Postpublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
What are you doing down there, Seb?
The television camera cuts to Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari, which is sat in an escape road at Turn 3. He backs up and gets on his way again.
Summary
Verstappen fastest in second practice, before crashing
Palmer crashes, several cars sliding into escape road, Alonso suffers engine failure
Verstappen fastest in first practice, Perez crashes, Vettel spins
Postpublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Get involved #bbcf1published at 11:04 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Your F1 bucket list
Andrew Thomas: My F1 bucket list: driving the safety car around Spa, Singapore GP from top of Marina Bay Sands Hotel, eavesdrop on Kimi's radio
Postpublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Max Verstappen lowers the benchmark with a 1:44.410. That's a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton, who is struggling to find clear air.
Image source, Getty ImagesTea, chat and tweakspublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
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Lewis Hamilton is getting caught up in a bit of traffic and has had to abandon two laps on the super-softs as he searches for a clear bit of track.
Image source, Getty ImagesIzzy wizzy, let's get busy!published at 10:59 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystIt is 2pm local time here so we are really in the heat of the day. We are in a place now where we will see quite a lot of cars out on the track. The circuit is probably as good as it is going to get in the session so you may as well try and get some running done.
Postpublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Times are starting to tumble as supersofts - the fastest compound of tyre in Baku this weekend - get a run out for the first time today.
Max Verstappen has just gone quickest of all on those tyres, doing 1:45.409 to move seven tenths clear of Lewis Hamilton.
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End of twitter postGet involved #bbcf1published at 10:55 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
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Dave James King: My F1 bucket list: 1) Monaco GP on the Red Bull Yacht 2) Singapore GP race day in the paddock 3) Silverstone GP in commentary box.
Postpublished at 10:53 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Drama of sorts. Nico Hulkenberg heads back out and is warned about a loose drain cover at Turn 2 and to give it a wide berth.
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Think drivers have it easy on the Thursday before a race? Think again. Not only do they have pre-race weekend preparations and media commitments to fulfill but they also have a mountain of programmes to sign.
Check out this brilliant video of Carlos Sainz doing just that.
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Cars! Cars on the the track again. Carlos Sainz and Romain Grosjean head back out with 40 minutes to go.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 10:48 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Your F1 bucket list
Tauseef Anwar: My F1 bucket list: 1) Be a pit crew 2) Hitch a ride on any F1 car 3) Spend a race day in the paddock
Team principal Giedo?published at 10:48 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
While it's quiet, let's entertain ourselves with some Giedo van der Garde banter.
The former Sauber driver tweeted this on 21 June - the day it was announced that Sauber have parted company with team principal Monisha Kaltenborn.
Giedo, you may remember, was involved in that bizarre carry on in Australia a couple of years ago, getting suited up for racing for Sauber, despite the team already having two drivers.
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Silence on the circuit. Everyone is back in the pits at the moment.
I won't lie, it's not been the most scintillating of sessions so far. Go make a brew, you won't miss anything.
Postpublished at 10:39 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Second and fifth respectively on the timesheet. Early days, but Force India are looking good here.
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CG presents: F1 bucket list.. every GP in one season plus Monaco as my stag do.. if only
Spin!published at 10:38 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Meanwhile, the other Mercedes has just ended up facing the wrong way. Valtteri Bottas spins at Turn 10 but no drama. He's back facing the right way soon enough.
Postpublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Sergio Perez, who finished third in Baku last year, briefly goes top of the order with 1:46.295 before he is displaced by Lewis Hamilton. A 1:45.497 is now the time to beat.
It's good to talkpublished at 10:32 British Summer Time 23 June 2017
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer
Image source, Getty ImagesKeep an eye out for the Force Indias this weekend. Fourth and sixth in Canada, this was their strongest track last year in terms of competitiveness and they have their sights on a podium finish. The storm in the teacup over Sergio Perez’s refusal to consider moving over for Esteban Ocon when it was suggested - but not ordered - in Canada appears to have blown over. It was discussed in Montreal, and Ocon revealed he had phoned Perez in the week afterwards when everything was calmer to talk it through. “We had a plane to catch just after so we were in a bit of rush to debrief,” Ocon said.
“It’s always good to do it a little bit after, to talk when you know everyone’s relaxed and the weekend’s finished. To have a further talk was quite important I think. And we just discussed our points, discussed freely, just us both, together. I think it was important to do that.“ We’re all good now, all set for a new weekend and there is no tension between us.”
Perez concurred, but as the impressive Ocon comes on increasingly strong, it may not be the last flash point there this year.