McLaren and Honda confirm split
Ricciardo fastest in first and second practice, Ferraris hit problems
Sainz's loan to Renault to replace Palmer for 2018 confirmed
McLaren sign three-year deal with Renault, Toro Rosso join with Honda from 2018
Final practice at 11:00 BST Saturday & qualifying at 14:00
Rod Peel:There is a real probability that Red Bull will suffer some reliability issues so a Hamilton win is not impossible.
Amit Mandalia: Does anyone actually think Mercedes are going to struggle here as much as they have been saying before this weekend?
Rachel Bridge:Stroll seems to be much more comfortable at the tracks that appear more dangerous - here and Baku are similar.
Top 10: 1 Ricciardo 2 Verstappen 3 Hamilton 4 Bottas 5 Hulkenberg 6 Vandoorne 7 Alonso 8 Perez 9 Raikkonen 10 Ocon
11-20: 11 Vettel 12 Sainz 13 Kvyat 14 Palmer 15 Massa 16 Magnussen 17 Grosjean 18 Stroll 19 Wehrlein 20 Ericsson
It seems the long-stint runs are under way so expect the order to be static for a while.
Top 10 coming up...
Image source, Getty ImagesI accidentally put Alonso back in a Ferrari in my 14:15 update.
It's OK everyone, it's not 2014 again.
It's 2017 and Donald Trump is president.
So THAT'S FINE ISN'T IT?
Sebastian Vettel has just out-Max Verstappened Max Verstappen.
At the same place where the Red Bull hit the Tecpro Barriers the Ferrari does the same, but this time the impact is much heavier and more of the car connects with the wall.
Vettel even managed to dislodge an advertising hoarding for Rolex. Nice bit of exposure for them.
Image source, Getty ImagesRaikkonen in P9.
Vettel in P11.
Not happening for them so far.
A long way from what we were all expecting.
#bbcf1
Graham Wright: The way Alonso's luck has been recently I'm fully expecting Honda to produce a beast of an engine for 2018.
Ed Forsyth: Can we expect to see McLaren up with Red Bull next season, or will progress be more gradual than that?
Amit Mandalia: Alonso will surely finish his career at McLaren because no other team will want him when they can go younger and long term.
These guys are really pushing. We've just see a slow-mo of Verstappen's rear end kicking out and whacking the padded barriers. No damage done.
We've also seen Fernando Alonso do the same in the McLaren.
It's very busy out there
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
Verstappen is saying his rear tyres have already gone on the second [flying] lap.
Daniel Ricciardo is absolutely loving this.
He bangs in yet another track record in the Red Bull, a 1:40.852 taking him five tenths of a second clear of team-mate Max Verstappen, who was forced to lift off on his early quick run because of Grosjean's spin.
Romain Grosjean has spun his Haas on the exit of Turn Seven and Jolyon Palmer clips the wall in the Renault. A sizable whack actually. His car seems to have absorbed it well though.
And the pendulum swings again.
Daniel Ricciardo, now on the ultra-soft himself, posts a 1:41.228 and he goes three tenths clear of Hamilton.
I know it's only practice but already battle looks joined at the front. And Ferrari haven't even shown their hand yet...
Image source, Getty ImagesLewis Hamilton gets the Mercedes to the top of the order on the ultra-soft, however, posting a time five tenths up on Verstappen.
Image source, ReutersInteresting. Valtteri Bottas' Mercedes, on the quickest ultrasoft tyre goes into second place, slower than Verstappen's time on the super-soft, albeit only by 0.027s.
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