Mercedes driver George Russell headed Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen in first observe on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Championship chief Kimi Antonelli was fifth quickest, however didn’t get a lap on the quickest soft-compound tyres after stopping on observe with a hydraulic leak.
Russell, who trails Antonelli by 81 factors, was 0.4 seconds faster than Verstappen.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton had been third and fourth, each simply over 0.4secs off Russell’s tempo and proper behind Verstappen.
However neither Italian automobile ran the tender tyre because the groups accomplished diversified programmes to start out off the weekend in Baku.
Antonelli, who ended up 0.878secs off Russell’s quickest time, was the quickest driver within the early working utilizing the arduous tyres.
The Italian stopped at Flip One on his first lap on the tender tyres, with smoke seeping out of the cooling vents on his engine cowl.
He missed half the session so can have some catching as much as do within the second session later within the day.
