Aston Martin's Alonso Sets Pace Opening Session at Marina Bay
Marina Bay Street Circuit
This weekend will see the main event kicking off at 13:00 BST on Sunday.
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FP1 Results Summary
The team's Spanish veteran set the pace ahead of Monegasque driver and Dutch ace during the opening session at the street circuit event.
The British team's title rivals Oscar Piastri and British talent concluded the session in mid-table positions.
The young Australian was over two tenths faster than the Briton.
The experienced Spaniard was 0.150secs leading of Leclerc and a clear gap faster than Verstappen.
Ferrari's British icon was P4.
Team Strategies
Few anticipate that the Silverstone-based team will be contenders for pole position.
However, the squad are confident of a strong showing on a technical venue that is ideally suited to their car, which runs more competitively when plenty of aerodynamic grip are needed.
Veteran racer Fernando is also known as a Marina Bay expert, and typically performs well on the Singapore circuit.
Yet he was probably running reduced weight or a more aggressive setting than his opponents, or each, to set such a quick time.
Team Updates
Partner Lance Stroll was almost two seconds behind in P18.
The Canadian had problems with his driving position during the initial runs and was also running experimental parts.
FP1 in Singapore is not reflective of race pace later in the weekend as it is run in afternoon sun in the daytime, while qualifying and the race are held at night.
Title Battle
The McLaren driver leads his teammate by a quarter-century with seven races left as they approach the weekend in Singapore.
McLaren are in position to wrap up the manufacturers' crown on the weekend.
Single possibility they can fail to secure it in Singapore is if the Silver Arrows outscore them by 31 points or Ferrari achieve that by a similar margin.
Rival Teams
The energy drink brand's team are hopeful of a strong result after Max's wins in Monza and Baku ahead of this weekend.
It was a relief when light rain coming down before the session cleared by the moment the cars went out on a surface that had remained dry.
Motorsport adviser the Austrian stated ahead of practice that they required a dry hour to get underway on fine-tuning their set-up for the Grand Prix.
