FP2 in Singapore 2014: Alonso still on the podium

Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes back on top of the times in the second practice session under the lights of Marina Bay on Friday evening, but the main story was the way in which his, and the runs of team mate Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel, were compromised by circumstance.

Hamilton had complained bitterly about the wayward behaviour of his F1 W05 Hybrid on the soft Pirellis, and then of brake vibrations on the supersofts, but found it better when he put together his best lap of 1m 47.490s.

Rosberg, meanwhile, was fastest on the softs with a best of 1m 49.075s, and had just set the fastest first sector on supersofts when the session was red flagged after Pastor Maldonado crashed his Lotus into the wall at Turn 10.

 

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:47.490 25
2 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:47.623 0.133 28
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:47.790 0.300 28
4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:48.031 0.541 29
5 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:48.041 0.551 5
6 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.358 0.868 33
7 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.435 0.945 30
8 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:48.653 1.163 30
9 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:48.751 1.261 31
10 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:48.770 1.280 31
11 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:48.800 1.310 33
12 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:49.062 1.572 33
13 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:49.075 1.585 30
14 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:49.139 1.649 13
15 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:49.170 1.680 34
16 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:49.290 1.800 37
17 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:49.361 1.871 29
18 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:49.971 2.481 28
19 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:50.612 3.122 24
20 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:51.558 4.068 21
21 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:52.075 4.585 33
22 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:52.936 5.446 31