Hamilton leads the way in Baku practice


Formula One - Grand Prix of Europe - Baku, Azerbaijan - 17/6/16 - Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain walks at the paddock area. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

BAKU (Reuters) - Formula One made its debut in Azerbaijan on Friday with some immediate teething problems and Mercedes's triple world champion Lewis Hamilton fastest in practice around the Baku street circuit.

Race director Charlie Whiting and officials spent time between the sessions fixing kerbs on the anti-clockwise layout that circles the medieval city walls and runs along the Caspian sea shore.

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