2024 F1 Singapore Grand Prix - Friday Practice Results

Full results from Friday practice at the Singapore Grand Prix, Round 18 of the 2024 F1 world championship.

20 Sep 2024

Here are the results from F1 practice for the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix:

Practice 2:

2024 F1 Singapore Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (2)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m30.727s
2	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	1m30.785s
3	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	1m31.356s
4	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m31.468s
5	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m31.474s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m31.478s
7	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m31.488s
8	Sergio Perez	MEX	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m31.598s
9	Alex Albon	THA	Williams Racing	1m31.650s
10	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m31.667s
11	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m31.709s
12	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m31.750s
13	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m31.793s
14	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m31.957s
15	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m32.021s
16	Franco Colapinto	ARG	Williams Racing	1m32.057s
17	Esteban Ocon	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m32.119s
18	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m32.222s
19	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m32.359s
20	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m32.786s

Lando Norris set the pace in the more representative FP2 session under the lights in Singapore.

The McLaren driver and title hopeful ended up 0.058s clear of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, while teammate Carlos Sainz was third - 0.6s adrift.

Yuki Tsunoda was fourth for RB, ahead of Oscar Piastri's McLaren and teammate Daniel Ricciardo as Red Bull's sister team once again showed encouraging pace.

George Russell was seventh and crashed his Mercedes late in the session, with Sergio Perez, Alex Albon and Nico Hulkenberg completing the top-10.

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were only 11th and 15th as they endured a difficult session and regularly complained about their respective cars.

Practice 1:

2024 F1 Singapore Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (1)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	1m31.763s
2	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m31.839s
3	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	1m31.952s
4	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m32.097s
5	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m32.263s
6	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m32.369s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	1m32.375s
8	Alex Albon	THA	Williams Racing	1m32.451s
9	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m32.610s
10	Esteban Ocon	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m32.615s
11	Franco Colapinto	ARG	Williams Racing	1m32.618s
12	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m32.679s
13	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team	1m32.694s
14	Sergio Perez	MEX	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1m32.767s
15	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	1m32.778s
16	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1m33.334s
17	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m33.377s
18	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m33.485s
19	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	1m33.585s
20	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1m33.797s

Charles Leclerc set the pace in the fairly unrepresentative opening practice in Singapore, 0.076s clear of F1 title hopeful and McLaren driver Lando Norris.

Carlos Sainz ended up third-quickest, 0.189s off his Ferrari teammate's benchmark, while championship leader Max Verstappen was 0.334s adrift in his Red Bull.

Yuki Tsunoda put his RB into fifth ahead of McLaren's Oscar Piastri, Daniel Ricciardo and Williams' Alex Albon.

The top-10 were rounded out by Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso and Alpine's Esteban Ocon.