Posted on 19th September 2015
In the second practice session in Singapore, Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat topped the timesheets ahead of Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo and is showing that he cannot be discounted for the championship as of yet.
During FP2, we saw in the first ten minutes of the session, we saw Will Stevens stopping on the circuit at Turn 14. Stevens lost the rear of the car into Turns 11 and 12 and as a result of this hit the barriers. This then brought out the Red Flags in order for the Manor to recovered from the track.
In the last ten minutes of the session, we saw Nico Rosberg pushing the limit after exiting Turn 18. When going into the corner, Rosberg locked up his outside wheel which left him having to reverse back onto the track.
But it was Daniil Kvyat who topped the timesheets with a lap time of 1.46.142 ahead of Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen in second place who was 0.039 seconds behind him but was ahead of Daniel Ricciardo who finished in third place who was 0.114 seconds behind the Red Bull of Kvyat.
Lewis Hamilton finished the session in fourth place ahead of Sebastian Vettel in fifth place, Sergio Perez in sixth place and Nico Rosberg in seventh place. Fernando Alonso ended the session in eighth place ahead of Nico Hulkenberg in ninth place and Max Verstappen who rounds off the top ten finishers.
Felipe Massa ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Felipe Nasr in twelfth place, Marcus Ericsson in thirteenth place, Jenson Button in fourteenth place and Carlos Sainz Jr in fifteenth place.
As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Romain Grosjean finished the session in sixteenth place ahead of Valtteri Bottas in seventeenth place, Pastor Maldonado in eighteenth place and the two Manor drivers of Alexander Rossi and Will Stevens finishing in nineteenth and twentieth places.
The classification of FP2 for the Singapore GP is as follows:-
1. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull Renault, 1.46.142
2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 0.039s
3. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 0.114s
4. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 0.337s
5. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 0.345s
6. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 0.517s
7. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 0.639s
8. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 0.817s
9. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.152s
10. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1.285s
11. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 1.542s
12. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.613s
13. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 1.653s
14. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 1.746s
15. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 1.870s
16. Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Mercedes, 1.954s
17. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 1.976s
18. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, 3.952s
19. Alexander Rossi, Manor, 10.597s
20. Will Stevens, Manor, 13.790s
Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa
