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Pierre Gasly had a moment in the Alpine, resulting in the Frenchman only narrowly avoiding contact with the wall. “Woah, that was close,” said Gasly over the radio. Alex Albon, meanwhile, wasn’t quite so lucky, with replays showing the Williams clipping the barriers before returning to the garage as the team assessed if any damage had been sustained.
Leclerc put himself at the top of the timesheets as the session reached its halfway point, pumping in a lap of 1m 31.525s to go one tenth clear of Verstappen. Elsewhere there were further dramas, with Russell running straight on at Turn 14.
WATCH: Ride onboard with Norris for the fastest lap of Friday in Singapore
The order started to change as many switched focus to their soft-shod runs, with Russell going fastest, while Piastri experienced a big slide during his lap after the McLaren took too much kerb. There were no such troubles for Norris, who then slotted himself into P1 on an impressive 1m 29.646s, almost half a second quicker than Russell.
All eyes were then on what Ferrari could do and that was soon answered – Carlos Sainz was 1.161s away from Norris in sixth, while Leclerc aborted his first flying run before going fifth quickest, 0.913s off the Briton.
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