Well ahead of the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), who was eighth, Lando Norris (McLaren-Mercedes) achieved the best time in the second free practice session of the Singapore Grand Prix, the 18th round of the 24 of the championship. of the F1 world, this Friday at the Marina Bay street circuit.
The Briton surpassed the two Ferraris, that of the Monegasque Charles Leclerc, who was the fastest in the first practice, and that of the Spanish Carlos Sainz, with an advantage of 58 and 629 thousandths of a second, respectively.
The triple world champion and championship leader, the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who complained several times about the lack of grip of his car, was in 15th place, more than 1.2 seconds behind the best.
The session was marked by the non-serious accident of the British George Russell (Mercedes), who crashed into a wall after a curve, breaking the nose of his vehicle with two minutes left in the session.
The Japanese Yuki Tsunoda and the Australian Daniel Ricciardo confirmed the good feelings left in the first free practice with their Racing Bulls and finished fourth and sixth, the Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren), winner last weekend in Azerbaijan, finished fifth.
The Top 10 was completed by Russell, who set the seventh best time before the accident, eighth was Czech Pérez, ninth is the Thai Alex Albon (Williams) and tenth is the German Nico Hülkenberg (Haas).
The seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton, could not get past the 11th place and then the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin).
The third round of free practice will be on Saturday, before qualifying.
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– 2024-09-27 20:44:51
