2025 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Final Practice - LIVE UPDATES!

A better lap from Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, who improves to go third, 0.276s down on Norris.

Could we see Max Verstappen's Red Bull and the Ferraris challenge McLaren in qualifying?

Late improvements for Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, who go second and third-fastest respectively. 

Verstappen is 0.222s down on Lando Norris, with Piastri 0.315s slower than his McLaren teammate. 

Some work for Piastri to do heading into qualifying later. 

A scruffy end to FP3 for Oscar Piastri, who has ruined his next soft tyre lap by running straight on down at Turn 1. 

1. Lando Norris
2. Max Verstappen
3. Alex Albon
4. Kimi Antonelli
5. George Russell 

Lando Norris now shows us what McLaren have up their sleeve, setting a 1m41.223s to go half a second clear of Max Verstappen's Red Bull. 

Teammate Oscar Piastri has bailed out of his soft tyre run after a snap at Turn 4. 

Alex Albon improves to pop his Williams into second with a great lap, which included two purple sectors. 

George Russell goes third-quickest for Mercedes. 

A big lap from Max Verstappen, who goes fastest with a time that is over six-tenths quicker than Charles Leclerc's. The Dutchman has thrown down the gauntlet somewhat there. 

Meanwhile, Leclerc found some improvement despite a dice with the wall. 

Max Verstappen pops his Red Bull into P2, 0.213 seconds behind Charles Leclerc's Ferrari. 

A quick lap from the reigning world champion. 

After making contact with the wall, Pierre Gasly reports that his thumb is hurting. 

"I hit the wall. Inside of Turn Six. ****, my thumb."

Charles Leclerc returns to the top on a 1m42.354s.

Championship leader Oscar Piastri briefly edged the Ferraris before Leclerc found a big improvement of around seven tenths.

Lewis Hamilton had been on a better lap too but aborts his effort after a big slide out of the final corner. 

Lewis Hamilton makes it a Ferrari 1-2 by going quickest on a 1m42.988s.

The seven-time world champion goes 0.060s ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. 

Charles Leclerc, despite running wide at the final corner, has done the fastest lap of the session with a 1m43.048s. 

Had this been qualifying, however, that lap time would have been deleted. 

Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton has just gone straight on down at Turn 3. 

Lando Norris puts his McLaren on top with a 1m43.640s.

He's half a second clear of Kimi Antonelli in the Mercedes. 

We are some way off the leading pace set by Lewis Hamilton in FP2 as drivers continue to grapple with the tricky windy conditions. 

Nobody has been able to beat Oliver Bearman's benchmark so far.

Yuki Tsunoda has gone second, ahead of Alex Albon, Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri. 

Lewis Hamilton's first lap of the day leaves him 10th.

17 drivers have lap times, with the Mercedes duo and Max Verstappen yet to head out. 

"It's just sketchy everywhere for the time being. Every corner feels worse I would say."

Only three drivers have set lap times so far and they are Oliver Bearman, Lando Norris and Liam Lawson. 

It is Bearman who leads the way early on. But expect times to tumble as more drivers head out.

Both Isack Hadjar and Lando Norris have reported that the wind is challenging today. 

Racing Bulls driver Hadjar said: "The wind is pushing a lot on the right".

Oliver Bearman is the first to take to an escape road, having locked up and run straight on down at Turn 4. 

Liam Lawson and Oliver Bearman are the first drivers to venture out.

Not much running in these early stages as teams look to save tyres. 

Green light at the end of the pitlane, but no one is out on track yet.

Ferrari ended Friday practice on top with Lewis Hamilton leading an impressive 1-2 ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc in second practice. 

Ferrari ended up nearly half a second clear of nearest rivals Mercedes, but we didn't see the true pace of McLaren, who endured an unusually scrappy Friday with both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri hitting the wall in FP2. 

This final hour of practice running should give us a better indication of the pecking order heading into that all-important qualifying session later. 

Hello and welcome to Crash.net's live coverage of the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. 

We've got an hour of final practice coming up from Baku at 9.30, before qualifying later this afternoon.