Singapore Grand Prix - Free Practice Two

3rd & 7 37yd

Hello and welcome to ESPN's coverage of the second practice session from the Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:13:42 PM
The big news from FP1 was not Alonso pipping the Mercs to P1, but Vettel's late engine woes which will see him miss this session as Red Bull changes an engine. Yet again the bad luck falls to the world champion, and once again he will need to rely on Ricciardo's FP2 data.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:17:39 PM
Webber has got to be laughing his +!+$ off...

by mfbull 9/19/2014 1:22:16 PM
When Vettel wins,he wins 9 in a row.. When he has mechanical problems,he has relentless problems.. Seems everything happens in excess to Seb Vettel..

by jee1 9/19/2014 1:22:23 PM
@jee1: That's an interesting way of looking at it, actually. He doesn't do anything in ones or twos!

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:22:37 PM
You can just hear the Vettel haters licking their chops at his latest misfortune. Whatever your opinion of him, hard not to think he's been woefully unfortunate with luck this year. But then, is it the last four years coming home to roost?

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:23:22 PM
Do we even know if Ferrari were running race legal or race ready parts? They said they will be testing experimental parts for 2015 didn't they?

by Shripad 9/19/2014 1:23:29 PM
@Shripad: Everything is race legal, they wouldn't be allowed out of parc ferme without anything legal. They are turning one eye onto 2015, which doesn't specifically mean they are making wholesale changes to the car, but doing little things here and there with next year in mind. They obviously aren't going to tell us the exact changes otherwise their rivals will know!

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:24:21 PM
Hi Nate!
How many engines does SV have left?

by Matt 9/19/2014 1:24:23 PM
@Matt: He's used five parts on three of his components. Next power unit change will incur a penalty.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:25:45 PM
@Shripad , doubt Alonso will be testing out 2015 parts , as that work is usually done by the 'other' ferrari drivers'.. and a certain driver was 'on fire' in FP1..

by jee1 9/19/2014 1:28:01 PM
Christian Horner says Red Bull are hoping to get Vettel out for a few laps at the end of this session.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:29:07 PM
I'm worried that this championship will be down to reliability, maybe it is time to introduce a joker for each team. If you can double point the last race and change pit-to-car radio mid-season, why not?

by mfbull 9/19/2014 1:29:13 PM
@mfbull: Maybe the championship should go to whoever has the least points after Abu Dhabi. I can see Ecclestone loving that idea.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:29:35 PM
I don't really like Vettel all that much but I hope that this year's misfortunes get him less booed once we see him return to the podium

by Matt 9/19/2014 1:29:38 PM
Almost time for FP2 & VET's mechanics still v busy installing his race engine. If things go smoothly they could make it out before the flag.

by f1elvis via twitter 9/19/2014 1:30:00 PM
If VET's car doesn't make FP2, it'll be almost prepped for FP3 tomorrow, but he'll have lost valuable high fuel race run time on track.

by f1elvis via twitter 9/19/2014 1:30:00 PM
The clock is ticking, this session is underway.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:30:59 PM
FP2 is under way in Singapore.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:31:17 PM
Biggest penalty here is not getting track time for VET, street circuits need drivers to gradually dial themselves in & discover limits.

by f1elvis via twitter 9/19/2014 1:32:35 PM
@Matt: if they go to 8 teams with 3 cars each, SV might never see a podium again...

by mfbull 9/19/2014 1:32:40 PM
Chilton is out on track, as is Ericsson.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:33:18 PM
Drivers will start this session on soft tyres, and then switch to the super-soft later in the session for those all-important qualifying runs.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:34:14 PM
The McLaren duo of Magnussen and Button head out on track.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:35:26 PM
Chilton sliding around a lot out there and tells Marussia as much. He goes to the top of the timing screens with a 1:54.539.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:35:46 PM
Finally figured out who Chilton reminded me of when I caught "Billy Budd" on TV last night: a young Terence Stamp

by mfbull 9/19/2014 1:35:50 PM
Kobayashi has another little spin at Turn 8. He spun in the earlier session, too.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:36:24 PM
@Nate , Can teams like FI and Lotus field 3 teams , if F1 goes that route , noting that they are mid-budget teams on the lower end?? Will the increase in prize money the get be greater than cost for fielding a 3rd car??

by jee1 9/19/2014 1:36:41 PM
@jee1: Force India will surely struggle to put up a third car. If the rule does come in it really spells trouble for more than just three teams, so it's interesting to see how that plays out.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:37:18 PM
by McLaren via twitter 9/19/2014 1:37:36 PM
Magnussen crosses the line with a 1:51.644, and Button slots in two tenths behind him. Guttierez a further three tenths behind the 2009 world champion in third.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 1:38:03 PM
Nate, we all know Ericsson is probably the weakest driver on the grid at the moment, he must be paying lots of money to catherham just to be there, who are his main sponsors and how big figures are we speaking, roughly?

by Ander Kaver 9/19/2014 1:39:53 PM
Nate : what's the lap record in singapore ? Am interested to see the comparison from old record to the one from the new machinery

by Dj 9/19/2014 1:44:40 PM
Hamilton goes top by exactly three tenths over Ricciardo, but he looks like he's been fighting that car quite a lot.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 2:24:25 PM
i'm not going to slam MAL. it's pathetic from F1 "fans". MAL has courage and gives it his all, unlike the cowards that criticize him

by BE 9/19/2014 2:24:29 PM
Hope they can sort out LuLu's Car before Quali or it may be a long weekend for him.

by James 9/19/2014 2:24:37 PM
Alonso now goes fourth fastest on his fastest super-soft run, a 1:48.062 which is just a fraction off the time set by Raikkonen.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 2:25:07 PM
And may I just say as an American tifosi, I am REALLY worried about Fiat/Chrysler completely taking over...Luca had to go, but the cure might be worse...

by mfbull 9/19/2014 2:25:44 PM
Nate, in ur opinion who will do the best work with the tyres based on their driving styles: RIC, VET, HAM or ROS?

by Kristiyan 9/19/2014 2:25:49 PM
@Kristiyan: Ricciardo has managed his tyres well this year, much better than Vettel, owing to the experience he had of low grip cars from his HRT/Toro Rosso days. So I would say he could edge it but the Merc boys have been handy at that too. That's one area Vettel has struggled.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 2:26:31 PM
@BE: I'm the first to admit that I probably couldn't drive an F1 car out of the garage without hitting something, but sheesh, we are comparing him to his peers...

by mfbull 9/19/2014 2:26:33 PM
@James - I spat water at my desk, thanks. LMAO

by Matt 9/19/2014 2:26:41 PM
Pretty much.

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 2:26:53 PM
I woaRosberg is out on track and I would imagine he will be starting his longer runs

by Nate Saunders 9/19/2014 2:27:17 PM
JEV is a carefull but good racer. He had bad luck with his car. He's less involved in crashes so i think he deserves a second chance. Don't you think so Nate?

by Andre 9/19/2014 2:27:45 PM

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