Posted on 18th September 2015
In the first FP1 session in Singapore, Nico Rosberg topped the timesheets ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo and is showing that he cannot be discounted for the championship as of yet.
During FP1, we saw in the last ten minutes of the session Sebastian Vettel understeering going into Turn 5 after hitting the kerb too hard. Luckily Vettel was able to catch the car and cause no damage and was able to continue on the track.
However, Alexander Rossi at the end of the session clouted the barriers at Turn 18 and caused significant damage to his right hand suspension. At this point in the session, Rossi was doing brilliantly and was only 0.015 seconds behind his team mate Will Stevens. This then brought out the red flag in order to clear the damage but the session did not restart as a result.
But it was Nico Rosberg who topped the timesheets with a lap time of 1.47.955 ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton in second place who was 0.319 seconds behind him but was ahead of Daniel Ricciardo who finished in third place who was 0.336 seconds behind the Mercedes of Rosberg.
Sebastian Vettel finished the session in fourth place ahead of his team mate Kimi Raikkonen in fifth place, Valtteri Bottas in sixth place and Max Verstappen in seventh place. Nico Hulkenberg ended the session in eighth place ahead of his team mate Carlos Sainz Jr in ninth place and Pastor Maldonado who rounds off the top ten finishers.
Fernando Alonso ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Sergio Perez in twelfth place, Felipe Nasr in thirteenth place, Romain Grosjean in fourteenth place and Jenson Button in fifteenth place.
As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Marcus Ericsson finished the session in sixteenth place ahead of Felipe Massa in seventeenth place, Daniil Kvyat in eighteenth place and the two Manor drivers of Will Stevens and Alexander Rossi finishing in nineteenth and twentieth places.
The classification of FP1 for the Singapore GP is as follows:-
1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1.47.995
2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 0.319s
3. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 0.336s
4. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 0.499s
5. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 0.790s
6. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 1.385s
7. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1.471s
8. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.859s
9. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 2.024s
10. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, 2.073s
11. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 2.128s
12. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 2.130s
13. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.163s
14. Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes, 2.346s
15. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 2.460s
16. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.888s
17. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 3.040s
18. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull Renault, 3.193s
19. Will Stevens, Manor, 5.908s
20. Alexander Rossi, Manor, 5.923s
Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa
