Overview
- Oscar Piastri topped FP2 with a 1:30.714, edging Isack Hadjar by 0.132s and Max Verstappen by 0.143s, with Lando Norris fifth after earlier damage.
- FP2 was stopped twice after George Russell hit the Turn 16 wall and Liam Lawson struck the barriers near Turn 17, costing roughly 22 minutes of track time.
- Charles Leclerc was released into Norris in the pit lane before the final runs, nudging the McLaren into the wall; both teams and drivers were summoned to the stewards.
- Fernando Alonso led FP1 in 1:31.116 ahead of Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen, while Alex Albon recorded no time after a rear‑brake fire Williams attributed to a hardware problem before returning for FP2.
- Piastri leads the drivers’ standings by 25 points over Norris with Verstappen 69 back, and McLaren can clinch the constructors’ title in Singapore with at least 13 points; in MotoGP, Marc Marquez has secured the 2025 crown as Ducati weighs Bagnaia’s Motegi turnaround against Fabio Di Giannantonio’s unexplained GP25 swings.