Singapore GP: Free Practice #1 - Re-Cap & Times

SINGAPORE GP - FREE PRACTICE #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    Daniel Ricciardo beat Sebastien Vettel and team-mate Max Verstappen to the top of the times in the first practice ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix.

    Ricciardo set a time of 1m42.489s late in the session to go a tenth of a second quicker than Vettel.

    The Ferrari drivers had left it late to compete with Mercedes and Red Bull, who was testing new sidepods, but eventually finished second and seventh fastest.

    Verstappen spent most of the second half of the session top of the times after Lewis Hamilton set the pace early. He finished third fastest whilst Hamilton dropped down to fourth as the session progressed.

    Sergio Perez split the Mercedes drivers, a 1m43.423 putting him fifth, just a hundredth of a second faster than Bottas.

    Both Renault drivers found mechanical problems early in the session. Nico Hulkenberg was told to “urgently” switch to a fail mode, but managed to fix the problem and finished ninth fastest. Jolyon Palmer “lost” the brake pedal at one point. His problem was also resolved and he finished 12th.

    Lance Stroll had his session shortened by a gearbox problem that left his Williams crawling back to the pits. He finished 17th fastest after only 11 laps.

    Fernando Alonso didn’t run into problems, finishing eighth fastest, though he told his engineer they could have been P1.

    Daniil Kvyat completed the top 10.

TIMES:

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:42.489 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia
2. Sebastian Vettel - 1:42.598 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany
3. Max Verstappen - 1:42.610 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands
4. Lewis Hamilton - 1:42.904 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain
5. Sergio Perez - 1:43.423 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
6. Valtteri Bottas - 1:43.434 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland
7. Kimi Raikkonen – 1:43.734 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland
8. Fernando Alonso - 1:43.759 / McLaren-Honda / Spain
9. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:44.101 / Renault-Renault / Germany
10. Daniil Kvyat - 1:44.220 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia
11. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:44.340 / McLaren-Honda / Belgium
12. Jolyon Palmer - 1:44.961 / Renault-Renault / Great Britain
13. Esteban Ocon - 1:45.053 / Force India-Mercedes / France
14. Felipe Massa - 1:45.084 / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil
15. Romain Grosjean - 1:46.456 / Haas-Ferrari / France
16. Antonio Giovinazzi - 1:46.782 / Haas-Ferrari / Italy*
17. Lance Stroll - 1:47.190 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada
18. Sean Galael - 1:47.570 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Indonesia*
19. Marcus Ericsson - 1:47.699 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
20. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:47.886 / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

* - Driving in FP1 only.

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