The eighth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship - the 2017 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix started today in Baku.
The Finn, who hit a Formula One record top speed of 373kmh a year ago, went into a spin at Turn 10 during the first practice, but recovered to finish second, a tenth behind Verstappen, in the evening's session.
"There is no doubt in my mind or anyone in the team's mind that they're not part of the team next year", Horner told told Sky Sports F1. "At the end I locked up at turn 1, I could see I wasn't going to make the corner so chose to take the run off, as I turned right I lost the rear and ended up sliding into the wall". "So to be up there without an ideal lap is very positive". He pulled himself out of the cockpit, pulled off his helmet and examined the auto, anxious to see the extent of the damage.
"Everything else was working really good", he said.
It seemed like the right way to end the day, as the Baku city circuit looked like an ice rink, the drivers constantly looking for adherence and balance.
Hamilton nearly collided with Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and drivers including Vettel, on several occasions, had to make use of escape routes to avoid crashes as they struggled with grip. He finished the second session in 10th. But even cautious on a tricky track, he nearly collided with Raikkonen.
It was a mixed day for Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
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"It was a hard day out there".
"We can still be in the fight for pole", Hamilton said.
"First of all I went out of the garage and yellow flags then it was a Virtual Safety Car, so you can't warm up your tyres like you want to. Now it's just a case of getting our heads together tonight to work out exactly how to extract that pace across the entire weekend".
It was the last incident of the day after Force India's Sergio Perez and Renault's Jolyon Palmer crashed at the same spot in the narrow old town section which saw the sessions interrupted. It was only fitting that Alonso had to retire with an engine problem in practice as well.
McLaren is the only team not to have scored a point this season and continues to be handicapped by the lack of reliability of the Honda engine, prompting more and more speculation that management is out of patience and is considering the option Mercedes as an engine supplier.
After a tough Practice One, Ferrari closed the gap in the afternoon session to be within two-and-a-half tenths of Verstappen's time with Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel fourth and fifth respectively.
Vettel was not the only front runner to hit trouble with Red Bull's Max Verstappen, fastest in both practice sessions here on Friday, parking his Red Bull with 10 minutes remaining.
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