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Team Summary:
The Williams Martini team would move to Singapore for the first of several
fly-away races. Both Williams drivers would complete their installation laps
and with just under fifteen minutes of the session completed Rosberg would
set the first time with a 1m:47.936, running on the ultrasoft tyre. Both
Williams drivers would return to the track still on the supersoft tyre.
Hamilton would go quickest with a 1m:47.436 as more drivers took to the
track running on a combination of tyres. Rosberg was second now followed by
Raikkonen and Gutierrez. After their first runs Valtteri and Felipe were
fourth and sixth. But with Hulkenberg going fourth they both would drop a
spot. Raikkonen was now third followed by Vettel, Verstappen, Gutierrez,
Felipe, Perez, Hulkenberg, and Valtteri.
As they continued to lap on the supersoft tyre Felipe and Valtteri were
eighth and eleventh. Vettel would move up to second with a 1m:47.731, while
Hamilton had improved with a 1m:47.369 remaining quickest. Ricciardo and
Verstappen were now fifth and sixth. With just under an hour remaining both
Williams drivers had completed nine laps. Verstappen was now third and
Rosberg fourth with Sainz now seventh. Felipe had dropped to tenth and would
pit briefly followed by Valtteri. After their first runs Felipe and Valtteri
were eleventh and fourteenth. With forty minutes completed all the drivers
would return to the track in order to return their first set of tyres.
Rosberg would quickly return to the track running on the soft tyre. He would
set a 1m:46.513 to go fastest by 0.822s over Verstappen, then would pit.
Hamilton was back out running on the soft tyre. Alonso was also out for his
first run setting a 1m:48.394 to be seventh. This would see Felipe and
Valtteri twelfth and sixteenth. Vettel would move ahead f Rosberg setting a
1m:46.287 running on the ultrasoft tyre. Both Red Bull cars were on improved
laps with Verstappen going quickest with a 1m:46.229. Kvyat was up to fifth
as Ricciardo went quickest with a 1m:45.872. Sainz was now fifth and Kvyat
seventh for Torro Rosso. Hamilton was up to fourth with Rosberg fifth. Sainz
and Kvyat were sixth and seventh. Verstappen would improve to be fastest
with a 1m:45.823, followed by Ricciardo, Vettel, Hamilton, Rosberg, Sainz,
Kvyat, Raikkonen, and Felipe now ninth. Their second runs for the Williams
drivers would see Felipe move up to ninth and Valtteri fourteenth.
Rosberg would hit the barrier at Turn eighteen going straight on after
locking the right front. He would lose his front wing but was able to back
his car up and get going returning to his pit. Both Williams drivers were
back out on what appeared to be longer high fuel runs. As the session drew
to a close Valtteri and Felipe continued to lap the circuit. With the end of
the session Felipe and Valtteri would complete fourteen and twelve laps
respectively. Not a session that saw the Williams team looking for outright
pace sticking with the supersoft tyre for the session while the majority of
those in front were on the ultrasoft tyre.
Valtteri Bottas:
Valtteri would be first out for his installation lap running on the
supersoft tyre. On his return Valtteri would set a 1m:50.793 to be fifth. On
his next lap Valtteri would set a 1m:50.404 to be fourth, dropping to fifth
then seventh. He would continue to drop down the order been tenth with
twenty five minutes of the session run. Prior to pitting he was twelfth but
would continue to drop down the order to be fourteenth. Valtteri would
return but would pit having completed thirteen laps. Valtteri had dropped to
eighteenth and would also return and his first lap would see him set a
1m:48.623 to be fourteenth. He would improve with a 1m:48.453 remaining
fourteenth. He would also pit after a short five lap run. Valtteri would
also come back out with under fifteen minutes remaining.
Felipe Massa:
Felipe would follow his team-mate out also on the supersoft tyre. Also out
on the track was Felipe and he would set a 1m:51.027 to be sixth behind
Valtteri. Like Valtteri Felipe would also find time to set a 1m:49.987 to be
fourth. Again others would go faster seeing Felipe now sixth. This would
become eleventh as Felipe pitted only to return to the track. He would pit
having complete twelve laps. With thirty minutes remaining Felipe was back
out running on new supersoft tyres, currently fifteenth. On his second run
Felipe would improve with a 1m:48.044 to be ninth. Felipe would pit after
just five laps. After a short stop Felipe would return still ninth. He would
complete a longer run on the supersoft tyre up to the end of the session. |