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FP2 has finished and Oscar Piastri is fastest. Here’s the report.
A replay shows Oliver Bearman came very close to repeating Russell’s mistake at turn 16.
Hadjar pulls another great lap out and demotes Verstappen from second place.
The McLaren driver moves up to fourth with that lap. Hamilton abandons his lap after losing time at the exit of turn 14.
Norris gets a clean first sector in on this lap.
Yuki Tsunoda only manages ninth, eight tenths of a second off his team mate. Unlike Verstappen he is not running Red Bull’s new, higher-downforce front wing.
A great final sector by Piastri puts him fastest by a tenth of a second.
Piastri does a personal best first sector but Norris has gone wide and backed off.
Leclerc goes fifth, six tenths of a second off Verstappen.
Fernando Alonso has a scruffy middle sector but is fastest in the other two and goes top with a 1’30.877. That lasts only until Verstappen comes around and beats it by a mere two hundredths of a second.
Isack Hadjar has gone quickest in the sole remaining Racing Bulls, 1’31.440.
Unsurprisingly, Leclerc has been noted for a potential unsafe release.
Leclerc has hit Norris in the pit lane as the pair try to head out of the pits.
Almost everyone was out on a soft tyre run at that point – the exceptions were the Ferrari drivers plus Albon, and Russell was in the pits with his damaged Mercedes. Ocon, Sainz and Bearman all got laps done on the softs and are in the top four along with second-placed Hamilton on his mediums.
Race control closed the pit lane entrance then re-opened it, presumably having realised the cars had to come in due to the red flag.
Liam Lawson hits the wall! He’s done a lot of damage to the right-hand side of his Racing Bulls and skidded to a halt at the pit lane entrance. Red flag again.
Practice has restarted and Hamilton jumps to the top with a 1’31.491 on mediums. The Haas drivers are running softs, however, and Esteban Ocon pips him by a hundredth of a second.
The session has been red-flagged so Russell’s front wing can be recovered.
George Russell has gone into a barrier nose-first at turn 16. He’s getting going again.
A big improvement from Oscar Piastri sees him go top with a 1’31.716. Norris slots in second, seven thousandths of a second off his team mate.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli puts up the quickest time initially with a 1’32.883.
Everyone one mediums so far except the Aston Martin pair on hards.
Lando Norris pulled over at the pit lane exit and is now running behind Verstappen. More drivers are heading out.
The second practice session has begun. Nico Hulkenberg heads out first, followed by the McLaren pair. Liam Lawson is next, followed by the two Alpines and Max Verstappen.
Williams and Mercedes did not run the soft tyres in the first session so expect to see them higher up this one. Particularly Alexander Albon, who didn’t set a lap time after his brakes caught fire.
Fernando Alonso was surprisingly fastest in the opening session before darkness fell. Will Aston Martin look as strong under lights?
Second practice for the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix is coming up next.
2025 Singapore Grand Prix
- Ferrari fined for causing pit lane crash involving Leclerc and Norris
- Red Bull’s best Friday of the season? 2025 Singapore Grand Prix practice data
- Verstappen had “very positive” start to practice after Red Bull’s latest upgrade
- Norris “missing all the feelings I had here last year” after “bad day” in practice
- Piastri leads Hadjar in practice after Norris and Leclerc collide in the pits
