Perez defeats Leclerc in Final F1 practice in Azerbaijan
Red Bull's Sergio Perez defeated Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to return himself on top in Saturday's last Formula One practice meeting for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The Mexican, who headed into the end of the week with his sights set on following up his Monaco triumph by turning into the primary recurrent champ at the Baku city track, lapped the six-km, hindrance lined design in one moment 43.170 seconds.
That was adequate to obscure Leclerc, who is hoping to return from the twofold frustration of missing out on triumph in Spain and Monaco, by 0.070 seconds.
The pair have exchanged places at the highest point of the training timesheets the entire end of the week, with Perez quickest in Friday's initial meeting and Leclerc taking over practically speaking two.
Big showdown pioneer Max Verstappen, who is nine focuses in front of Leclerc and 15 in front of Perez in the general standings, needed to cut short his last flying lap and settle for third almost 0.3 seconds off the speed.
Spaniard Carlos Sainz was fourth for Ferrari in front of McLaren colleagues Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo.
Pierre Gasly was seventh for AlphaTauri in front of Mercedes driver George Russell and Esteban Ocon's Alpine.
Aston Martin's four-time champion Sebastian Vettel balanced the main 10.
Lewis Hamilton, who switched the set-around on his Mercedes during the meeting, was just twelfth. The Briton was educated by his race engineer that his motor had been turned down.
The last practice meeting started off 15 minutes late after an accident in the first Formula Two race harmed a few boundaries.
Qualifying will in this way likewise start with a 15-minute defer later on Saturday.
The last practice meeting started off 15 minutes late after an accident in the first Formula Two race harmed a few boundaries.
Qualifying will in this way likewise start with a 15-minute defer later on Saturday.