Red Bull's Max Verstappen set the pace at the first practice session in Baku, ahead of Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
Verstappen, who leads the Drivers' Championship for the first time in his Formula 1 career, went to the top of the timesheets with 10 minutes to go on the soft tyre and was 0.043 seconds faster than Leclerc.
Sergio Perez was fourth, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Pierre Gasly whilst Lewis Hamilton finished the session in seventh.
The full results from the first practice session for the Azerbaijan GP can be seen below.
Result Free practice 1 - Azerbaijan
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