Singapore GP: Hamilton tops Practice 1
Practice got off to a delayed start as marshals needed time to clean up fluid spilled at Turn 14 while there were also concerns regarding some of the temporary curbs, which had lifted during the earlier practices for the support races. The curbing at Turn 3 and 14 was removed with drivers being informed they can cross the while line on the exits of both turns.
Once underway, 30 minutes later than scheduled and cut down to just 60 minutes, in hot and humid conditions. Lewis Hamilton was quickest for McLaren.
In what was largely a track cleaning exercise, with Hamilton topping World Champion Sebastian Vettel. His Red Bull teammate Mark Webber was third.
Fernando Alonso was 4th for Ferrari ahead of the 2nd McLaren of Jenson Button.
Results
Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m48.599s | +0.000s | 10 |
2. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m49.005s | +0.406 | 15 |
3. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m50.066s | +1.467 | 16 |
4. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m50.596s | +1.997 | 11 |
5. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m50.952s | +2.353 | 12 |
6. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m52.043s | +3.444 | 14 |
7. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m52.251s | +3.652 | 13 |
8. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m52.416s | +3.817 | 12 |
9. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m52.435s | +3.836 | 13 |
10. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m52.815s | +4.216 | 13 |
11. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m52.991s | +4.392 | 17 |
12. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m53.050s | +4.451 | 17 |
13. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m53.399s | +4.800 | 18 |
14. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m53.703s | +5.104 | 19 |
15. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m53.749s | +5.150 | 12 |
16. | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1m53.765s | +5.166 | 17 |
17. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m53.785s | +5.186 | 16 |
18. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m54.736s | +6.137 | 8 |
19. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m54.821s | +6.222 | 9 |
20. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m56.198s | +7.599 | 8 |
21. | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m57.798s | +9.199 | 13 |
22. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m58.792s | +10.193 | 6 |