A messy, messy start to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend — and it should come as zero surprise given the layout of this circuit and the propensity for wall strikes or lock-ups into the run-off area.
But it will hardly have built a lot of confidence for some of the drivers who want to get started on the right foot.
Lando Norris will probably take the most amount of confidence from FP1, having ended the session three-tenths of a second clear of teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri.
Piastri lost a little bit of track time early on due to a power unit issue, and then had a big clout of the wall at the end of Sector 2 towards the end of the session.
Charles Leclerc was up there in P3 which continues his impressive record here, taking pole for each of the last four runnings of this race.
It’s a bit of a surprise to see Yuki Tsunoda so high up the order, ahead of Max Verstappen, but it is only FP1 and Verstappen will surely take some time to dial in before being on the money when it matters.
But with so much running lost to the red flag after the curb issue, it’s worth taking everything from this session with a big, big pinch of salt.