Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying
We’re back and ready for Qualifying – here you can see all the latest from the paddock ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying Session.
There’s a lot of talk about the new takeover by Liberty Media – many of the teams are looking forward to the changes and it looks like this will be benefitting the smaller teams as well as the bigger teams in terms of income.
Vandoorne – “It’s a massive relief getting into Formula 1 and now I have months to get ready and to prepare. I know the engineers and the mechanics so I’m very happy.“
“Obviously I’ve been in a good position to learn from them so it’s been very positive learning from two world champions(Alonso and Button). They’re both different characters and it’s nice to see how they build up to the weekend which I can see and learn from for next year.“
Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying Live
Less than 10 minutes before qualifying starts – it looks like it’s going to be good with hopefully a few surprises along the way.
Qualifying 1
Hamilton out on track, on the ultra-soft tyres.
Drivers are still getting in their cars.
Rosberg now on track, also on the ultra-soft tyres (purple) – let’s see how their times will be.
Hamilton sets the fastest lap time of 1:45.167
Vandoorne in the McLaren garage and watching the drivers.
Button up into 3rd place with Grosjean in 4th – neither of the Red Bull drivers have set a time yet.
Alonso is now up into 3rd place – Raikkonen has now joined the track.
Raikkonen sets the fastest lap time of 1:44.964
Vettel – “There’s a problem, something is broken.” making his way to the pits….can he set a time?
Ricciardo now sets a fastest lap time of 1:44.255
It looks like a battle between the top 3 – Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.
Vettel comes into the pits, it could be a rear suspension problem.
Vettel out of Q1 – for the first time in his career he will be starting outside the top 6 for the Singapore Grand Prix.
Out of Q1
Magnussen
Nasr
Palmer
Wehrlein
Ocon
Vettel
The Ferrari garage is looking over Sebastian Vettel’s car.
Moving onto Q2.
Qualifying 2
Drivers are now back on track including the Mercedes who are both on the ultra-soft tyre.
Red Bull on the super-soft tyres. Different to Mercedes.
Rosberg sets the fastest lap time – 1:43.020
Hamilton in second, at the moment – Red Bull drivers are now on-track.
Raikkonen in third place.
Ricciardo now sets the third fastest lap time pushing Raikkonen down – Verstappen goes 4th fastest and moves Raikkonen down to 5th place.
5 minutes to go for Q2 – drivers are all back in the pits.
Grosjean into the barriers at sector 2 – Alonso is now in the top 10 with Button parking on the side of the track…. is there an issue with his car?
Button is now out of his car – helping the volunteers wheel his car away….
Out of Q2
Bottas
Massa
Button
Gutierrez
Grosjean
Ericsson
Now for the final qualifying session – it’s a battle between the two Mercedes drivers and the two Red Bulls with one Ferrari who was lacking slightly but he could simply be holding back for Q3.
Qualifying 3
Will be delayed for 10 minutes until they sort out the barrier from the spin by Grosjean in Q2.
Q3 is now underway with drivers making their way out onto the track.
Hamilton – “right front is always really slow to wake up.“
Rosberg sets the fastest lap time with Hamilton right behind – 1:42.584 for Rosberg.
Raikkonen 3rd fastest behind the Mercedes drivers and in front of both Red Bull drivers.
Verstappen – “We need to see what we can do, that wasn’t a good lap“
Team to Verstappen – “The out lap was compromised though“
Verstappen – “I don’t care, we need to see what we can do, I don’t care if I go 10 seconds earlier.“
Drivers are now back in the pits.
Hamilton has a little issue with his car which he isn’t happy about.
Ricciardo first driver back out on track followed by Rosberg and Hamilton.
Team to Verstappen -“So Max, if you need to pass Mercedes then do so.“
Raikkonen is the last man on track after coming into the pits.
None of the drivers are setting fastest lap times – Rosberg has lost some time, Hamilton went over a kerb and took a bit of time out his lap.
Rosberg on pole for the Singapore Grand Prix.
Here’s how the driver lineup looks!
Rosberg
Ricciardo
Hamilton
Verstappen
Raikkonen
Kvyat
Sainz
Alonso
Perez
That’s your top 10 ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix tomorrow – there are a few question marks about where other drivers will be starting down in the grid so we will be bringing you a roundup of qualifying along with driver & team reactions.
Brief Reaction
Rosberg – “Yeah, definitely happy with that one for my 200th grand prix, it really went well and I didn’t know how things were going to be in qualifying so I knew I had to do all I can.“
Ricciardo – “I’m pleased enough, the aim was to be on the front row so I’m happy. We made improvements for qualifying and it came good in qualifying. It was a clean lap.“
Hamilton – “It’s not been my weekend so far, not frustrating but the team did a great job and hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to get one up and get that one/two for the team.“
The Formula 1 Girl 🙂
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