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Gary Rose

  1. George Russell goes quicker with a 1:44.177. He's six tenths quicker than Kimi Antonelli.

  2. Mercedes are back out now on soft tyres so we should see the times at the top come down now in these final 15 minutes.

  3. There's a brief virtual safety car deployment because a branch got blown on to the track. A marshal has swiftly picked it up.

  4. Team radio - Oscar Piastri to McLaren

    Piastri: Very low confidence into Turn One. Very unpredictable. Everywhere else feels more or less OK."

  5. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on Sports Extra in Baku

    McLaren are struggling generally at this circuit, Lando Norris in particular is struggling with the inconsistency of the car at this track. This McLaren doesn't suit this track they love high speed corners and there are none of those here.

  6. A familiar sight this weekend as George Russell is top of the order, clocking a 1:44.715. That's a tenth quicker than Charles Leclerc, who is on softs, but three tenths quicker than Kimi Antonelli, who is on mediums - the same compound Russell is on.

  7. Max Verstappen is clearly getting frustrated, both with the conditions and his car, as he reports over team radio: "If for once this **** car wouldn't jump like a kangaroo, my god!"

  8. The wind is causing some problems now as Lewis Hamilton also has a moment and goes off the track.

  9. Team Radio - Max Verstappen to Red Bull

    Verstappen: "The car is very numb in the last, like turn 16, with the wind. Very tricky."

  10. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on Sports Extra in Baku

    Stroll kissed the wall and says it's just a puncture but I'd imagine it's a little more than that.

  11. Watching replays of what happened to Lance Stroll and he clipped the inside wall and was urged to stop the car safely by his team.

  12. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Max Verstappen locks up at Turn 13 and goes down into the run off area. He spins his Red Bull and gets back going again.

  13. Stroll stops

    There's a problem for Lance Stroll as he has come to a stop on the track. He clearly can't get going again and is climbing out of his car.

  14. Now Kimi Antonelli goes fastest of all with a 1:45.046 set on mediums, 0.05s quicker than Lewis Hamilton.

  15. Team radio

    Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli: "There it is. First gust of the day."

  16. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on Sports Extra in Baku

    Pirelli suggest there's half a second pace difference between the medium ans soft tyres so that's a very good showing from Max Verstappen who is just two tenths behind Lewis Hamilton on the softs.

  17. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on Sports Extra in Baku

    Red Bull and McLaren quite close in pace, Ferrari probably a little further back and Mercedes ahead.

  18. All change at the top now as Lewis Hamilton, on softs, goes fastest with a 1:45.093. Charles Leclerc is second quickest, two tenths back.

    Red Bull's Max Verstappen is third, also two tenths off Hamilton's time but his has been set on mediums.

    George Russell is fourth quickest on mediums, just 0.05s slower than Verstappen.

  19. Kimi Antonelli and George Russell are both on mediums and go third and fourth fastest respectively.

    There's a brief wave of the yellow flags as Pierre Gasly goes off.

  20. Arvid Lindblad reports that grip is "super low", which may be because of the stronger wind the drivers are having to contend with today.