A yr in the past, Lando Norris walked SB Nation readers by way of the powerful take a look at that’s the Baku Metropolis Circuit, the positioning of this weekend’s Method 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. From the twisty “citadel nook” part by way of the tight and slender run to the beginning/end line, Azerbaijan affords up a number of the season’s tightest corners and largest challenges.
Each Charles Leclerc and Franco Colapinto discovered that out the arduous approach because the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix received underway Friday.
The 2 drivers every crashed throughout FP1, with each shunts bringing out the crimson flag.
Leclerc’s crash got here first, bringing out the second crimson flag of the session (the primary got here as a consequence of some particles). Whereas Leclerc was trying very quick on his lap, in addition to the timing sheets total, he locked up at Flip 15 and located the barrier halfway by way of the session:
The session resumed, solely to see Colapinto carry out one other crimson flag later in FP1 when his FW46 discovered the wall at Flip 4:
When the checkered flag flew on the finish of FP1, it was none aside from Max Verstappen atop the timing sheets, with teammate Sergio Pérez — the “King of the Streets” as he’s recognized — simply two spots behind him in P3:
May Crimson Bull have a solution for the remainder of the sector this week in Azerbaijan?
