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The 2017 Singapore GP Thread

Post by cmlean » Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:44 pm

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 14th round of the 2017 season taking place in Singapore between the 15th and 17th of September.

To submit your 10 'n' Pole Picks for Singapore click here, to register in the competition click here

Picks for Singapore close at the start of Saturday practice

The event timetable for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 18:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
2nd Practice 21:30 local time - 13:30 GMT

Saturday
Practice 18:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
Qualifying 21:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 20:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

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Re: The 2017 Singapore GP Thread

Post by cmlean » Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:54 pm

This weekend is the running of 10th Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix.

All eyes are looking to Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari to again close up the race to the title.
The Red Bulls figure that this will be their track hence all the penalties taken at the last round in Monza.

But Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in their Mercedes have other ideas.

My feeling is that the same 6 will again fill the top 6 positions. It is just which order they finish.

Given that the Red Bulls and their Renault engines are similar to the Renault factory team, I am again expecting Nico Hulkenberg to again shine.

The Force Indias will again be in the points with any one of the remaining teams to take the final 10th place point.

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Re: The 2017 Singapore GP Thread

Post by cmlean » Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:19 am

FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		   Team
1	01:42.489	Daniel Ricciardo   Red Bull Racing
2	01:42.598	Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari
3	01:42.610	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
4	01:42.904	Lewis Hamilton	   Mercedes
5	01:43.423	Sergio Perez	   Force India
6	01:43.434	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
7	01:43.734	Kimi Räikkönen	   Ferrari
8	01:43.759	Fernando Alonso	   McLaren
9	01:44.101	Nico Hulkenberg	   Renault
10	01:44.220	Daniil Kvyat	   Toro Rosso
11	01:44.340	Stoffel Vandoorne  McLaren
12	01:44.961	Jolyon Palmer	   Renault
13	01:45.053	Esteban Ocon	   Force India
14	01:45.084	Felipe Massa	   Williams
15	01:46.456	Romain Grosjean	   Haas
16	01:46.782	Antonio Giovinazzi Haas
17	01:47.190	Lance Stroll	   Williams
18	01:47.570	Sean Gelael	   Toro Rosso
19	01:47.699	Marcus Ericsson	   Sauber
20	01:47.886	Pascal Wehrlein	   Sauber
It was a pretty uneventful session. Most of the news centered around the expected announcement of the end of the McLaren Honda partnership. This announcement was formalized between sessions.

McLaren to get Renault power units in 2018
Toro Rosso to take over the Honda power unit
Toro Rosso lose Carlos Sainz to Renault in 2018
Red Bull to lose Renault power units from 2019

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Re: The 2017 Singapore GP Thread

Post by cmlean » Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:29 am

FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	01:40.852	Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing
2	01:41.408	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	01:41.555	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
4	01:42.104	Valtteri Bottas	  Mercedes
5	01:42.448	Nico Hulkenberg	  Renault
6	01:42.501	Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
7	01:42.788	Fernando Alonso	  McLaren
8	01:42.826	Sergio Perez	  Force India
9	01:42.835	Kimi Räikkönen	  Ferrari
10	01:43.054	Esteban Ocon	  Force India
11	01:43.104	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
12	01:43.236	Carlos Sainz	  Toro Rosso
13	01:43.608	Daniil Kvyat	  Toro Rosso
14	01:43.795	Jolyon Palmer	  Renault
15	01:43.836	Felipe Massa	  Williams
16	01:44.301	Lance Stroll	  Williams
17	01:44.417	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
18	01:44.928	Romain Grosjean	  Haas
19	01:45.673	Pascal Wehrlein	  Sauber
20	01:45.721	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber
The surprising thing to come from this session was the lack of pace from the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel.
He slid into the turn 10 barrier which brought out the virtual safety car to allow the marshals to clear signage from the the track. Luckily for him, this barrier wasn't the solid concrete type and he continued on. Max Verstappen also had contact with this same barrier again with no damage sustained.

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Re: The 2017 Singapore GP Thread

Post by cmlean » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:38 pm

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	01:41.829	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	01:41.901	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
3	01:41.971	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
4	01:42.383	Fernando Alonso	  McLaren
5	01:42.439	Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
6	01:42.517	Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing
7	01:42.549	Nico Hulkenberg	  Renault
8	01:42.592	Valtteri Bottas	  Mercedes
9	01:42.708	Kimi Räikkönen	  Ferrari
10	01:43.010	Sergio Perez	  Force India
11	01:43.109	Esteban Ocon	  Force India
12	01:43.356	Carlos Sainz	  Toro Rosso
13	01:43.368	Jolyon Palmer	  Renault
14	01:43.574	Daniil Kvyat	  Toro Rosso
15	01:43.724	Felipe Massa	  Williams
16	01:44.041	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
17	01:44.223	Lance Stroll	  Williams
18	01:44.295	Romain Grosjean	  Haas
19	01:45.760	Pascal Wehrlein	  Sauber
20	01:46.339	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber
Red Bull are fast and Williams are slow.

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Re: The 2017 Singapore GP Thread

Post by cmlean » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:46 pm

Qualifying

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Pos	Qualifying	Driver		  Team
1	01:39.491	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
2	01:39.814	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	01:39.840	Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing 
4	01:40.069	Kimi Räikkönen	  Ferrari
5	01:40.126	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
6	01:40.810	Valtteri Bottas	  Mercedes
7	01:41.013	Nico Hulkenberg	  Renault
8	01:41.179	Fernando Alonso	  McLaren
9	01:41.398	Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
10	01:42.056	Carlos Sainz	  Toro Rosso
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11	01:42.107	Jolyon Palmer	  Renault
12	01:42.246	Sergio Perez	  Force India
13	01:42.338	Daniil Kvyat	  Toro Rosso
14	01:42.760	Esteban Ocon	  Force India
15	01:43.883	Romain Grosjean	  Haas
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16	01:43.756	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
17	01:44.014	Felipe Massa	  Williams
18	01:44.728	Lance Stroll	  Williams
19	01:45.059	Pascal Wehrlein	  Sauber
20	01:45.570	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber
Ericsson has a 5 place grid penalty however stays in grid position 20.

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Re: The 2017 Singapore GP Thread

Post by cmlean » Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:34 pm

Race Result

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
2	Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull Racing
3	Valtteri Bottas	  Mercedes
4	Carlos Sainz	  Toro Rosso
5	Sergio Perez	  Force India
6	Jolyon Palmer	  Renault
7	Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
8	Lance Stroll	  Williams
9	Romain Grosjean	  Haas
10	Esteban Ocon	  Force India
11	Felipe Massa	  Williams
12	Pascal Wehrlein	  Sauber
NC	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
NC	Nico Hulkenberg	  Renault
NC	Marcus Ericsson	  Sauber
NC	Daniil Kvyat	  Toro Rosso
NC	Fernando Alonso	  McLaren
NC	Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
NC	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
NC	Kimi Räikkönen	  Ferrari

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