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  • Vettel shocks Red Bulls to take Singapore GP pole

    17 Sep 2017

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    Sebastian Vettel put in a blistering lap in Saturday night's final qualifying session to pip the Red Bulls and claim his fourth P1 in the Singapore Grand Prix.


    Scuderia Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel put in a blistering lap in the final session of Saturday's Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying to take pole position ahead of Sunday's race. This marks Vettel's fourth Singapore GP P1. 

    Prior to Q3, it looked like the Red Bulls would be lining up on the front row of the grid. Throughout Free Practice Three and the first two qualifying sessions, the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo clearly had the pace and the run of the track, with Verstappen setting the fastest times on the track. It all pointed to Verstappen taking pole position and becoming the youngest ever pole sitter (a record currently held by Vettel). 

    Through the early parts of Q1, several drivers ran afoul of some residual oil on the track (the result of a fire in the earlier Porsche Carrera Cup race), which saw them brushing the wall on the exit of Turn 20. But throughout Q1 and Q2, it was Verstappen that was consistently setting the fastest lap, and it looked like the Red Bulls would lock up the front row, with the pair of Ferraris behind them. The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton struggled to find its pace at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, and was consistently clocking times behind the two sets of competitor cars ahead. 

    In Q3, Vettel showed that the Ferraris still had some pace left in them, clocking in a 1:39.669 lap to take provisional pole. Vertstappen only manage to clock in a 1:39.814 lap. On his second go around in the closing minutes of Q3, Vettel managed to shave even more time off his lap, setting a time of 1:39.491 for which the pair of Red Bulls had no answer. 

    As a result, Vettel will be starting the 2017 Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix from pole position, ahead of Verstappen and Ricciardo. With seven of the past nine race winners victorious from pole position, Vettel will be looking for his fifth Singapore GP win tomorrow. 

    1Sebastian VettelFerrari1:39.491
    2MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing Tag Heuer1:39.814
    3Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing Tag Heuer1:39.840
    4Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:40.069
    5Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:40.126
    6Valtteri BottasMercedes1:44.197
    7Nico HulkenbergRenault1:41.013
    8Fernando AlonsoMcLaren Honda1:41.179
    9Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren Honda1:41.398
    10Carlos SainzTorro Rosso1:42.056
    11Jolyon PalmerRenault1:42.107
    12Sergio PerezForce India Mercedes1:42.246
    13Daniil KvyatTorro Rosso1:42.338
    14Esteban OconForce India Mercedes1:42.760
    15Romain GrosjeanHaas Ferrari1:43.883
    16Kevin MagnussenHaas Ferrari1:43.756
    17Felipe MassaWilliams Mercedes1:44.014
    18Lance StrollWilliams Mercedes1:44.728
    19Pascal WehrleinSauber Ferrari1:45.059
    20Marcus EricssonSauber Ferrari1:45.570
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    17 Sep 2017

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    2,237 views

    Sebastian Vettel put in a blistering lap in Saturday night's final qualifying session to pip the Red Bulls and claim his fourth P1 in the Singapore Grand Prix.


    Scuderia Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel put in a blistering lap in the final session of Saturday's Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying to take pole position ahead of Sunday's race. This marks Vettel's fourth Singapore GP P1. 

    Prior to Q3, it looked like the Red Bulls would be lining up on the front row of the grid. Throughout Free Practice Three and the first two qualifying sessions, the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo clearly had the pace and the run of the track, with Verstappen setting the fastest times on the track. It all pointed to Verstappen taking pole position and becoming the youngest ever pole sitter (a record currently held by Vettel). 

    Through the early parts of Q1, several drivers ran afoul of some residual oil on the track (the result of a fire in the earlier Porsche Carrera Cup race), which saw them brushing the wall on the exit of Turn 20. But throughout Q1 and Q2, it was Verstappen that was consistently setting the fastest lap, and it looked like the Red Bulls would lock up the front row, with the pair of Ferraris behind them. The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton struggled to find its pace at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, and was consistently clocking times behind the two sets of competitor cars ahead. 

    In Q3, Vettel showed that the Ferraris still had some pace left in them, clocking in a 1:39.669 lap to take provisional pole. Vertstappen only manage to clock in a 1:39.814 lap. On his second go around in the closing minutes of Q3, Vettel managed to shave even more time off his lap, setting a time of 1:39.491 for which the pair of Red Bulls had no answer. 

    As a result, Vettel will be starting the 2017 Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix from pole position, ahead of Verstappen and Ricciardo. With seven of the past nine race winners victorious from pole position, Vettel will be looking for his fifth Singapore GP win tomorrow. 

    1Sebastian VettelFerrari1:39.491
    2MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing Tag Heuer1:39.814
    3Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing Tag Heuer1:39.840
    4Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:40.069
    5Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:40.126
    6Valtteri BottasMercedes1:44.197
    7Nico HulkenbergRenault1:41.013
    8Fernando AlonsoMcLaren Honda1:41.179
    9Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren Honda1:41.398
    10Carlos SainzTorro Rosso1:42.056
    11Jolyon PalmerRenault1:42.107
    12Sergio PerezForce India Mercedes1:42.246
    13Daniil KvyatTorro Rosso1:42.338
    14Esteban OconForce India Mercedes1:42.760
    15Romain GrosjeanHaas Ferrari1:43.883
    16Kevin MagnussenHaas Ferrari1:43.756
    17Felipe MassaWilliams Mercedes1:44.014
    18Lance StrollWilliams Mercedes1:44.728
    19Pascal WehrleinSauber Ferrari1:45.059
    20Marcus EricssonSauber Ferrari1:45.570
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