Sebastian Vettel consolidated his Friday advantage around Marina Bay as he set the pace by six tenths of a second again in a damp Saturday evening final practice session.
The Red Bull driver, who needs a strong result here to get closer to the points summit, was already a couple of tenths clear of Ferrari rival Fernando Alonso before he uncorked a last-gasp lap of 1m48.350s on the soft tyres to secure his second straight practice top spot.
In fairness to his closest competitors though – particularly Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber – the appearance of yellow flags in the closing stages of the hour for Bruno Senna’s Hispania meant they lost the chance to set their most competitive times on the faster ‘option’ rubber.
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Formula 1: Singapore Grand Prix - Final Practice Results
Formula 1: Mark Webber Fastest in First Practice at Singapore
Formula 1: Singapore Grand Prix - First Practice Results
Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Fastest in Second Practice at Singapore
Formula 1: Singapore Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
With Alonso keeping hold of second place, Hamilton ended up nearly a second adrift of Vettel in third. ITV
The Mercedes of Nico Rosberg rounded out the top five while championship leader Webber was some way off the pace of his team-mate in sixth. Jenson Button could only manage 13th.
Conditions were humid and the track partially damp after rain had fallen during the afternoon at the Yas Marina circuit.
The conditions saw a mix of slick and intermediate tyres at the start of the session before there was a lull in the action as drivers waited for the track to dry out sufficiently. SkySports
Nico Hulkenberg looking strong all session for Williams and taking seventh on 1m 49.304s. Then came Robert Kubica for Renault on 1m 49.520s, Adrian Sutil for Force India on 1m 49.916s and Sebastien Buemi for Toro Rosso on 1m 49.949s.
Vitaly Petrov was 11th on 1m 50.040s for Renault from Rubens Barrichello on 1m 50.053s for Williams, Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari and Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher each on 1m 50.067s. Talk about close times!
Then there was a gap to Tonio Liuzzi’s 1m 50.868s for Force India which beat the two BMW Saubers as Nick Heideld just aced team mate Kamui Kobayashi, with 1m 51.016s to 1m 51.027s.
Virgin were the fastest new team by a comfortable margin as Timo Glock took his VR-01 round in 1m 52.340s, as Heikki Kovalainen could not better 1m 53.146s for Lotus. The Finn had Lucas di Grassi and team mate Jarno Trulli for company, with 1m 53.297s and 1m 53.681s apiece. Formula 1
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