Singapore GP: FP3 Great effort from Russell ROKiT Williams
By Andrew Hooper September 21 2019
The final practice session for the 2019 Singapore GP would see the ROKiT Williams team produce a very necouraging result with George Russell finishing in 15th. He would finish ahead of both Haas drivers and one from Alfa. The result was very similar to those achieved in Hungary. Unfortunately Robert Kubica could only manage 19th so the prospects for his qualifying were not looking as good.
ROKiT Williams
Singapore GP Saturday Practice
Team Summary:
The start of the final practice session for the 2019 Singapore GP would see
a slow feed of drivers coming out and after the first times were set it
would be Leclerc fastest with a 1m:39,364 followed by Vettel, Hamilton,
Bottas, Albon, and Giovinazzi. Hamilton would improve to be second with the
Mercedes on the medium tyre while the resat of the field were on the soft's.
The only drivers yet to come out for even an instralltion lap were
Verstappen and George. But we would see both Williams drivers come out
running at the same time. Perez would move into fifth followed by Norris.
Perez was pushing at would hit the wall at teh second last turn seeing him
luckily make it back into the pit lane with right rear suspension damage.
With debris on the track the Virtual Safety Car was deployed. This would
pretty much ruin the runs of several drivers including those of Williams.
But in order to clear the debris coming from Perez's contact with the wall a
Red Flag was shown. Prior to this Kvyat would be forced to pit with an
engine issue with smoke coming from the rear of his car. The session would
restart with twenty two minutes remaining. The Renault's were first back out
and Ricciardo would move up to fourth and Hulkenberg seventh. Bottas would
go quickest with a 1m:39.166. Verstappen would jump up to third using the
soft tyre. George would move up to twelfth while Leclerc would move ahead of
Bottas with a 1m:38.192, with only three cars on the track.
But with ten minutes remaining the track was now very busy and after several
quick laps it would be Leclerc from Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas, Albon,
Verstappen, Sainz, Norris, Hulkenberg and Ricciardo tenth. The Williams
drivers were currently 15th and 19th. With the end of the session the
positions for the Williams pair would remain the same but the question was
now was there any potential for George to make it out of the first period of
qualifying. Unfortunately Robert was 0.798 behind his team-mate.
Robert Kubica:
In the final practice Robert would be first out for Williams running on the
soft tyre. He would set a 1m:44.248 but he would pit after a short three lap
run. Robert would come out for a second run with thirty five minutes
remaining still on the soft tyre. Robert would improve with a 1m:42.884 but
with the Red Flag he would be forced to pit. With twelve minutes remaining
and Robert would return on a new set of soft tyre. Robert would set a
1m:41.954 to be 18th dropping to 19th.
George Russell:
With thirty five minutes remaining George would take to the track on the
soft tyre. He would set a 1m:43.743 on his first timed lap. With the Red
Flag George would pit. With the restart George would return on new soft
tyres. George would set a 1m:41.156 to move up to 12th. George would
continue his run on the soft tyre. He would pit after a six lap run
completing a practice pit stop. George would drop to 15th as the session
continued. But with five minutes remaining George would return for another
run but would pit to complete a pit stop returning to the track.
Pos
Driver
Car
Gap
Laps
1
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1m38.192s
15
2
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
0.207s
15
3
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
0.619s
13
4
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
0.693s
16
5
Alexander Albon
Red Bull-Honda
1.066s
14
6
Max Verstappen
Red Bull-Honda
1.174s
9
7
Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren-Renault
1.315s
14
8
Lando Norris
McLaren-Renault
1.517s
13
9
Nico Hulkenberg
Renault
1.926s
15
10
Daniel Ricciardo
Renault
1.961s
12
11
Lance Stroll
Racing Point-Mercedes
2.017s
11
12
Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso-Honda
2.147s
15
13
Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
2.761s
16
14
Sergio Perez
Racing Point-Mercedes
2.793s
4
15
George Russell
Williams-Mercedes
2.964s
13
16
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
2.977s
14
17
Kevin Magnussen
Haas-Ferrari
3.302s
12
18
Romain Grosjean
Haas-Ferrari
3.350s
12
19
Robert Kubica
Williams-Mercedes
3.762s
13
20
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso-Honda
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Singapore GP: FP3 Great effort from Russell ROKiT Williams
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Date: 21/09/2019 12:26
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