{"id":82967,"date":"2022-09-30T17:23:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T17:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/verstappen-explains-why-red-bulls-pace-was-unrepresentative-in-singapore-friday-practice\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T17:23:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T17:23:55","slug":"verstappen-explains-why-red-bulls-pace-was-unrepresentative-in-singapore-friday-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/verstappen-explains-why-red-bulls-pace-was-unrepresentative-in-singapore-friday-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen explains why Red Bull’s pace was ‘unrepresentative’ in Singapore Friday practice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Max Verstappen feels that the pace he and Red Bull displayed during Friday practice for the Singapore Grand Prix was \u201cnot really representative\u201d amid delays caused by set-up changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verstappen was restricted to 28 laps over the course of FP1 and FP2 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit \u2013 less than half a race distance \u2013 as set-up adjustments \u201ctook a bit longer\u201d than anticipated.<\/p>\n

Having claimed P2 to Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton in opening practice, the Dutchman had to settle for P4 in the second session \u2013 more than three-tenths off the pace set by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Sainz leads Leclerc as Ferrari post 1-2 in second practice at Marina Bay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Verstappen said: \u201cI think it started off quite well in FP1; I think the car was working quite well. For FP2 we wanted to try a few things, but they just took a bit longer to change. Then we wanted to try something else and, again, that took quite a long time to change again.<\/p>\n

“We couldn’t really run a lot [so] that’s why I think it’s not really representative, what we showed in FP2. Of course, there’s still a lot of room for improvement, but it’s not the worst day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sergio P\u00e9rez felt ‘more comfortable in FP1’ at Singapore GP practice\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Asked if he had any concerns about being unable to complete a longer run in FP2, Verstappen commented: \u201cWell, around here it’s most important that you’re quick over one lap. We’ll analyze a lot of things. We did a little bit of a long run in FP1, so I don’t think it will be the end of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verstappen’s team mate Sergio Perez was a second back in ninth position, having also encountered delays and failed to post a clean lap with the soft tire compound.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Fire forces Gasly to jump out of his AlphaTauri in FP2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recapping his day, Perez said: \u201cWe lost a bit of track time in FP2 and we had a few issues with the engine, with the driveability, and then we did a lot of set-up changes.<\/p>\n

\u201c[There\u2019s] a lot of information to go through tonight. [We\u2019ll] just pick up the best bits for tomorrow and, as usual, try to do the best with what we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the early pace of Red Bull’s rivals, he added: \u201cWe knew [Mercedes] were going to be strong and certainly Ferrari is looking pretty strong, so we’ll see what we’re able to do tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen feels that the pace he and Red Bull displayed during Friday practice for the Singapore Grand Prix was \u201cnot really representative\u201d amid delays caused by set-up changes. Verstappen was restricted to 28 laps over the course of FP1 and FP2 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit \u2013 less than half a race distance …<\/p>\n

Verstappen explains why Red Bull’s pace was ‘unrepresentative’ in Singapore Friday practice<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57900,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/leclerc-and-sainz-upbeat-after-day-one-in-spa-despite-large-deficit-to-verstappen-in-fp2\/","url_meta":{"origin":82967,"position":0},"title":"Leclerc and Sainz upbeat after day one in Spa despite large deficit to Verstappen in FP2","date":"August 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite a large deficit on the timesheets to Max Verstappen in the second practice session, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz where in a rather positive mood on Friday night in Belgium, reflecting on a \"comfortable\" first day of running at Spa-Francorchamps. 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