Max Verstappen led Red Bull to the head of the timesheets in opening practice for the Singapore Grand Prix on Friday by edging out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel for top spot in the 90-minute session run entirely in daylight.
A fastest lap time of 1m40.259s gave Max Verstappen P1 by 0.157 seconds ahead of Sebastian in a session interrupted that saw two of this year’s four race winners suffer setbacks.
Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc was the first to come unstuck one hour into the session when a gearbox issue forced him to slow in the final sector. His car ultimately came to a halt at the entry to the pit lane, leaving him in need of recovery by the Ferrari mechanics. While they were able to wheel his car back to the garage, Charles did not return to the circuit in the remainder of the session as the issue was investigated.
Bottas had a more visible setback minutes later when he crashed into the wall at Turn 19, losing grip and going straight on at the right-hand corner. The shunt brought out a red flag and left his Mercedes car in need of significant repairs ahead of second practice later today.
Singapore GP FP1 results
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:40.259
- Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:40.426
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:40.925
- Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1:41.336
- Alexander Albon (Red Bull) 1:41.467
- Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) 1:41.812
- Carlos Sainz (McLaren) 1:42.005
- Lando Norris (McLaren) 1:42.180
- Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:42.305
- Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) 1:42.377
- Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) 1:42.527
- Romain Grosjean (Haas) 1:42.630
- Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 1:42.677
- Lance Stroll (Racing Point) 1:42.791
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1:43.150
- Robert Kubica (Williams) 1:43.336
- Sergio Perez (Racing Point) 1:43.369
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:43.618
- George Russell (Williams) 1:43.993
- Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) 1:44.105
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