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
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.
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