Alonso starts in trouble in Singapore, Hamilton leads

Fernando Alonso didn’t get off to the best start F1 Singapore Grand PrixThe driver from Asturias had a problem with his gearbox and was unable to complete the scheduled work. Marina Bay team alpine in both cars. Ferdinand He finished 10th despite not being able to lap in the final minutes and felt comfortable from the start on the difficult and tough Asian track. I was one of the few riders who didn’t get to try the first qualifying sim with softer rubber to give me confidence in this rubber on the track where it needed to be.especially at night Singapore with Free 2.

From the beginning, what Alonso said to the media the day before came true. “There are drivers who need more time, they need to study more data, they need all Friday to analyze and compare with their teammates, and a little bit more until they are 100% ready for qualifying. I am taking small steps.And some players are 100% in FP1. Looking forward to his FP1 tomorrow. In his first five minutes of the session, you can see that he is 2.5 seconds ahead of anyone Max has. They’ll slowly come back and close in on him in qualifying. It can happen on a small scale even between teammates,” commented the driver.In the first few minutes, Verstappen led the session, with Fernando following him in second.

However, these lap times are still not representative as the course has improved significantly and various car settings have changed.

Lewis Hamilton It was decided to set a slower time than the remaining time and lead FP1, mercedes Getting closer to the head Great news for F1 You can see the Englishman in this FP1 set a competitive time that allowed him to lead the lap on soft rubber. Most of all for doing it with a Mercedes who, from the very beginning of the track, suffered a number of problematic turns to bring the tires to the right temperature.

Verstappen second, Leclerc third

moved to second position Max Verstappenwhich is 84 thousandths in English, red bull Aiming for Max’s 12th win in 17 races this season, he soon made it clear that he would give it his all at the track. Leclerc was third with 0.402 seconds and Pérez was fourth with 0.806 seconds.

Theoretically, Singapore should be a very good track for Ferrari propertiesSo we have to wait for FP2 and free practice on Saturday to make more concrete conclusions. Hungary was also supposed to be the perfect track for Ferrari, but Red Bull’s best tire degradation allowed Max to overwhelm the Italian.

I need to check if Ferrari This succeeded in making things difficult for his opponents. GPAt the moment we have to add Leclerc’s 3rd place to 6th place. Sainz.

The Madrid man got off to a shaky start to the session. He pointed out to the team that he had to apply a set-up change planned at the last meeting and was suffering from oversteer. At Turn 5 it became clear that he saved the impact on the wall thanks to good countersteer.

Take a walk, to the wall.Perez, transmission problem

he couldn’t help it at that point lance strollThe red flag happened just as the two Red Bulls were setting times for the soft rubber. Their times were put on the table, but the session was abandoned. This complicated a direct comparison of the favorites’ cadences. For that part Czech Perezwhat Alonsowas unable to ride in the final minutes due to transmission problems in his Red Bull.