Lando Norris topped a vital second follow session on the Singapore Grand Prix from Charles Leclerc, as title rival Max Verstappen struggled to fifteenth.
McLaren’s Norris, who trails Verstappen by 59 factors within the Drivers’ Championship with seven rounds of the season remaining, edged out Ferrari’s Leclerc by just below a tenth of a second in a reversal of the result of first follow earlier on Friday.
The second of the three follow periods in Singapore is essentially the most consultant because it takes place in the identical floodlit, night-time circumstances as these of Saturday’s qualifying and Sunday’s race.
Norris and Leclerc seemed to be in a league of their very own on the gorgeous avenue circuit, with the opposite Ferrari of Carlos Sainz six tenths off the tempo in third, and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri an additional tenth again in fifth.
Verstappen, who has gone seven races and not using a win amid Crimson Bull’s struggles, completed greater than a second off the tempo in fifteenth, with team-mate Sergio Perez faring solely barely higher in eighth.
RB duo Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo have been the shock robust performers of the session, taking fourth and sixth respectively.
Mercedes additionally appeared to lack tempo as George Russell took seventh and Lewis Hamilton eleventh, with the previous damaging a entrance wing late within the session as he hit the wall at flip eight.
Extra to observe…
Sky Sports activities F1’s stay Singapore GP schedule
Friday September 20
11.55am: F1 Academy Qualifying
1.45pm: Singapore GP Follow Two (session begins 2pm)
3.15pm: The F1 Present
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Saturday September 21
8am: F1 Academy Race One
10.15am: Singapore GP Follow Three (session begins 10.30am)
1pm: Singapore GP Qualifying build-up
2pm: SINGAPORE GP QUALIFYING*
4pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday September 22
8.30am: F1 Academy Race Two
11:30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Singapore GP build-up
1pm: The SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
3pm: Chequered Flag: Singapore GP response
4pm: Ted’s Pocket book
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