F1 | Singapore GP, live: follow free practice sessions live with Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz

Albon finished third with Williams on soft tires. First references with soft rubber.

It was a difficult ballot for Franco Colapinto, who at the moment was 8th provisional in Free Practice 1.

It will be a tough challenge for Colapinto this weekend. The F1 Singapore GP This was without a doubt the biggest physical challenge for all the drivers as they lost almost 4 kg in the race due to the humidity. what is on this track. It affects attention and can increase confusion. And if we add to this that Singapore is a complex track, between walls, full of potholes and pianos… things get complicated for a ‘rookie’ like Colapinto.

Baku should also be a difficult challenge but it has more than overcome it for the first time inside the walls of Azerbaijan, reaching the points and showing immense confidence by recovering and not sinking after his mistake in the first free practice.

But in Baku he has a car that looks like a shot in a straight line and can help him. In Singapore we have to see how that Williams works and if its step is also noticeable in a layout different from the street of Marina Bay. Williams is optimistic for this track. Let’s see what they can do.

If he has a good car, Franco Colapinto will have a lot to gain, but the challenge can still be huge, especially in such a close F1, with so many cars in so few tenths, and on a track that does not forgive errors and where sorting can be confusing.

Provisional classification of the first practice sessions of the F1 2024 Singapore GP, with the track still very dirty and unrepresentative. Tire differences, as Leclerc and Sainz set the time on hard rubber.

Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, including the poor. Leclerc took the lead over Norris, beating him by 0.497 despite the fact that Norris had set his time in the medium, with Sainz having the better tire in third at 0.841 with the hard. Albon was fourth with difficulty, the same choice as Russell (5th) and Colapinto (6th).

After his mistake in Baku (or a stroke of bad luck in qualifying), Norris wanted to make changes in Singapore. He managed to minimize the damage by returning to Baku from 15th to 4th ahead of Max, while watching his teammate Piastri give a real lesson in how to win and withstand pressure. But Norris is still best placed to follow a Max who knows he will suffer a lot this weekend in a car that doesn’t suit this track.

So, Norris has another good chance to get closer to Verstappen. He has the car to win, including Ferraris. And it will not fail. You may be late, but you should try. He is 59 points away and has 7 appointments left (counting this Sunday). Lando will try again.

After the new package brought to Monza, Ferrari completes that evolution with a new front spoiler that adds performance to the car. For its part, the Aston Martin has no performance enhancements but it does have a specific spoiler for this track. We’ll see if these wings stretch a little further to the limit of that controversial distortion that’s been talked about for months or not after seeing how fast the McLaren’s front wing moves.

There’s McLaren, with a special livery for this Singapore GP, now working on paraffin on its rear wing to study airflow:

Carlos Sainz and his statements before the Singapore GP, where he wants to aim to repeat last year’s success: “Everything is so tight that the drivers can make a little difference sometimes. “I hope it’s my turn this weekend.”

The first free practice sessions for the F1 2024 Singapore GP begin

Everything is ready for the first training sessions of the season to begin. F1 Singapore GP 2024where drivers can start trying to find the appropriate settings for their cars and start getting sensations to gradually approach the walls of this complex track.

Welcome to the 2024 F1 Singapore GP All set in Marina Bay for the first free practice sessions to begin at this street circuit, where an exciting weekend is expected given how close the fight for the success after what happened in Baku.