It was a chaotic free practice in which these Marshalls were working a lot.
Black and white checkered flags! Verstappen sets the third time again. Piastri was the fastest, Hadjar is second in this free practice.
Another 4 min – Piaastri is still over the time of Verstappen: 1.30.714. He is therefore a tenth faster than the Dutchman.
6 minutes – Verstappen goes to the fastest time! He is twenty thousandth faster than Alonso, both times put on the soft band.
The crash between Leclerc and Norris in the picture.
Still 12 minutes – green flags! We are on the road again at this free practice. What a chaos on the circuit.
Another 13 min – Norris and Leclerc bump into the pit lane. The McLaren has to go back to the pits very quickly.
Another 16 min – Lawson’s car is lifted and taken from the circuit. A few more minutes and there can be racing again.
This is the crash in images. Lawson went wide, hit the wall and lost a band.
Another 25 minutes – another red flag! Lawson is lost and parks his car next to the track. That means another red flag.
Another 26 min – the drivers all go to the softs. The times are getting faster and faster.
Another 29 min – the drivers dare to go outside again now that the rubble of Russell’s car has been cleaned up.
Another 36 minutes – the red flag has been lifted again! There is still a yellow flag, so that all drivers are still in the pits.
40 minutes – code red! Russell goes wide and goes hard into the wall. The nose of the Brit is completely broken.
Another 41 min – the McLarens set the tone with times in 1.31,700. In the meantime, Russel has gone wide.
Still 47 minutes – Verstappen jumps in the hole between Lawson and Norris. He is tenth behind the Brit.
Another 48 minutes – Antonelli is just off the track, but with a spider he returns to the track. In the meantime, Lawson drives the second time. Four tenths behind Lando Norris.
Another 50 minutes – Antonelli suddenly reports at the front of the mediums. The McLarens also started the second free practice very quickly.
Another 54 min – all drivers start on the mediums. Except the Aston Martins. It is immediately pressure on the circuit.
Green flags! The second free practice is on the way.
It is now dark in Singapore. The race is also driven in the evening.
Verstappen is slowly getting ready for the second free practice.
The result of the first free practice.
Black and white checkered flags! The first free practice in Singapore is over.
Alonso sets the fastest time with 1.31.116. He did that on the soft tires, where most drivers drove towards the end of the first free practice. Verstappen became third, two hundredth behind Alonso. Leclerc stands between the Spaniard and the Dutchman.
Another 1 min – the drivers are now working on long runs, so that no new fastest times are clocked.
The man who leads this training: Fernando Alonso.
Another 8 minutes – Alonso sets the fastest time on the soft tires. The Aston Martin seems to be very fast this weekend.
Another 13 minutes – the first eight drivers are within a second apart. So it seems to be a very exciting weekend again.
Another 18 min – Leclerc has set a very fast time: 1.31,266. He is almost half a second faster than Norris. Both times were set up on the softs.
Hamilton Has had A Difficult Week, but he is simply driving his laps on the street circuit in Singapore.
Another 24 minutes – almost all drivers go to the soft band to test it. Fast times will roll out of that.
Another 27 min – Carlos Sainz sets the new fastest time, again on mediums (1.31.81). Those tires are also thirteen rounds old.
Another 29 min – Alonso sets the new fastest time with twelve rounds old mediums. That shows that the mediums last a long time on this circuit.
Verstappen in action on the track. Norris and the Dutch are the fastest so far.
36 more – most cars go into the pits. On the hard tire, Verstappen was also faster than Alonso with the second time: 1.32.51.
Another 40 minutes – Norris is faster than Alonso on the mediums (1.32.49) on the hard tire. The difference is only 21 thousandth, but it shows that the McLaren is going fast on the hard tire.
Still 43 minutes – Verstappen is good and set the second time (1.33.01). He is four tenths slower than Alonso, but it drives on the mediums.
Another 46 minutes – Fernando Alonso sets the first times on the mediums and is seven tenths faster than Piastri, who rides on the hards.
The focus at Verstappen is clearly visible.
Another 51 min – they are still extinguishing. With CO2 spraying they try to get the heat out of the brakes.
Another 53 min – Albon’s car is at the back at the brake on fire. It is not a big fire, but overheating is difficult to get out.
Still 54 minutes – Verstappen immediately set the fastest time with 1.35.501. Hamilton and Lawson follow him.
Another 58 min – the first drivers are on the road on the hard tire. There will be a chance of rain later this free practice.
Green flags! The first free practice in Singapore is on the way.
Charles Leclerc Makes Up for the First Free Practice.
Here is the rising line of Verstappen Well to See.
Verstappen uses on the picture with different people before the first free practice. It was still dry then, but in the meantime it is raining on the circuit in Singapore.
The Tension Starts to Increase in the Top of the World Cup Ranking. This is the position at the top three:
The Race Weekend Starts Again Today! In Singapore, Max Verstappen Hopes to Continue the Upward Trend.