Singapore GP: Oscar Piastri at the head of the second chaotic practice while Charles Leclerc hits Lando Norris in Pit Lane | F1 News
Oscar Piastri dominated a second chaotic training at the Singapore Grand Prix while the teammate of McLaren Lando Norris was touched by Charles Leclerc in the channel of the stands.
The session was disrupted by two long red flags after the accidents of George Russell and Liam Lawson, which led to the despair that the teams put themselves on the track, which caused a Norris and Leclerc investigation which is under investigation.
The Norris before wing was damaged, but McLaren was able to repair it so that the British driver ended a qualification simulation where he was fifth but 0.483 behind Pace-Setter Piastri, who leads Norris 25 points in the pilot championship.
“”[It] Cost to the team a little money, which is a shame, “said Norris, who dominated the Singapore Grand Prix last year.
“Just a difficult day for me, do not feel too good with the car. Missing all the feelings I had here last year. So, a lot of things to work on. Just a bad day.
“Oscar is fast, so I have nothing to complain about a bar just does not do a very good job.”
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Ferrari de Charles Leclerc hits the McLaren of Lando Norris during FP2 at the GP of Singapore
The recruit Isack Hadjar continued to impress with second during his first outing in Singapore with Max Verstappen in third, just 0.143 Piastri.
Fernando Alonso was the fastest first training and showed a strong pace by finishing in fourth, but the disorderly session makes it difficult to read hierarchical order before final training on Saturday at 10:30 am and qualifications at 2 p.m. Sky Sports F1.
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Lando Norris appeared imperturbable by his accident with Charles Leclerc, after the two collided in the channel of the stands after a dangerous release
The Ferraris of Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were ninth and 10th, but the best round of the latter came to the mediums.
“It was usually a good day, I liked driving the car,” said Hamilton.
“Obviously, McLaren is very fast and getting a clean turn is not easy, but I have the impression that there are a lot of positive points to take from today, a lot of learning and very satisfied with the progress that we have made from session to the session.”
Ferrari looked competitive earlier, but Russell's big accident in Tour 16 caused the first disturbance and put it for the rest of the day.
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George Russell was confused after taking a big blow in the wall during the second try and released the red flag
“A little strange to be honest. I don't really know what happened,” said Russell.
“I slowed down a little earlier, I went a little slower, but I lost the back. Fortunately, I went to the front and I didn't do too much damage but it was over. A little boring, sorry for the team for that, but better it happened today.”
Only five minutes after restarting, Lawson marked the concrete wall around 17 which immediately broke the right front corner of his car to cause a second red flag.
About 22 minutes from the one hour session was lost and although most drivers finished a competitive turn in the closing minutes, the real pace of the cars is not clear.
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Liam Lawson's second training ended early after slamming the racing bull in the wall
Piastri: I had a good day | Verstappen feeling “very positive”
Piastri arrives in Singapore after a nightmare in Baku where he crashed both in qualifying and racing, while jumping the start.
The Australian was back in shape throughout Friday and said that he had “learned a lot” during a “good day”.
“Here, qualifications are a massive part of the weekend. It is a huge part everywhere, but especially here, it is one of the most important, so you prefer to qualify higher and face the unknown for the race than to qualify further, but know exactly what will happen in the race, because it will not help you,” said Piastri.
Singapore is the only Verstappen destination is still to be won on the F1 calendar, but it has momentum, having won the last two races.
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Max Verstappen says there is a big gap between him and the McLarens in the driver's championship and that he does not really think of the title
The Dutchman said that his team had to “optimize a little more” to fight for pole position against the McLarens.
“It's really very positive,” said Verstappen on Red Bull running faster than the previous racing weekends in Singapore.
“Still a few things that we want to do better, but it is not as if we have to do the configuration completely, so it's a good thing. We will see. Is it going to be good enough to fight the forehead? I don't know.
“I always find that FP2 is a little difficult to say with what people manage motor modes, at high speed. I suppose that we will see in qualification.”
SKY SPORTS F1 GP schedule in Singapore
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Return to some of the most dramatic moments that took place at the Singapore Grand Prix
Saturday October 4
7:55 am: F1 Academy Race 1
10:15 am: Singapore Grand Prix Practical three (the session starts at 10:30 am)
1 p.m.: Singapore Grand Prix Construction of qualification
2 p.m.: Singapore Grand Prix Qualification *
4 p.m.: TED's qualification notebook
Sunday October 5
8:20 am: F1 Academy Race 2
11:30 am: Grand Prix Sunday: Singapore GP Build-Up
1 p.m.: The Singapore Grand Prix
3 p.m.: Damy flag: Singapore GP reaction
4 p.m.: Ted notebook
* Also on the main event of Sky Sports
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