Oliver Bearman wasted no time getting up to speed on his first visit to Baku, topping the opening session of the Formula 2 weekend and ending Free Practice fastest of all, according to the official website of FIA Formula 2 Championship.
The PREMA Racing driver went quickest late on, gaining a nice slipstream down the main straight to set a 1:54.063.
Fellow rookies Isack Hadjar and Kush Maini followed in second and third places respectively. A spin for Arthur Leclerc late on brought an early end to practice as the DAMS driver couldn’t get going again.
Qualifying is set to commence at 15:00 local time.