Sergio Perez was fastest in the second practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Friday as Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes struggled on the streets of Baku. Perez clocked 1min 42.115sec, just 0.101sec ahead of his Red Bull teammate, championship leader Max Verstappen. "Today it was like, I finally understand how to drive this car," said the Mexican. Ferrari`s Carlos Sainz was third with teammate Charles Leclerc was fourth despite a brush with a barrier. "It`s definitely better than we expected," said Leclerc. "But it`s only FP1 and FP2. The pace looks promising. Now we`ll keep on working during the night and hopefully we`ll be as competitive tomorrow." Hamilton was down in 11th, more than a second slower than Verstappen. The reigning world champion urged his team to "do whatever we need to do, I`m not going to go any faster. I don`t know where all the time is."

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