Summary

  • Vettel on pole by half a second, Ricciardo 2nd

  • Hamilton only 5th a second behind

  • Raikkonen 3rd, Kvyat 4th, Rosberg 6th

  • Sainz hits wall, McLarens out in Q2

  • Vettel top in Q2, Kvyat top in Q1

  • Maldonado, Saubers, Manors out in Q1

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  2. It is getting busy in the pits with drivers heading in as approach the time for a switch to the faster supersoft tyres.

  3. Jenson Button has been out on the circuit after some issues early in the session and he has the 17th fastest time with Fernando Alonso in P16. 

  4. The Red Bulls now split the Ferraris with Daniil Kvyat improving to go second fastest, behind Sebastian Vettel, with 1:47.249. Daniel Ricciardo is P3, three tenths of a second slower than his team-mate. 

    Nico Rosberg is P5, with Lewis Hamilton P6 as we head into the final 25 minutes of this session.

    Daniil KvyatReuters

  6. yellow flag

    Yellow flag

    Daniil Kvyat is bumped off top spot as Sebastian Vettel goes fastest of all with 1:46.728, with his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen 0.8s slower in second.

    A brief flutter of the yellow flags as both Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton go off at Turn 7 - a troublesome area for a few of the drivers today.

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  8. Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    There is a big magnetic field near the tube station and that is why sometimes they have this glitch in the matrix, so to speak."

  9. Singapore's Twilight zone

    Tom Clarkson
    BBC F1 pit-lane reporter

    Here there can be an electrical interference near the Anderson Bridge. If a driver is making a gear change at that moment it can break the gearbox. The teams have to put in a few countermeasures when they come here."

  10. Lewis Hamilton's first flying lap is a 1:47.969, putting him second fastest. Everyone - bar the Manor duo - are still on the softy tyre - the harder of the two compounds in Singapore.

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  11. Daniil Kvyat continues to lead the way on the timesheet, with Nico Rosberg popping up in third with his first effort of the session - a 1:48.393, seventh tenths of a second down on Kvyat's time.

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  13. Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    "Jenson Button is not even in the car. The car is up on the stands and it looks like McLaren have a problem - a telemetry problem but it looks to me like there is a lot of working going on. Hopefully they will get Button out before the end of the session."

  14. Mercedes are one of those preparing to head out as we see shots of Niki Lauda watching a video of himself on his phone. As you do...

  15. Ten times are on the board with 15 minutes of the session gone, but there is movement in some of the other garages and we should see some more cars out on track soon.

  16. Eddie Jordan
    BBC F1 chief analyst on Inside F1 last night

    "The drivers adore Singapore because there are a lot of good speed corners and reasonable straights. It seems much more of an equal test for everybody."

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  18. A few more times on the board as Daniil Kvyat, pacesetter in second practice, puts down a competitive time with a 1:47.968, putting him ahead of Toro Rosso drivers Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, who had a little lock up at the same place his team-mate spun a little earlier.

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  19. Tom Clarkson
    BBC F1 pit-lane reporter

    One of the reasons they are not going out yet is that the track conditions will change hugely as the sun goes down so I think they are letting others do the donkey work for them.

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    Yellow flag

    A spin for Max Verstappen as he loses it in the Toro Rosso at Turn 7. He doesn't hit anything though and recovers without any bother.

    Meanwhile, no sign of either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg heading out of the Mercedes garage any time soon.