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Lewis Hamilton marked Friday the best time in the second free practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix, in which the Spanish Carlos Sainz (McLaren) returned to be seventh. The pentacampeón world, defender of the title and leader of the contest, that did not lead the time table of some free trials from the third of Hungary, returned to the top after giving his best return to the urban layout Marina Bay in a time of 1: 38,773.

After being third in the morning, Hamilton beat Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) in the afternoon and for those 184 thousandths, who had been the best in the first session and evidenced his good adaptation to the urban layout of the night race from Singapore The Englishman also achieved excellent time in the final part of the round, when he dedicated himself to making long runs with a view to Sunday's race.

The third fastest time was scored by German Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), followed by Hamilton's partner, Finn Valtteri Bottas . Behind the Nordic, the Thai Alexander Albon , who at the wheel of his Red Bull, in which he replaced the Frenchman Pierre Gasly, placed in the fifth place preceded in the time table the winner of the last two great prizes (Belgium and Italy ), the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). After marking his time, Albon had a track exit and shattered the front wing.

As he did in the morning, Carlos Sainz established the seventh best record, two ahead of his partner, the British Lando Norris , and improved markedly until he stopped the clock at 1: 40,145. The Madrid came to occupy the fifth place in the time table, until Vettel improved his registration with just over half an hour to finish.

"It has been a motivating weekend start. I think we can be happy with the position, but maybe not too much with the car and with the sensations . We still have to improve some areas," Sainz said in statements broadcast by Motorsport.com .

"Fridays don't usually count for much"

"In Singapore, perhaps Friday's sessions will be the least representative because many people will improve on Saturday, but we will see what we can do. Fridays do not usually count for much, we will have to see if Saturday is a good starting point," he said. from Madrid. "It's always better to be 7th than 15th, but it's also true that from Friday to Saturday people get better here," he said.

"We have to keep understanding the soft tire, which here is really complicated to understand because it gives you a lot of rear grip and sometimes it is difficult to rebalance the car. They have been different sensations, it is a very different tire to the rest, there are times that it helps you and others make you too understeer, "he added. " We have tested the new aerodynamic package, we have to analyze it tonight and see if it worked, " he said.

Referring to his little rifirrafe with Hamilton in the first session , when they were about to collide at the entrance to the tunnel, Sainz said: "I didn't know very well what I was doing, I shouldn't look at the mirrors very much, but it's the same."

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