Oscar Piastri is relieved to have come through a "tricky" day at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after hitting the wall on the difficult Baku street circuit in practice and then escaping with a reprimand from stewards.
Yet Australia's championship leader Piastri, winner in Baku last year, was not alone in his troubles on Friday with his McLaren teammate and main title challenger Lando Norris enduring an even more "costly" and damaging brush with the barriers.
For once, the dominant McLaren duo, who can wrap up the constrictors' title for their team in record time on Sunday, were off the pace in practice, as Lewis Hamilton led Charles Leclerc in a Ferrari one-two in the second session.
