# Motorsport: Lando Norris set the pace ahead of McLaren team-mate, title rival and championship leader Oscar Piastri in Friday’s eventful opening practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Briton, who trails by 31 points in the drivers’ title race, clocked the best lap with his 24-year-old Australian rival second. A similar outcome in Sunday’s race would clinch a second consecutive constructors’ championship success for McLaren. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was third, closely followed by fourth-placed George Russell of Mercedes.
Motorsport: Norris on top ahead of Piastri in opening Baku practice