Carlos Sainz fronted a 1-2 for Ferrari during second practice for Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix as title leaders Red Bull struggled.
Sainz clocked a time of 1:42.587s during the night session around the streets of Marina Bay to finish 0.208s faster than Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.
George Russell finished third for Mercedes, three-tenths off the pace, with Red Bull only fourth and ninth respectively.
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Max Verstappen set his best effort out of sync with the rest of his rivals after spending the bulk of the session in the pit lane.
He wound up with only eight laps completed during the course of the 60-minute session.
Sergio Perez was down in ninth, also with limited running, almost a second slower than his team-mate.
Lewis Hamilton, who topped the opening session, classified in fifth spot, with Alpine duo Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso either side of Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas.
Lance Stroll recovered from his FP1 setback to round out the top 10, two spots in front of team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
McLaren had a difficult showing as Lando Norris was only 11th in the heavily upgraded MCL36 while Daniel Ricciardo classified down in 18th spot.
That left the outgoing McLaren driver faster than only Haas’ Mick Schumacher and Williams’ Nicholas Latifi, both of whom are experiencing Marina Bay for the first time.
Their respective team-mates fared moderately better, with Kevin Magnussen 13th, and Alexander Albon 16th on his first day back in the FW44 after his health scare in Italy.
Pierre Gasly suffered a fire on his AlphaTauri AT03 as the team connected the fuel breather, but it was swiftly extinguished and he was able to return to action.
He finished the session in 14th position, ahead of Zhou Guanyu, with Yuki Tsunoda 17th overall.
Saturday’s final practice session is scheduled for 18:00 local time
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