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Singapore GP: Tough going for Williams Martini in FP2


By Andrew Hooper
September 15 2017

The second Friday practice session for the 2017 Singapore GP would be a tough one for the Williams Martini team with their drivers well down the times. Felipe Massa would finish in 15th while team-mate Lance Stroll was 16th but half a second behind. Despite it been a session that saw both drivers not have any issues it was a difficult one that saw both struggle for pace. If the Williams team can not find a solution to their lack of pace this weekend is not likely to produce the results they hope for.

 
 Williams Martini Singapore GP Friday 2nd Practice
 
Massa
 

Team Summary:
With the track now under lights the second Friday practice session would gte underway for the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix. After the first series of runs it would be Vandoorne to be fastest with a 1m:44.392 running on the ultra soft tyre. Those below him were all on the super soft tyre with Bottas second followed by Alonso and Hulkenberg. Ricciardo was now quickest with a 1m:42.520 followed by Verstappen, with both on the super soft tyre. Alonso would move up to third but Hamilton would take this spot. Ricciardo would improve with a 1m:42.300 to be 0.6 ahead of his team-mate. But Verstappen would move ahead with a 1m:42.264 while Vandoorne would move up to third. But Hamilton was now third running on the soft tyre. Vettel was also out on the soft tyre but was down in eighth. A 1m:42.166 from Ricciardo but remained in second. Verstappen was also quicker with a 1m:42.077.

Vettel would go fourth behind Hamilton and with an hour and five remaining there were only two cars on the track one been a Williams. On the ultra soft tyre Hulkenberg would go third as more drivers returned to the track. Bottas would set a 1m:42.104 to be second running on the ultra soft tyre. On the same tyre Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:41.555 but Ricciardo was going even quicker on his ultra soft tyre run. He would set a 1m:41.228 to be quickest. Team-mate Verstappen was now second with a 1m:41.408 but Ricciardo would improve again with a 1m:40.852. With fifty minutes remaining the order was Ricciardo, Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Vandoorne, Alonso, Perez, Raikkonen, and Ocon tenth. For Williams both drivers weer well down the times with the FW40 looking a real handful for its drivers.

The Virtual Safety car would be deployed allowing marshals to clear from debris. The period would end seeing the session green again with the session now seeing the drivers out on longer runs to assess their race performances. There was only four drivers out on the super soft tyre Hulkenberg, Kvyat, Grosjean, and Ericsson. Verstappen would join them with several teams running split programmes. Vettel was running on the soft tyre with twenty minutes remaining in the session. It was turning out to be a tough day for the Williams team with both drivers well down the times. Five minutes remaining and little was changing in terms of positions as drivers completed their longer runs. The session would end with the top ten Ricciardo, Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Vandoorne, Alonso, Perez, Raikkonen and Ocon. The Williams drivers would fail to show any improvement finishing in fifteenth and sixteenth.

Felipe Massa:
Felipe would be the last driver out running on the super soft tyre. Felipe would set a 1m:46.325 to be fourteenth. He would drop to sixteenth. Felipe would improve to set a 1m:44.981 to be thirteenth but he would improve with a 1m:44.675 to be twelfth. Currently fifteenth and Felipe would return running on the ultra soft tyre. It would take Felipe several laps but he would improve with a 1m:44.028 only improving to fourteenth. After a six lap run Felipe would pit still well down the order. He would drop to fifteenth behind Palmer. Felipe had set a 1m:43.836 to achieve this fifteenth place. In his pit Felipe was out of his car with forty minutes remaining in the session. After a short stop Felipe was back out running on used ultra soft tyres. Felipe would pit switching to used super soft tyres. Felipe was setting times in the 1m:48s as the session came to an end.

Lance Stroll:
Lance would be out early looking to make up for lost time. He was on the ultra soft tyre and his first time was a 1m:46.530 to be fourteenth. He would drop to seventeenth. A 1m:45.561 would see Lance in sixteenth. Lance would continue his run on the ultra soft tyre and a 1m:45.094 would see an improvement but he would remain sixteenth. Lance would pit after a twelve lap run. While in the pits he would drop to seventeenth. After a short stop Lance would return on a new set of ultra soft tyres and would set a 1m:44.301 to now be sixteenth and right behind his team-mate. Lance would brush the wall on one of his laps but he was able to continue. Lance would finally pit after a nine lap run. He would return completing a short run but he would return having completed thirteen laps on the ultra soft tyre so far with fifteen minutes remaining. Lance would pit after completing fifteen laps on the ultra soft tyres. He would return on another set of used ultra soft tyres ending his session on theses tyres.

 
Stroll
 
Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m40.852s - 33
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Renault 1m41.408s 0.556s 28
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m41.555s 0.703s 36
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1m42.104s 1.252s 35
5 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1m42.448s 1.596s 33
6 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Honda 1m42.501s 1.649s 34
7 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1m42.788s 1.936s 32
8 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m42.826s 1.974s 35
9 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m42.835s 1.983s 30
10 Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 1m43.054s 2.202s 34
11 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m43.104s 2.252s 33
12 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso-Renault 1m43.236s 2.384s 38
13 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m43.608s 2.756s 32
14 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1m43.795s 2.943s 32
15 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m43.836s 2.984s 32
16 Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 1m44.301s 3.449s 32
17 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1m44.417s 3.565s 32
18 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1m44.928s 4.076s 29
19 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber-Ferrari 1m45.673s 4.821s 34
20 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1m45.721s 4.869s 35
 
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