Overview
- Oscar Piastri topped Singapore FP2 in 1:30.714 as Isack Hadjar placed second by 0.132s and Max Verstappen finished third by 0.143s, with Fernando Alonso fourth and Lando Norris fifth at +0.483s.
- FP2 in Singapore was halted twice after George Russell crashed into the TecPro barrier and Liam Lawson hit the wall and stopped at pit entry, curtailing meaningful long‑run data.
- Charles Leclerc struck Lando Norris when exiting his garage during the FP2 restart, breaking the McLaren’s front wing, and he and Ferrari were summoned over a suspected unsafe release.
- Red Bull showed renewed competitiveness in Singapore as Verstappen expressed satisfaction with the car and Helmut Marko called it the team’s best Friday there in years, with limited long‑run reads indicating a close fight with McLaren.
- At Mandalika, Marco Bezzecchi set the fastest MotoGP practice time as Marc Marquez crashed multiple times and must contest Q1, with Francesco Bagnaia also missing direct Q2 entry.