An entertaining qualifying session sees Max Verstappen edge out the Mercedes pair, while Sergio Perez' Melbourne misery continues.
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Max Verstappen tops the Melbourne timesheets in final practice as teammate Sergio Perez has the session from hell.
Today's press conference with Otmar Szafnauer, Guenther Steiner, Mario Isola, Mike Krack, Zak Brown and Christian Horner.
There's one free practice session left before qualifying that will give drivers a chance to carry out the long runs that have been missing so far, in weather conditions that should be better.
As the tinkering continues, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sprint weekend looks likely to feature two qualifying sessions.
Red Bull boss, Christian Horner has described the decision to hold a Sprint event at Baku, a street circuit, as ludicrous.
We explored quite a few set-up variations today, which was interesting as it felt like we were going in a right direction. That doesn't mean that we have the same pace as our competitors, as they still seem to have the upper hand for now.
We didn't get to cover all of the work planned, so we expect a busy FP3 session tomorrow to help fill the gaps we have.
In terms of competitiveness, we seem to be in a position similar to that we had in Saudi, which means we'll be giving it a good go to get into Q3 tomorrow and to score points in Sunday's race.
We learned a lot today, so we just need to do a good job in FP3 and we'll be ready for qualifying.
We've found some good directions in terms of setup, but we didn't necessarily get all the good bits on the car all at the same time.
We were able to try a few new parts on the car today and we will assess their performance tonight before deciding whether to commit to them for the rest of the weekend.
We changed the setup ahead of FP2 and tested the new nose and front wing with positive results.