🔗 Share this article Fernando Alonso Tops First Practice at Marina Bay F1 Singapore This weekend features the race starting at British Summer Time on race day. Live commentary provided on digital platforms and official website. Practice Session Overview The team's Spanish veteran topped the times in front of Monegasque driver and Red Bull's Max Verstappen during first practice for the street circuit event. McLaren's drivers Australian rookie and British talent wrapped up the practice in P5 and P6. Piastri was a notable margin faster than his teammate. Alonso was 0.150secs in front of the Ferrari driver and over a quarter of a second faster than the Red Bull star. The Italian squad's Lewis Hamilton was P4. Car Performance Few anticipate that Aston Martin will be in the mix for the top spot. That said, the outfit are optimistic of a better weekend on a tight circuit that is ideally suited to their vehicle, which performs better when significant amounts of downforce are called for. Two-time champion Alonso is also renowned as a street circuit master, and often shines on the Marina Bay street track. However he was probably operating with less fuel or a increased power than his opponents, or each, to set such a quick time. Session Details His team-mate Canadian racer was 1.918secs off the pace in the lower order. Stroll had problems with his cockpit early in the session and was also evaluating test items. The first session in Singapore is not representative of race pace for qualifying and race as it is run in daylight in the daytime, while grid-deciding session and the race are held at night. Points Situation Piastri has an advantage over his teammate by 25 points with remaining rounds left as they approach the weekend in Singapore. The Woking-based team are in position to wrap up the manufacturers' crown on race day. Sole scenario they can not tie it up in Singapore is if the Silver Arrows outscore them by thirty-one or the Scuderia manage it by 35. Red Bull Update Red Bull are positive of a positive weekend after Verstappen's victories in Monza and Baku preceding this Grand Prix. They were relieved when precipitation falling before the session stopped by the moment the machines emerged on a track that had not been wet. Senior figure the Austrian stated prior to running that they required a dry hour to begin properly on fine-tuning their car configuration for the weekend.