Summary
Kvyat fastest in second practice, Hamilton fourth
Red Bulls much improved
Stevens crashes in the Manor, puncture for Sainz
Rosberg fastest in first practice, Hamilton 2nd
Rossi hits the wall late on for Manor
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Image source, Getty ImagesA false dawn? Or have Mercedes really got a fight on their hands? Everything appears to be set up for an interesting weekend under the lights.
You can read Andrew Benson's report here and we shall be back 10:30 BST sharp on Saturday for coverage of final practice and qualifying. Until then.
FP2 lap timespublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 18 September 2015
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FP2 resultpublished at 16:04
11) Massa 12) Nasr 13) Ericsson 14) Button 15) Sainz 16) Grosjean 17) Bottas 18) Maldonado 19) Rossi 20) Stevens
FP2 top 10published at 16:03
1) Kvyat 2) Raikkonen 3) Ricciardo 4) Hamilton 5) Vettel 6) Perez 7) Rosberg 8) Alonso 9) Hulkenberg 10) Verstappen
Chequered flagpublished at 16:01
Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat finishes fastest in second practice for the Singapore Grand Prix.
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Both Sebastian Vettel and Daniil Kvayt dipped into the 1:50s on their long runs, something Lewis Hamilton didn't manage to do. A closely-fought battle on the cards? Or are the cards being kept close to Mercedes' chest?
Nothing to see herepublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 18 September 2015
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporterQuote MessageI've asked Mercedes what happened with Rosberg at Turn 18 and they said nothing untoward. He just carried on. They brought him in for a set of soft tyres and sent him back out."
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Into the final five minutes of the session and Daniil Kvyat tops the timesheet ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton. Nico Rosberg is down in seventh.
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"Check that things aren't too hot," Nico Rosberg says over team radio. "Engines temps are OK Nico," comes the reply.
Yellow flagpublished at 15:53
Yellow flags as Nico Rosberg, on worn supersoft tyres, heads down an escape road at Turn 18.
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Lewis Hamilton had been lapping consistently in the 1:51s but the performance is perhaps just starting to drop away as his 17th lap on the supersoft tyre is a 1:52.741s.
Postpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 18 September 2015
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer“Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat can come across a bit vapid, partly because of his flat Russian accent, but in fact he has an appealingly dry sense of humour, and earlier this week he summed up amusingly the difficulties of preparing for the intense challenge of a two-hour race in the crushing heat and humidity of Singapore. After admitting he had found his first race at Marina Bay ‘quite tough’ last year, he said he had been preparing back in Lugano by ‘training wearing winter clothes in 30C. Looking like a complete idiot - everyone was looking at me thinking: “What is he doing?”’
“Red Bull are hopeful of a much stronger weekend after the trials of Spa and Monza and are optimistic of competing with Ferrari for best of the rest behind Mercedes. Kvyat’s team-mate Daniel Ricciardo said on Thursday: ‘I still think Ferrari will be strong and tough to beat for us but we should be close. Friday will be a tell-tale sign. If we start on the right foot we’ll be there.’”
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Alexander Rossi's first timed effort in FP2 is a 1:57.390 on the supersoft tyre, putting him in P19.
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Can Hamilton be compared to Senna?
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"OK Daniel, pace looks good, degradation is very good," Daniel Ricciardo is told over team radio. A good session for Red Bull so far.
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Twenty minutes left and Alexander Rossi emerges for the first time in FP2.