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Singapore GP: Ricciardo heads Red Bull 1-2 in second practice

Daniel Ricciardo completed a Friday practice sweep for the Singapore Grand Prix, leading Red Bull Formula 1 teammate Max Verstappen in second practice.

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing RB13

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing RB13

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Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren MCL32
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W08
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W08
Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari SF70H
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes AMG F1 W08
Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari SF70H
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W08
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes AMG F1 W08
Daniil Kvyat, Scuderia Toro Rosso STR12
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB13

Ricciardo, who edged out Sebastian Vettel in Friday's first session, clocked a 1m40.852s on his second flying lap on the ultrasoft tyres to finish 0.556s quicker than Verstappen.

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was third, seven tenths off the pace, with title rival Vettel failing to complete a representative qualifying simulation in his Ferrari.

Ricciardo and Verstappen traded fastest laps in the early part of the 90-minute session when running the supersofts, with Ricciardo coming out on top.

Hamilton and Vettel were third and fourth, 0.428s and 1.027s off the pace respectively, but they were running the soft Pirelli tyres.

Valtteri Bottas was the first to switch to ultra-softs, but he could only slot into second, 0.027s off the pace, before teammate Hamilton went quickest.

Ricciardo then reclaimed top spot with a 1m41.228s, 0.327s quicker than Hamilton, and then improved by nearly fourth tenths on his next lap.

Verstappen tried to respond by attempting a second flying lap, but he told the team on the radio that his tyres had gone and he backed off.

Vettel set the quickest first sector on his ultrasoft run, but he backed out of the lap when he was baulked by a Sauber.

He tried a second flier, but lost the rear end at Turn 10 and clobbered the wall, detaching an advertising hoarding which temporarily required the virtual safety car.

Vettel did not attempt another low-fuel lap, instead turning his attention to long runs, and ended up 11th quickest with his best lap set on the soft tyres.

Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen was only ninth quickest after his ultrasoft run, 1.983s off the pace.

Bottas was fourth quickest, ahead of Renault's Nico Hulkenberg, with Stoffel Vandoorne the leading McLaren in sixth, 1.649s off the pace.

His teammate Fernando Alonso was on course to improve his time, but had to back out of it when the virtual safety car was deployed for the Vettel incident, and he ended up seventh.

Force India's Sergio Perez was eighth, just over two tenths quicker than teammate Esteban Ocon in 10th.

Renault-bound Carlo Sainz, who struggled with understeer on his long runs, was the leading Toro Rosso, nearly fourth tenths quicker than teammate Daniil Kvyat, in 12th.

Romain Grosjean had a frustrating day, which included several off-track excursions, a spin and a telemetry issue, and ended up 18th, half a second and one place behind Haas teammate Kevin Magnussen.

ClaDriverChassisEngineLapsTimeGap
1 australia Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull TAG 33 1'40.852  
2 netherlands Max Verstappen  Red Bull TAG 28 1'41.408 0.556
3 united_kingdom Lewis Hamilton  Mercedes Mercedes 36 1'41.555 0.703
4 finland Valtteri Bottas  Mercedes Mercedes 35 1'42.104 1.252
5 germany Nico Hulkenberg  Renault Renault 33 1'42.448 1.596
6 belgium Stoffel Vandoorne  McLaren Honda 34 1'42.501 1.649
7 spain Fernando Alonso  McLaren Honda 32 1'42.788 1.936
8 mexico Sergio Perez  Force India Mercedes 35 1'42.826 1.974
9 finland Kimi Raikkonen  Ferrari Ferrari 30 1'42.835 1.983
10 france Esteban Ocon  Force India Mercedes 34 1'43.054 2.202
11 germany Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari Ferrari 33 1'43.104 2.252
12 spain Carlos Sainz Jr.  Toro Rosso Renault 38 1'43.236 2.384
13 russia Daniil Kvyat  Toro Rosso Renault 32 1'43.608 2.756
14 united_kingdom Jolyon Palmer  Renault Renault 32 1'43.795 2.943
15 brazil Felipe Massa  Williams Mercedes 32 1'43.836 2.984
16 canada Lance Stroll  Williams Mercedes 32 1'44.301 3.449
17 denmark Kevin Magnussen  Haas Ferrari 32 1'44.417 3.565
18 france Romain Grosjean  Haas Ferrari 29 1'44.928 4.076
19 germany Pascal Wehrlein  Sauber Ferrari 34 1'45.673 4.821
20 sweden Marcus Ericsson  Sauber Ferrari 35 1'45.721 4.869

 

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