Strong start for Red Bull in Singapore, Max third
Published on 15 September 2017 by Stefan Meens
Red Bull Racing started the Singapore GP weekend well with Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen finishing first and third in the opening practice session. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel split the two Bulls with Ricciardo ending up the fastest.
At the start of the session we a couple of familiar and new faces in the cars. Ferrari junior Antonio Giovinazzi will drive FP1 for Haas F1 instead of Kevin Magnussen with Sean Gelael taking Carlos Sainz’ spot in the same session at Scurderia Toro Rosso.
Another increasingly familiar yet new sight is the Halo. This morning Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) and Ricciardo test the safety device.
Unlike qualifying and the race, the first practice session is driven in daylight instead of under artificial light in a Grand Prix characterized by plenty of safety cars. None of these factors seems to have fazed the drivers; it is an uneventful session with only Marcus Ericsson causing a short waved yellow.
The Red Bulls are enjoying the high downforce nature of the street circuit and are making the most their RB13. In the end, only Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) and Lewis Hamilton) are close to the two Milton Keynes prepared RB13s.
Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay Circuit - Friday 15 September
FREE PRACTICE 1 RESULTS 01 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 1:42.489 21 02 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:42.598 +0.109s 21 03 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 1:42.610 +0.121s 23 04 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:42.904 +0.415s 27 05 11 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 1:43.423 +0.934s 25 06 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:43.434 +0.945s 27 07 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:43.734 +1.245s 25 08 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 1:43.759 +1.270s 19 09 27 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1:44.101 +1.612s 24 10 26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:44.220 +1.731s 25 11 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1:44.340 +1.851s 25 12 30 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:44.961 +2.472s 25 13 31 Esteban Ocon Force India Mercedes 1:45.053 +2.564s 25 14 19 Felipe Massa Williams Mercedes 1:45.084 +2.595s 27 15 8 Romain Grosjean Haas Ferrari 1:46.456 +3.967s 20 16 50 Antonio Giovinazzi Haas Ferrari 1:46.782 +4.293s 27 17 18 Lance Stroll Williams Mercedes 1:47.190 +4.701s 11 18 38 Sean Gelael Toro Rosso 1:47.570 +5.081s 26 19 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber Ferrari 1:47.699 +5.210s 23 20 94 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber Ferrari 1:47.886 +5.397s 24
