2022 Singapore Grand Prix FP2 report and highlights: Sainz leads Leclerc as Ferrari posts 1-2 in second practice | Formula 1®

Carlos Sainz topped the timesheets in Friday’s second practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix, edging out Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc around the floodlit Marina Bay Street circuit.

In what was the first representative session of the weekend on F1’s return to the City of Lion, with the sun setting and floodlights taking over, Sainz posted the FP2 benchmark by clocking a time of 1m 42.587s on the compound of soft tires.

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Leclerc trailed his team-mate by just over two tenths despite missing around half of the 60-minute session as Ferrari carried out changes and checks on his car after an FP1 hour impacted by brake issues .

Max Verstappen’s run was also limited by set-up changes and a late run in soft shoes could only put him fourth – around three tenths of Sainz’s time – between the Mercedes cars.

George Russell was the Silver Arrow leader in third, with Lewis Hamilton fifth, although both had compromised soft tire runs – Russell lamenting a “horrible” lap after being stuck at Turn 13 and Hamilton encountering traffic.

Esteban Ocon finished sixth for Alpine, narrowly beating Alfa Romeo rival Valtteri Bottas in P7 and teammate Fernando Alonso in P8.

Sergio Perez was unable to get a clean lap on the soft rubber of other Red Bull, finishing ninth, with Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll – bouncing back from his FP1 crash – completing the top 10.

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Lando Norris was the fastest of the McLarens in P11 – seven places and nearly a second and a half ahead of outgoing team-mate Daniel Ricciardo – followed by Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin and Kevin Magnussen’s Haas.

AlphaTauri endured a difficult session, with Pierre Gasly 14th after a fire broke out on his engine air intake, while teammate Yuki Tsunoda, 17th, finished his session early due to a fuel system problem.

Williams driver Alex Albon continued his impressive comeback after appendicitis and post-surgery complications with a solid run to 16th, just behind Zhou Guanyu’s fellow Alfa Romeo and ahead of the aforementioned Tsunoda.

Mick Schumacher (Haas) and Nicholas Latifi (Williams) brought up the rear, with the peloton covered by just under four seconds under the lights at Marina Bay.

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