He contacted Williams to take him after dropping a wheel on the grass late in the session, but he managed to avoid any damage.
Behind the British, Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin ranked eighth, and separated from his teammate Lance Strol by the French rising Isack Hadjar in the race bull.
The Bearman accident took out the red flag, and stopped the session for 10 minutes, while his damaged car was cleared of the track.
This was the second stop from the session after officials took the red flag to disinfect the gravel from the circle when the sixth turns, which were withdrawn there by the Australian rising Jack Duhan in the Alps.
Soon after the resumption of running, the PiaSSTRI also ran widely in the corner, one of the most difficult of the track, and brought fresh gravel to the circle but the session lasted.
The wall and braking in the corner of this year's race were reformulated to try to avoid the type of accidents that hit both Russell and Albon last year, when both shattered and bounced into the path, coming in the middle of the circle.
But FIA may have to look at the corner again to stop the repeated stoppage of the track this week.
Outside the path, there was a great development after it appeared that all ten teams have now signed their commercial agreements with F1, for their commitment to sports until 2030.
Before their current deals are running out at the end of this season, they still have to negotiate their contracts with the FIA board, which may take some time.
