Fernando Alonso set the benchmark in FP1 in Singapore. Image: XPB Images
Fernando Alonso set the pace in first practice for the Singapore Grand Prix with a 1m31.116s, the Aston Martin driver finishing 0.150s clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Max Verstappen was third, 0.276s off, with Leclerc’s teammate Lewis Hamilton fourth, 0.364s behind Alonso.
Oscar Piastri recovered from early understeer and a brush with the wall to take fifth, just 0.001s behind Hamilton, edging McLaren teammate Lando Norris in sixth. Isack Hadjar impressed in seventh for Red Bull, ahead of Williams’ Carlos Sainz in eighth. Yuki Tsunoda and Esteban Ocon rounded out the top ten.
George Russell was 11th as Mercedes chose not to run soft tyres, with Kimi Antonelli 14th after a slide at Turn 1. Lance Stroll ended 18th, nearly two seconds off Alonso’s time, while Alex Albon failed to set a lap after a brake fire halted his Williams in the pitlane.
Drivers return for FP2 under the Marina Bay lights at 9pm local time (11pm AEST).
POS.
NO.
DRIVER
TEAM
TIME / GAP
LAPS
1
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:31.116
23
2
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
+0.150s
25
3
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing
+0.276s
24
4
44
Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
+0.364s
23
5
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
+0.365s
25
6
4
Lando Norris
McLaren
+0.582s
22
7
6
Isack Hadjar
Racing Bulls
+0.639s
28
8
55
Carlos Sainz
Williams
+0.696s
27
9
22
Yuki Tsunoda
Red Bull Racing
+0.744s
25
10
31
Esteban Ocon
Haas
+1.012s
24
11
63
George Russell
Mercedes
+1.023s
22
12
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Kick Sauber
+1.199s
29
13
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
+1.262s
26
14
12
Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
+1.283s
24
15
30
Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls
+1.345s
27
16
87
Oliver Bearman
Haas
+1.422s
25
17
5
Gabriel Bortoleto
Kick Sauber
+1.495s
27
18
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
+1.918s
18
19
43
Franco Colapinto
Alpine
+2.208s
26
20
23
Alexander Albon
Williams
2