{"id":187228,"date":"2025-10-03T10:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/187228\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:48:14","slug":"alonso-tops-fp1-from-leclerc-albon-sidelined-by-brake-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/187228\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso tops FP1 from Leclerc, Albon sidelined by brake fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fernando Alonso<\/a> opened the Singapore Grand Prix weekend with the fastest time in Formula 1’s first free practice session, as the Aston Martin driver finished the session 0.15s clear of Charles Leclerc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two-time world champion set a 1m31.116s on soft tyres in the daylight session, eclipsing Leclerc’s benchmark on the C5s as Max Verstappen<\/a> sat a further 0.126s behind.<\/p>\n

Low grip track conditions at the start of the session created multiple lock-ups through the early stages as the drivers found it difficult to coax their cars into the tighter corners, with a sprinkling of dust obscuring the offline sections of the track.<\/p>\n

Alonso had led after the opening 15 minutes with a 1m32.592s, as Aston Martin chose to open with medium tyres versus the hard tyres used by everyone else.<\/p>\n

This was surpassed by Lando Norris<\/a>‘ 1m32.493s on the hard compound but, 10 minutes later, Alonso returned to the top with a 1m32.054s. The Spaniard’s time at the top was more fleeting on this occasion, as his countryman Carlos Sainz<\/a> bolted on medium tyres to dip below the 92-second mark to set a 1m31.812s.<\/p>\n

In the second half of the hour-long duration, a number of drivers began to explore the softer compounds; Leclerc collected a 1m31.266s on his first lap with softs to set a benchmark.<\/p>\n

\"Charles <\/p>\n

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari<\/p>\n

Photo by: Zak Mauger \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Norris and Oscar Piastri<\/a> attempted to overturn this, but both McLaren<\/a> drives fell short and cycled through the pitlane for a tweak to their front wing angle – Piastri cited an ‘understeery’ car after his first soft-tyre effort.<\/p>\n

Alonso, however, found a 1m31.117s on his opening soft-tyre effort to surpass Leclerc, as neither McLaren nor Verstappen could find an advantage over the Ferrari<\/a> driver’s lap on the C5s. With a follow-up effort on the same set of softs, Alonso found a thousandth of a second on his previous best.<\/p>\n

Behind Leclerc and Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton<\/a> was fourth fastest – 0.364s away from his former McLaren team-mate. Piastri lightly touched the wall on his best lap, one-thousandth of a second down on Hamilton, while Norris was sixth fastest.<\/p>\n

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Isack Hadjar<\/a> had a prosperous first outing in Singapore and was seventh on the timesheets, ahead of Sainz – who chose not to run the soft tyre through the session. Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> and Esteban Ocon<\/a> completed the top 10.<\/p>\n

Alex Albon<\/a> suffered a brake fire in the opening 10 minutes of the session, prompting hurried attention from his Williams<\/a> mechanics as they attempted to stop the smoke pouring out of the rear end.<\/p>\n

F1 Singapore GP – FP1 results<\/p>\n

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