Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso stunned Lewis Hamilton to grab the fastest time in opening practice for the Singapore Grand Prix Friday, driving supremely under lights for the first time.
The British world championship leader was the pace-setter in the first session around the bumpy Marina Bay street circuit and looked to have sewn up the second before Alonso pipped him on the last lap.
The Spaniard hurled his Renault around the track in 1:45.654, 0.098 ahead of the McLaren driver.
It was marginally slower than the 1:45.518 Hamilton drove in the first session.
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Felipe Massa in a Ferrari, who is one point behind Hamilton in the title race with four Grand Prix left, was third fastest.
Heikki Kovalainen was right with the top three on 1m 45.797s in the second McLaren, but Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari was only seventh on 1m 46.580s. In between them came on-form Nico Rosberg in the Williams (1m 46.164s) and Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber (1m 46.384s).
Jenson Button’s strong form from the first session carried over when he took the eighth-fastest time for Honda with 1m 46.901s, ahead of Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1m 47.013s), and Toyota’s Timo Glock (1m 47.046s).
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