Results and summary of Friday F1 at the Singapore GP

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was the fastest driver in FP1, while Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz set the fastest time of the day under the night in Singapore in FP2.

Singapore GP Free Practice 1 results: Hamilton quicker than Verstappen

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	20	1’43.033			176.902
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	20	1’43.117	0.084	0.084	176.758
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	17	1’43.435	0.402	0.318	176.215
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	fifteen	1,43,839	0.806	0.404	175,529
5	George Russell	Mercedes	21	1’44.066	1.033	0.227	175.146
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	24	1’44.138	1,105	0.072	175,025
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	24	1’44.736	1.703	0.598	174.026
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	12	1’45.221	2.188	0.485	173.223
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	24	1’45.258	2,225	0.037	173,163
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	11	1’45.336	2.303	0.078	173.034
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	22	1’45.354	2.321	0.018	173.005
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	twenty-one	1’45,724	2,691	0.370	172,399
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	24	1’45.725	2.692	0.001	172.398
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	22	1’46,028	2,995	0.303	171,905
15	Yuki Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri	26	1’46.081	3.048	0.053	171.819
16	Alexander Albon	williams	20	1’46.119	3.086	0.038	171.758
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	25	1’46.408	3.375	0.289	171.291
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	23	1’46.601	3.568	0.193	170.981
19	Lando Norris	McLaren	22	1’46.680	3.647	0.079	170.854
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	18	1’47.092	4.059	0.412	170.197
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What happened in Free Practice 1 of the 2022 Singapore GP of F1?

Still in daylight, Max Verstappen set the pace at the start of Free Practice 1 with a 1m47.329s on medium tyres. Fernando Alonso briefly outpaced him with a 1m47.291s, before the Dutchman lowered the bar to 1m45.466s, then 1m44.748s and later 1m44.236s.

Charles Leclerc suffered a brake problem that caused him to miss a lot of track work early in FP1, and George Russell crashed his Mercedes into the barriers at Turn 11.

The teams opted for the softer compounds in the second half of the session, with Sainz brushing the wall at the exit of Turn 5.

Sergio Pérez took the lead with a 1m43.839s, before Lance Stroll crashed his Aston Martin at Turn 5. Verstappen lowered that time to 1m43.117s a few seconds before the red flag appeared to take the crashed car off the track. of Stroll with 20 minutes to go.

Hamilton surprised everyone by placing first for the first time this year with a 1m43.033s, 0.084s quicker than Verstappen. Leclerc finished third, ahead of Russell and Sainz.

Singapore GP Free Practice 2 results: Sainz faster than Leclerc

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	23	1,42,587			177,671
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	14	1’42.795	0.208	0.208	177.312
3	George Russell	Mercedes	26	1’42.911	0.324	0.116	177.112
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	8	1’42.926	0.339	0.015	177.086
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	22	1’43.182	0.595	0.256	176.647
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	23	1’43.412	0.825	0.230	176.254
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	26	1’43.431	0.844	0.019	176.221
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	23	1’43.520	0.933	0.089	176.070
9	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	13	1,43,906	1,319	0.386	175,416
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	21	1’43.982	1.395	0.076	175.288
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	16	1’44.013	1.426	0.031	175.235
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	24	1’44.249	1.662	0.236	174.839
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	22	1’44,422	1,835	0.173	174,549
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	22	1’44,469	1,882	0.047	174,470
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	25	1’44.524	1.937	0.055	174.379
16	Alexander Albon	williams	25	1’45.144	2.557	0.620	173.350
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Alpha Tauri	11	1’45.211	2.624	0.067	173.240
18	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	18	1’45.447	2,860	0.236	172,852
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	23	1’45.623	3.036	0.176	172.564
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	25	1’46.553	3.966	0.930	171.058
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What happened in Practice 2 of the Singapore GP 2022 F1?

Already under the night of Marina Bay, Russell put the media and set the pace with a 1:44.661 before his teammate was half a second faster than him. Leclerc took a long time to get back on track due to a problem with his car, as did Verstappen, who missed the first 20 minutes with a setup change to the front of his RB18.

Sainz took first place with a 1:43.231 after a great battle with Hamilton for the first place. Verstappen started on the hard tires and moved up to fifth after his first lap, 1.4s behind.

As in Free Practice 1, they switched to the softs towards the middle of the session, with Sainz holding on to the top spot with a 1m42.751s, later dropping to 1m42.587s. Russell moved up to second, with Hamilton third, three tenths back.

Leclerc, who was going the other way than the rest of the drivers, climbed to second place with means, although 0.295s behind his teammate. The Monegasque took to the track with the softs in the last 10 minutes and set a 1:42.795, 0.208s off the Spanish’s best time.

Verstappen returned to the garage to make further changes to his car, rejoining the track on the softs for the final five minutes. But he was only able to post a 1m42.926s, three tenths of a second off the fastest time, finishing fourth behind Leclerc and Russell.

Esteban Ocon was the best of the Alpine in sixth position, with Valtteri Bottas sixth and Fernando Alonso eighth.

Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri caught fire while being pushed by his mechanics back to the garage, but he emerged unhurt and was able to return to the track in the dying moments of FP2.