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F1 Singapore GP: Oscar Piastri tops disrupted FP2 session
The McLaren driver went quickest in a session that was stopped twice when George Russell and Liam Lawson brought out the red flags
Jake Boxall-Legge
Edited: Oct 3, 2025, 3:40 PM
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Oscar Piastri, McLaren
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Oscar Piastri went fastest in a messy second free practice session ahead of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, which was red flagged twice as George Russell and Liam Lawson hit the wall.
Piastri rose to the top of the order amid a compressed set of soft-tyre runs, as more than 20 minutes of the session was lost to the red flag periods. The Australian's 1m30.714s stood as the fastest time over Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar and Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
McLaren demonstrated improved pace over FP1 in the early phases of the session; Lando Norris set a 1m32.226s benchmark on mediums, which was only beaten when Piastri unfurled a 1m31.716s on his third flyer of the session.
Norris looked set to go quicker, but lost time in the final sector and ended up 0.007s shy of his championship-leading team-mate.
The session was then put on pause after Russell lost the rear and hit the wall at Turn 16, which snapped the front wing off from his Mercedes. A rearranged barrier, allied to his front wing debris, produced a red flag after the opening 15 minutes of the session.
Once the litter was cleared away, Lewis Hamilton vaulted to the top of the order – but this was a brief flirtation with the limelight as the soft tyre runs had begun in earnest – Esteban Ocon deposed Hamilton with a 1m31.480s on the C5 tyre.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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Lawson then hit the wall on the exit of Turn 17 and peeled his right-front tyre off the rim to produce another red flag, coming to rest on the entrance to the pitlane to interrupt a handful of notable soft-tyre laps.
The resumption of the session was further complicated when, amid the scramble for track position, Charles Leclerc left the garage and went straight into Norris, which shoved the Briton into the pitwall and damaged his front wing.
Soft tyre runs resumed, initially headlined by Hadjar's 1m31.440s, but this was surpassed by Fernando Alonso – who sat top of FP1 – as he dived into the 1m30s.
Alonso's 1m30.877s was beaten by a smidgen by Max Verstappen, who went 0.02s quicker, but Piastri then found an advantage and returned to the top of the order to close out the session. Hadjar's late final effort split Piastri and Verstappen, as Alonso settled in fourth.
Norris shook off the pitlane drama to claim fourth, but later aired his dismay over the radio over his gap to Piastri – typically putting the near-half-second gap down to his driving.
Lance Stroll was sixth-fastest over Ocon, while Carlos Sainz, Leclerc, and Hamilton completed the top 10.
F1 Singapore GP - FP2 results
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Laps Time Interval Tyres km/h 1 O. Piastri McLaren 81
McLaren Mercedes 19
1'30.714
S 196.044 2 I. Hadjar Racing Bulls 6
RB Honda 19
+0.132
1'30.846
0.132 S 195.759 3 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
Red Bull Red Bull 19
+0.143
1'30.857
0.011 S 195.736 4 F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14
Aston Martin Mercedes 19
+0.163
1'30.877
0.020 S 195.693 5 L. Norris McLaren 4
McLaren Mercedes 18
+0.483
1'31.197
0.320 S 195.006 6 L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18
Aston Martin Mercedes 18
+0.508
1'31.222
0.025 S 194.952 7 E. Ocon Haas F1 Team 31
Haas Ferrari 19
+0.584
1'31.298
0.076 S 194.790 8 C. Sainz Williams 55
Williams Mercedes 20
+0.585
1'31.299
0.001 S 194.788 9 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
Ferrari Ferrari 18
+0.752
1'31.466
0.167 S 194.432 10 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44
Ferrari Ferrari 17
+0.777
1'31.491
0.025 M 194.379 11 Y. Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 22
Red Bull Red Bull 18
+0.994
1'31.708
0.217 S 193.919 12 O. Bearman Haas F1 Team 87
Haas Ferrari 18
+0.997
1'31.711
0.003 S 193.913 13 A. Albon Williams 23
Williams Mercedes 19
+1.346
1'32.060
0.349 S 193.178 14 N. Hulkenberg Sauber 27
Sauber Ferrari 19
+1.355
1'32.069
0.009 S 193.159 15 G. Bortoleto Sauber 5
Sauber Ferrari 19
+1.605
1'32.319
0.250 S 192.636 16 P. Gasly Alpine 10
Alpine Renault 20
+1.744
1'32.458
0.139 S 192.346 17 L. Lawson Racing Bulls 30
RB Honda 10
+1.931
1'32.645
0.187 M 191.958 18
A. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
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Mercedes Mercedes 18
+2.005
1'32.719
0.074 M 191.805 19 F. Colapinto Alpine 43
Alpine Renault 20
+2.425
1'33.139
0.420 S 190.940 20 G. Russell Mercedes 63
Mercedes Mercedes 6
+2.517
1'33.231
0.092 M 190.752 View full results
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