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FP3: Bottas quickest in fiery practice

Valtteri Bottas set the pace in final practice for the Azerbaijan GP, a session in which Jolyon Palmer's luck went from bad to worse. Palmer managed just four laps of the Baku circuit on Saturday afternoon before he was down the Turn 2 escape road with his Renault on fire. The marshals drowned his RS17 in fire retardant foam, preventing further damage. 📻 'Stop the car, stop the car' Agony for @JolyonPalmer as his engine catches fire #AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 #F1 pic.twitter.com/ZAMWnCNRmK — Formula 1 (@F1) June 24, 2017 With the yellows eventually lifted at Turn 2, the action heated up as did the track temperature – up to 59'C! Daniil Kvyat set the early pace before losing out to...
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