04:56...who is still fighting for that seat
04:59...I think, has it...
05:00...have the Red Bull problems as a whole with the car
05:02...actually kind of distracted everybody a bit now?
05:04...Turn 8, I think, in the run-off area
05:06...yeah, there he is, okay
05:07...so he hasn't hit the barrier
05:09...and he's managed to bail out of it
05:10...Colopinto's done a good job, Harry
05:12...he's done a time
05:14...within one hundredth of Alex Albon's
05:16...that's him on an Euclid, I think
05:18...well, let's have a look
05:20...lock-up
05:21...oh, no, this is a different part of the circuit
05:23...so, this is...
05:23...yeah
05:24...this is Sainz, not Leclerc
05:26...Sainz at Turn 3
05:28...so, we haven't seen the build-up to Leclerc's off, then
05:34...through the castle section
05:35...but his teammate also pushing
05:37...and then finding a little bit of a wider exit route
05:41...for Carlos Sainz
05:42...it could be a little bit tough at first
05:45...but what that project could turn into
05:47...might be something that everybody wants to get involved with
05:49...speak of Colopinto, though
05:51...I think that was a touch with the wall
05:54...and it was a bit more than a touch
05:56...and taking a bit of the advertising with him as well
05:58...but it's a bit of tech pro there
06:00...so it does sort of allow you to bounce off of it slightly
06:03...and Charles Leclerc as well, as he's embarking on that lap
06:08...just managed to keep his Ferrari out of the wall
06:13...ever so slightly
06:14...but we've seen some quali runs so far
06:16...and Perez is currently fastest
06:18...we heard he had a DRS issue in FP1
06:21...could you explain a bit more about what that was
06:23...and if you fixed it or if you're worried about it going forward?
06:26To be honest, I haven't had exactly what the issue was
06:29...but we changed the rear wing
06:30...so it's working now
06:31...so we still don't know exactly what the cause was
06:33...but we'll get to the bottom of it tonight
06:35Leclerc had a lovely three-car tow down the street
06:40Carlos Sainz, again, sorry Bernie
06:43...just finding himself...
06:45...he's gone off there before
06:46...it's down at Turn 7
06:48...just having to find reverse gear
06:50...he's had to do that a couple of times across today's session
06:53...chance around here in track improvement
06:54...in that time, the track improves the most
06:58...at the beginning of the session
06:59...and then it tails off towards the end of the sessions
07:02...but it is still improving, lap on lap on lap
07:05...and that's what we see, even going into the race
07:07...this track will be improving, lap on lap, every race
07:11...and I heard a really interesting quote from Alonso at one point saying
07:14...even in the race, every lap, you can adjust your braking zone
07:18...by a very, very small amount
07:20...and that sort of level of intelligence is so impressive to me
07:24...but yes, there will be a good degree of track improvement
07:27...who's the astrophysicist, yes?
07:28...it's Sid in Sheppard's Bush
07:30...well, there you go, we've name-checked him, well done
07:32...thank you, Sid
07:33...just want to point out, George Russell has gone for a qualifying run
07:36...so, we saw...
07:37...blues, yep, seems...
07:39...copy
07:42...yeah, as I was saying, I'm trying to remember which race it was
07:45...but the sort of practices are blurring into one in my head at the moment
07:48...currently fighting for that championship
07:50...he's also in Fernando Alonso's management stable as well
07:53...so, Alonso pushing Bortoletto for that seat
07:55...this is Bottas, trying to turn it in
07:57...and oh, the rear was about to step out from him, Karun, there
08:01...yeah, just turned in, had a bit of movement on the rear
08:04...decided to catch it and...
08:06...go into the run-off area instead of having spin
08:09...again, a lovely Yuri and Iza back out onto the circuit
08:13...we've not actually touched too much on the Aston Martins
08:16...as Lance Stroll shows us a brilliant view of the car
08:19...stopping to break down at turn 2
08:24...so, well, Fox, Box, end of this lap
08:26...we have an issue with the car
08:30...well, that is not good news
08:32...it's not going well, is it?
08:33...to see, just watching him in the garage at the moment
08:35...he seems satisfied enough, if you can say that
08:39...but I think the floor, going back to the floor...
08:41...oh, Team Radio?
08:43...what is he doing?
08:45...yeah, it's not clear to me
08:46...yeah, that went very close
09:16...with some issues as well
09:18...potentially worrying for his engine
09:19...down in 9th
09:20...and Oli Behrmann with a solid FP2 intent
09:23...ahead of Tsunoda, that could be a tight fight
09:25...in the midfield to watch out for
09:27...Alonso down in 12th, ahead of Albon
09:28...Colopinto bouncing back from his FP1 crash
09:31...with a solid FP2, getting really close to Albon in the times
09:34...ahead of Bottas
09:35...Riccardo Norris down in 17th
09:37...his quick lap, though, was hampered early doors
09:39...by Pierre Gasly
09:40...Esteban Ocon down in 19th
09:42...and Joe Guanyu, 20th in the Saubers
09:45...as the sun slowly begins to set here in Baku
09:49...I'm looking forward to doing it all over again for FP3 tomorrow
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