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Formula 1 Singapore GP

F1 Singapore GP: Norris pips Leclerc by 0.058s in second practice

Norris sets a 1m30.727s in Singapore FP2 to sit ahead of Leclerc and Sainz

Lando Norris was fastest in the second Formula 1 practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix, maintaining a tight battle with Charles Leclerc at the top of the timing boards.

Norris led the way with a 1m30.727s time as the two were separated by just 0.058 seconds, and with over half-a-second's gap over the rest of the field at the end of the session.

Amid the early runs on medium and hard tyres, as the drivers sought to get a picture of the track evolution in night-time conditions, the times swiftly ran through the gamut of laps set amid the 1m32s - Charles Leclerc bringing the field below the 1m33s bracket on the medium tyre.

He and Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz continued to set the pace, trading fastest times, before Alex Albon beat them both - also on the medium - with a 1m32.238s effort.

Leclerc concluded the medium efforts at full speed with a 1m31.665s lap, which Albon found time on during his first effort on softs - a 1m31.650s.

Although Albon set the early pace, the slenderness of his margin over the Ferraris on mediums suggested there was more in it; this was duly proved correct when George Russell overcame his engine's limp mode setting and logged a 1m31.488s on his first effort on the softs.

Oscar Piastri swiftly beat this by 0.014s, noting that he perhaps needed more downforce in the car, but Norris pumped in the first time under the 1m31s mark of the weekend on his opening effort on the red-walled tyre, to set a convincing benchmark.

Leclerc got close, shadowing Norris by 0.058s with a slender margin between them, as Sainz was a further six-tenths behind in third.

Attention then shifted to the longer runs, starting with the soft tyres, as the drivers and engineers sought to use the only hour of representative practice running preparing for Sunday's race.

This yielded no further shuffling in times, ending with the same drivers occupying the top three positions as in FP1. Norris nonetheless had a couple of moments throughout the rest of practice, as he reported he "hit the wall pretty hard" amid the longer runs and later locked up at Turn 7.

Russell then went into the wall at Turn 8 in the final two minutes of the session, wedging his front wing under the barrier. The Mercedes driver managed to back his car out to avoid bringing out a red flag, with minimal apparent damage beyond his nosecone.

Yuki Tsunoda made his way into the top four, just over a tenth behind Sainz as the RBs continued to appear within the upper echelons of the pack.

And, like FP1, Piastri sat between the two RBs in the timing screen; Daniel Ricciardo was just 0.004s slower than his fellow Australian in the final order.

Russell ended up seventh fastest, ahead of Sergio Perez, while Albon and Nico Hulkenberg completed the overall top 10.

Lewis Hamilton ended the session 11th fastest, remarking that his comparative lack of pace - and visual unease with his Mercedes - was "unbelievable" having fallen over two tenths behind his team-mate. Championship leader Max Verstappen was only 15th in the final FP2 standings, 1.3s off the pace.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
George Russell, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team
Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team
Daniel Ricciardo, Visa Cash App RB F1 Team, in the Paddock
Alex Albon, Williams Racing
Oliver Bearman, Reserve Driver, Ferrari and Haas F1 Team
George Russell, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas F1 Team
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Team
Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 Team, James Hinchcliffe, former Indycar driver and F1TV analyst
Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 Team
Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari
Yuki Tsunoda, Visa Cash App RB F1 Team
Franco Colapinto, Williams Racing
Oliver Bearman, Reserve Driver, Ferrari and Haas F1 Team
Fan atmosphere in the fan zone
Liam Lawson, Reserve Driver, Visa Cash App RB F1 Team
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Team
Alex Albon, Williams Racing, Franco Colapinto, Williams Racing, in the Paddock
Oliver Bearman, Reserve Driver, Ferrari and Haas F1 Team
Zhou Guanyu, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber, Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber
McLaren fans show their support in the fan zone
Fan atmosphere in the Fan Zone
Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 Team, are interviewed by Ariana Bravo, F1 Digital presenter, on stage in the fan zone
McLaren fans show their support in the fan zone
Fan atmosphere in the Fan Zone
Fan atmosphere in the fan zone
Fan atmosphere in the fan zone
McLaren MCL38 diffuser
Ferrari SF-24 front wing
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Yuki Tsunoda, RB F1 Team VCARB 01, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38
Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, puts on his helmet
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB20, Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24
Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38
Pierre Gasly, Alpine A524
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas VF-24
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
Yuki Tsunoda, RB F1 Team VCARB 01
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB20, Yuki Tsunoda, RB F1 Team VCARB 01
Jonathan Wheatley, Team Manager, Red Bull Racing, with a teammate
Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari, in the garage
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Jock Clear, Senior Performance Engineer, Scuderia Ferrari, Felipe Massa in the Paddock
Christian Horner, Team Principal, Red Bull Racing, speaks with Helmut Marko, Consultant, Red Bull Racing
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas F1 Team
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB20
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, Franco Colapinto, Williams FW46
Fans in the grandstands watch the on track action
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15, Zhou Guanyu, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38
Alex Albon, Williams FW46
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB20
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas F1 Team, in the cockpit
Ferrari SF-24 front wing detail
Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 Team
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, in the cockpit
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15
Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-24
Zhou Guanyu, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38
Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-24
Zhou Guanyu, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team, in the garage
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas VF-24
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, exits the pit lane
George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15
Franco Colapinto, Williams FW46, Esteban Ocon, Alpine A524
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38
Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 Team
The car of Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24, gets cooled down in the garage
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team, talks to the media in the media pen
Felipe Massa and Jock Clear, Senior Performance Engineer, Scuderia Ferrari, in the Paddock
Peter Crolla, Trackside Operations Manager, Haas F1 Team, Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal, Haas F1 Team, on the pit wall
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Alex Albon, Williams FW46
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
Franco Colapinto, Williams FW46
Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB20
Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Laps Time Interval km/h
1 United Kingdom L. Norris McLaren 4 McLaren Mercedes 27

1'30.727

196.016
2 Monaco C. Leclerc Ferrari 16 Ferrari Ferrari 28

+0.058

1'30.785

0.058 195.891
3 Spain C. Sainz Ferrari 55 Ferrari Ferrari 27

+0.629

1'31.356

0.571 194.667
4 Japan Y. Tsunoda RB 22 RB Red Bull 28

+0.741

1'31.468

0.112 194.428
5 Australia O. Piastri McLaren 81 McLaren Mercedes 27

+0.747

1'31.474

0.006 194.415
6 Australia D. Ricciardo RB 3 RB Red Bull 26

+0.751

1'31.478

0.004 194.407
7 United Kingdom G. Russell Mercedes 63 Mercedes Mercedes 25

+0.761

1'31.488

0.010 194.386
8 Mexico S. Perez Red Bull Racing 11 Red Bull Red Bull 25

+0.871

1'31.598

0.110 194.152
9 Thailand A. Albon Williams 23 Williams Mercedes 26

+0.923

1'31.650

0.052 194.042
10 Germany N. Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 27 Haas Ferrari 26

+0.940

1'31.667

0.017 194.006
11 United Kingdom L. Hamilton Mercedes 44 Mercedes Mercedes 24

+0.982

1'31.709

0.042 193.917
12 Spain F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14 Aston Martin Mercedes 25

+1.023

1'31.750

0.041 193.831
13 Denmark K. Magnussen Haas F1 Team 20 Haas Ferrari 26

+1.066

1'31.793

0.043 193.740
14 Canada L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18 Aston Martin Mercedes 25

+1.230

1'31.957

0.164 193.394
15 Netherlands M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1 Red Bull Red Bull 24

+1.294

1'32.021

0.064 193.260
16 Argentina F. Colapinto Williams 43 Williams Mercedes 26

+1.330

1'32.057

0.036 193.184
17 France E. Ocon Alpine 31 Alpine Renault 27

+1.392

1'32.119

0.062 193.054
18 France P. Gasly Alpine 10 Alpine Renault 27

+1.495

1'32.222

0.103 192.839
19 China Z. Guanyu Sauber 24 Sauber Ferrari 26

+1.632

1'32.359

0.137 192.552
20 Finland V. Bottas Sauber 77 Sauber Ferrari 26

+2.059

1'32.786

0.427 191.666

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