Singapore GP: Pirelli Qualifying Review
By Courtesy of Pirelli
September 17 2017
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Ferrari driver
Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position under the lights of Singapore on the
P Zero Purple ultrasoft tyre, which was used by all the drivers from start
to finish of qualifying.
Vettel’s time of 1m39.491s – 3.1 seconds faster than last year’s pole – is
the quickest lap ever seen at the Marina Bay circuit, with the 2016 pole
time already beaten in Q1. Track temperature was around 34 degrees
centigrade during qualifying.
There was high track evolution during Q1 in particular; also because of some
oil dropped from a previous support race. Tyre wear and degradation as
measured during FP2 yesterday remained quite low even on the ultrasoft tyre,
opening up the possibility of a one-stop strategy tomorrow even if tyre
degradation should increase.
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“The track got progressively faster quite quickly, once the oil on the track
had cleared. This allowed an incredibly fast and closely-fought qualifying
session, with plenty of drivers beating the previous all-time record at
Singapore. On a circuit which favours the mechanical grip like this one, the
wider 2017 tyres offered an important contribution to this result. As tyre
wear and degradation is low on all three compounds, one-stop should be the
favoured strategy; however, with a 100% safety car record in Singapore and
unpredictable track conditions, teams will need to remain versatile and
adapt their strategies to the circumstances of the race.”
HOW THE TYRES BEHAVED TODAY
ULTRA SOFT Used in qualifying and FP3 today: around a second faster than
supersoft.
SUPER SOFT Only used for some installation laps in FP3 today, important
tomorrow.
SOFT Could become a key ingredient of a one-stopper tomorrow |
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FREE PRACTICE 3 – TOP 3 TIMES
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Verstappen 1m 41.829s ULTRASOFT NEW
Vettel 1m 41.901s ULTRASOFT NEW
Hamilton 1m 41.971s ULTRASOFT NEW
QUALIFYING TOP 10
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Vettel 1m 39.491s ULTRASOFT NEW
Verstappen 1m 39.814s ULTRASOFT NEW
Ricciardo 1m 39.840s ULTRASOFT NEW
Raikkonen 1m 40.069s ULTRASOFT NEW
Hamilton 1m 40.126s ULTRASOFT NEW
Bottas 1m 40.810s ULTRASOFT NEW
Hulkenberg 1m 41.013s ULTRASOFT NEW
Alonso 1m 41.179s ULTRASOFT NEW
Vandoorne 1m 41.398s ULTRASOFT NEW
Sainz 1m 42.056s ULTRASOFT NEW
MOST LAPS BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
SOFT Vettel 23
SUPERSOFT Grosjean, Perez, Verstappen 23
ULTRASOFT Ricciardo 26
BEST TIME BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND DRIVER TIME
SOFT Hamilton 1m 42.505s
SUPERSOFT Verstappen 1m 42.077s
ULTRASOFT Vettel 1m 39.491s
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