Hamilton ends Friday on top at Singapore

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F1 Grand Prix, GP Singapore, Marina Bay Street Circuitsg

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time during the second free practice session at Singapore, narrowly edging out Fernando Alonso who earler today went fastest in the first session. Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo was third fastest around the street circuit.

Highlight of the session was a heavy crash for Pastor Maldonado, badly damaging his Lotus E22 against the wall at Turn 10. The Venezuelan lost control on the entry of the corner as the rear end of his car snapped away from him.

Earlier in the session, Sebastian Vettel had completely different issues as he was sidelined with an engine problem that the team found out about at the end of FP1. Still, with 7 minutes left on the clock, Red Bull got the car running, allowing Vettel to do a few laps before the chequered flag.

Other problems were present for Kevin Magnussen who first was seen running slow around the track, then asked to use 'all the toys' to preserve the tyres, before saying himself that he believed something broke on the car. Max Chilton in the Marussia on the other hand reported some gearbox issues with 'slow and heavy' downshifts.

Results

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
144Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:47.490-25
214Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:47.6230.13328
33Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-Renault1:47.7900.30028
47Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:48.0310.54129
51Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:48.0410.5515
620Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.3580.86833
722Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.4350.94530
811Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:48.6531.16330
927Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:48.7511.26131
1026Daniil KvyatStr-Renault1:48.7701.28031
1125Jean-Eric VergneStr-Renault1:48.8001.31033
128Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:49.0621.57233
136Nico RosbergMercedes1:49.0751.58530
1413Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault1:49.1391.64913
1599Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari1:49.1701.68034
1621Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:49.2901.80037
1719Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:49.3611.87129
1877Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:49.9712.48128
1917Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari1:50.6123.12224
204Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari1:51.5584.06821
2110Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault1:52.0754.58533
229Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault1:52.9365.446