Charles Leclerc put Ferrari on top ahead of qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, leading Lewis Hamilton by two-tenths of a second in final practice.
With his second run on soft tyres Leclerc produced a time of 1’38.192, the quickest seen so far this weekend. Hamilton, who ran the medium tyres at the beginning of the session and spun when he left the pits on softs, was only quicker than Leclerc through the middle sector of the lap.Their team mates were six-tenths down on Leclerc’s mark in third and fourth place. The threat from Red Bull surprisingly failed to materialise, Alexander Albon the quicker of the two drivers, over a second off the pace. Max Verstappen failed to improve on his best time from yesterday and described his single flying lap as “really bad” after taking sixth place.
A quarter of Renault-powered cars completed the top 10. The two McLaren drivers led the Renault pair, Nico Hulkenberg again outpacing team mate Daniel Ricciardo.
Daniil Kvyat was unable to set a time after a substantial power unit failure ended his session. Team mate Pierre Gasly took 12th behind Lance Stroll.
Sergio Perez ran well in the updated Racing Point early in the session. However he then clipped the wall at turn 21, damaged his wheel and leaving debris on the track which forced the session to be stopped.
Williams continued to show some encouraging pace in George Russell’s hands. He set the 15th-fastest time, putting him ahead of Anton Giovinazzi’s Alfa Romeo and both Haas drivers.
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Best lap | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’38.192 | 15 | |
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’38.399 | 0.207 | 15 |
3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’38.811 | 0.619 | 13 |
4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’38.885 | 0.693 | 16 |
5 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull-Honda | 1’39.258 | 1.066 | 14 |
6 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1’39.366 | 1.174 | 9 |
7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren-Renault | 1’39.507 | 1.315 | 14 |
8 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault | 1’39.709 | 1.517 | 13 |
9 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’40.118 | 1.926 | 15 |
10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1’40.153 | 1.961 | 12 |
11 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’40.209 | 2.017 | 11 |
12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’40.339 | 2.147 | 15 |
13 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’40.953 | 2.761 | 16 |
14 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’40.985 | 2.793 | 4 |
15 | 63 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1’41.156 | 2.964 | 13 |
16 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’41.169 | 2.977 | 14 |
17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’41.494 | 3.302 | 12 |
18 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’41.542 | 3.350 | 12 |
19 | 88 | Robert Kubica | Williams-Mercedes | 1’41.954 | 3.762 | 13 |
20 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Honda |
Third practice visual gaps
Charles Leclerc – 1’38.192
+0.207 Lewis Hamilton – 1’38.399
+0.619 Sebastian Vettel – 1’38.811
+0.693 Valtteri Bottas – 1’38.885
+1.066 Alexander Albon – 1’39.258
+1.174 Max Verstappen – 1’39.366
+1.315 Carlos Sainz Jnr – 1’39.507
+1.517 Lando Norris – 1’39.709
+1.926 Nico Hulkenberg – 1’40.118
+1.961 Daniel Ricciardo – 1’40.153
+2.017 Lance Stroll – 1’40.209
+2.147 Pierre Gasly – 1’40.339
+2.761 Kimi Raikkonen – 1’40.953
+2.793 Sergio Perez – 1’40.985
+2.964 George Russell – 1’41.156
+2.977 Antonio Giovinazzi – 1’41.169
+3.302 Kevin Magnussen – 1’41.494
+3.350 Romain Grosjean – 1’41.542
+3.762 Robert Kubica – 1’41.954
Drivers more then ten seconds off the pace omitted.
Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | Fri/Sat diff | Total laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’43.618 | 1’40.018 | 1’38.192 | -1.826 | 57 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’40.925 | 1’38.773 | 1’38.399 | -0.374 | 70 |
3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’40.426 | 1’39.591 | 1’38.811 | -0.78 | 67 |
4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’41.336 | 1’39.894 | 1’38.885 | -1.009 | 59 |
5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1’40.259 | 1’38.957 | 1’39.366 | +0.409 | 60 |
6 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull-Honda | 1’41.467 | 1’39.943 | 1’39.258 | -0.685 | 68 |
7 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren-Renault | 1’41.966 | 1’40.145 | 1’39.507 | -0.638 | 67 |
8 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault | 1’42.180 | 1’40.361 | 1’39.709 | -0.652 | 67 |
9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’41.812 | 1’40.324 | 1’40.118 | -0.206 | 71 |
10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1’42.527 | 1’40.811 | 1’40.153 | -0.658 | 62 |
11 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’42.791 | 1’41.128 | 1’40.209 | -0.919 | 69 |
12 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’42.377 | 1’40.637 | 1’40.339 | -0.298 | 71 |
13 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’42.305 | 1’40.713 | 61 | ||
14 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’43.369 | 1’40.875 | 1’40.985 | +0.11 | 56 |
15 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’42.786 | 1’41.232 | 1’40.953 | -0.279 | 57 |
16 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’42.677 | 1’41.128 | 1’41.169 | +0.041 | 64 |
17 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1’43.993 | 1’41.445 | 1’41.156 | -0.289 | 77 |
18 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’42.630 | 1’41.392 | 1’41.542 | +0.15 | 61 |
19 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’43.150 | 1’41.564 | 1’41.494 | -0.07 | 64 |
20 | Robert Kubica | Williams-Mercedes | 1’43.336 | 1’42.177 | 1’41.954 | -0.223 | 75 |
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AliceD (@aliced)
21st September 2019, 12:43
This season is getting juicy.
papaya
21st September 2019, 12:45
Go go go Ferrari party engine mode, show them extra horsepower benefits on Singapore track as well!
theRealMax (@millionus)
21st September 2019, 12:49
Interesting
David BR (@david-br)
21st September 2019, 12:51
Wasn’t Hamilton held up by traffic on his run? Didn’t get to see it, just heard. Impressed by Albon. Good job so far of learning this new track and competing against Verstappen, who was phenomenal here lasy tear.
David BR (@david-br)
21st September 2019, 12:52
*last year (Lasy Tear sounds like a really bad indie pop group)
Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)
21st September 2019, 13:11
@david-br
He did have traffic on his first run and aborted it after turn 3.
He might have gone quickest, but just slightly quicker than Charles.
Hamilton should have this one in the bag in quali, but Charles has a good chance to get on the front row.
David BR (@david-br)
21st September 2019, 13:44
@srga91 Thanks! I imagined they would have been close anyway. Impressive from Leclerc. This was supposed to be Seb Vettel’s track too.
Nathan Builder (@nathanbuilder)
21st September 2019, 12:55
This is gonna be one boooooooring race.
The field is all stretched out. And it’s singapore. Holy balls.