Red Bull’s Max Verstappen topped a tight and unrepresentative first practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of the Ferrari drivers.

Verstappen, leading Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton by four points in the championship, was 0.043 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Carlos Sainz was third quickest, 0.294secs behind his Ferrari team-mate, ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.

Hamilton was down in seventh place but made a mistake on a faster lap.

And Lando Norris appeared to

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