Singapore GP: Bottas 6th from Williams Martini in FP1

Team Summary:
The Williams team would have the use of the supersoft and super soft tyres for the Singapore weekend. Both drivers would complete single installation laps with both drivers on the soft tyre. Both drivers would be required to hand back their first set of soft tyres after the first thirty minutes. As times started to appear the early quickest was Rosberg with a 1m:49.473. He would improve with a 1m:49.184, followed by Vettel and Hulkenberg. Hamilton was now second but Ricciardo would take this spot with the first thirty minutes coming to an end. Valtteri and Felipe were currently eighth and sixteenth.

With the return of drivers Rosberg would set a 1m:48.004 to remain quickest. More drivers were out with Valtteri now tenth with forty two minutes remaining. Hamilton was now second with a 1m:48.314. Vettel and Raikkonen were now third and fourth. Both Williams drivers continued to remain in their pits with thirty five minutes remaining. Rosberg had improved his quickest time with a 1m:47.995. Both Williams drivers returned to the track on new soft tyres. After their first laps Valtteri and Felipe were seventh and sixteenth, considerable margins behind the quickest times. Valtteri would move up to sixth as both Williams drivers continued to put in further laps.

The session would be red flagged when Rossi in the Manor crashed doing a lot of damage to the right of the car at Turn eighteen. The back f his car had hit first seeing the front turned into the barrier. Both Williams drivers would pit ending their session finishing in sixth and seventeenth.

Felipe Massa:
Felipe would be the first out onto the Singapore track for his installation lap. Felipe would return for his first timed laps. Felipe had set a slow 1m:57.606 to be down in seventeenth. He would improve with a 1m:53.059 to be sixteenth. Felipe would continue to put in laps setting a 1m:52.417 still sixteenth. Felipe would also pit looking to swap over his tyres. Felipe would drop to seventeenth still in his pit. There was a lot of work being done on the rear of his car. Felipe would follow Valtteri back out but his first time would see him set a slow 1m:51.050 to be down the order in sixteenth. A 1m:51.035 from Felipe. Felipe would ask if they wanted to change his front wing. The team would tell him to pit to do the change. Felipe would complete ten laps prior to pitting.

Valtteri Bottas:
After his installation lap Valtteri would come back out for his first timed laps. His first time was a 1m:51.210 to be sixth, dropping to eighth. A 1m:51.127 from Valtteri still in eighth. Valtteri would pit after six laps. While he waited in his pit Valtteri had dropped to eleventh. With just over twenty five minutes remaining Valtteri would return to the track. His first lap was a 1m:49.913 to be seventh. A 1m:49.380 from Valtteri would see him improve to be sixth. He would pit after seven laps. He would quickly return for another run completing a total of eleven laps in this second run.

Pos  Driver         	Team		        Time     Laps
1  Nico Rosberg		Mercedes		1m47.995s 27
2  Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1m48.314s 24
3  Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1m48.331s 21
4  Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1m48.494s 23
5  Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari			1m48.785s 20
6  Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1m49.380s 19
7  Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1m49.466s 17
8  Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m49.854s 21
9  Carlos Sainz		Toro Rosso-Renault	1m50.019s 28
10 Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes		1m50.068s 21
11 Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		1m50.123s 21
12 Sergio Perez		Force India-Mercedes	1m50.125s 23
13 Felipe Nasr		Sauber-Ferrari		1m50.158s 18
14 Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes		1m50.341s 23
15 Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		1m50.455s 21
16 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		1m50.883s 21
17 Felipe Massa		Williams-Mercedes	1m51.035s 18
18 Daniil Kvyat		Red Bull-Renault	1m51.188s 8
19 Will Stevens		Marussia-Ferrari	1m53.903s 20
20 Alexander Rossi	Marussia-Ferrari	1m53.918s 18