» Red Bull Racing back on top as Kvyat goes fastest in FP2

Red Bull Racing’s Daniil Kvyat has set the fastest time in the second practice session ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Daniel Ricciardo rounded out the top three in a strong performance for Red Bull.

The Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg didn’t seem to be on the pace this session as neither driver was able to threaten for the top spot throughout the session. Mercedes were also off the pace when it came to the race simulations, falling behind both Red Bull and Ferrari.

While Ricciardo was posting long run times in the low 1m51s – even dipping down to a 1:50.861 – Rosberg’s times were significantly down and inconsistent, ranging between low to mid 1m52s, to mid 1m53s.

Hamilton’s times were healthier than Rosberg’s, although mustn’t have been looking after his tyres well. His times slipped from being competitive with Red Bulls long run pace, to falling half a second behind once his super soft tyres hit the 15 lap mark.

Sebastian Vettel completed a solid run of 35 laps to round out a comprehensive Friday for Ferrari, as both he and Raikkonen were competing with Red Bull on race simulation pace.

McLaren has improved quite considerably with Fernando Alonso ending the session in eighth position and eight-tenths of a second off Kvyat’s best time. Jenson Button was further down behind the Sauber pair of Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson in fourteenth.

Will Stevens completed Manor’s wretched Friday by crashing out of FP2 in the first six minutes of the session, bringing out the red flag for the second time this weekend.

2015 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix – Free Practice 2 Results
Pos	Driver	Team / Entry	Time	Gap	Laps
1.	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault RB11	1:46.142		34
2.	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari SF15-T	1:46.181	+ 0.039	34
3.	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault RB11	1:46.256	+ 0.114	29
4.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1W06 Hybrid	1:46.479	+ 0.337	33
5.	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari SF15-T	1:46.487	+ 0.345	35
6.	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India Mercedes VJM08B	1:46.659	+ 0.517	30
7.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1W06 Hybrid	1:46.781	+ 0.639	34
8.	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda MP4-30	1:46.959	+ 0.817	26
9.	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India Mercedes VJM08B	1:47.294	+ 1.152	35
10.	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso Renault STR10	1:47.427	+ 1.285	32
11.	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing Mercedes FW37	1:47.684	+ 1.542	28
12.	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team Ferrari C34	1:47.755	+ 1.613	26
13.	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team Ferrari C34	1:47.795	+ 1.653	33
14.	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda MP4-30	1:47.888	+ 1.746	28
15.	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso Renault STR10	1:48.012	+ 1.870	23
16.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team Mercedes E23 Hybrid	1:48.096	+ 1.954	32
17.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing Mercedes FW37	1:48.118	+ 1.976	28
18.	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team Mercedes E23 Hybrid	1:50.068	+ 3.952	30
19.	Alexander Rossi	Manor Marussia F1 Team Ferrari MR03B	1:56.739	+ 10.597	9
20.	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia F1 Team Ferrari MR03B	1:59.932	+ 13.790	3