Red Bull drew first blood in Singapore as Daniel Ricciardo topped the timesheet in the weekend’s first free practice session.
Full Results:
1
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
1:42.489s
21
2
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:42.598s
+ 0.109s
21
3
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:42.610s
+ 0.121s
23
4
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:42.904s
+ 0.415s
27
5
Sergio Pérez
Force India
1:43.423s
+ 0.934s
25
6
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:43.434s
+ 0.945s
27
7
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:43.734s
+ 1.245s
25
8
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
1:43.759s
+ 1.270s
19
9
Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
1:44.101s
+ 1.612s
24
10
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso
1:44.220s
+ 1.731s
25
11
Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren
1:44.340s
+ 1.851s
25
12
Jolyon Palmer
Renault
1:44.961s
+ 2.472s
25
13
Esteban Ocon
Force India
1:45.053s
+ 2.564s
25
14
Felipe Massa
Williams
1:45.084s
+ 2.595s
27
15
Romain Grosjean
Haas
1:46.456s
+ 3.967s
20
16
Antonio Giovinazzi
Haas
1:46.782s
+ 4.293s
27
17
Lance Stroll
Williams
1:47.190s
+ 4.701s
11
18
Sean Gelael
Toro Rosso
1:47.570s
+ 5.081s
26
19
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
1:47.699s
+ 5.210s
23
20
Pascal Wehrlein
Sauber
1:47.886s
+ 5.397s
24
The Aussie edged out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by 0.10s and team mate Max Verstappen by 0.12s, while Lewis Hamilton almost half a second adrift in P4.
The session got underway on a track which was still damp in several areas following afternoon shower, with kerbs holding a fair amount of water.
Drivers were therefore slow to get their work session underway, but Mercedes eventually got down to business with Hamilton leading the way, followed by a competitive looking Red Bull pair.
Verstappen lost no time in claiming the top spot from Mercedes on hi second set of ultrasoft tyres, but as the session progressed, Ricciardo upped the pace came into his own, set the quickest time and a new lap record with a 1:42.489.
Behind Hamilton, Sergio Perez put in a strong effort, ending the session P5 for Force India, but the man right behind the Mexican was anything but happy with his performance.
Valtteri Bottas appeared troubled throughout the initial session, complaining of his Mercedes W08’s unstable rear end which he labeled as “undriveable”.
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Kimi Raikkonen was 1.2s off the fastest time, just beating Fernando Alonso to P7. The McLaren man put in a mighty lap but still struggled with power unit issues during the 90-minute session.
Nico Hulkenberg and Dani Kvyat rounded out the top ten for Renault and Toro Rosso while rookie Sean Gelael kept himself in check with a clean session and a P18 result.
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