Sebastian Vettel continued Red Bull’s strong in Singapore after topping a dry second free practice session with a time of 1m48.340, three tenths ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button.
Fernando Alonso went third quickest, followed by Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton and the strong Force India duo Paul Di Resta and teammate Nico Hulkenberg.
Nico Rosberg drove his updated Mercedes W03 to go eighth fastest, ahead of Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Lotus’ Romain Grosjean who returned to his Formula 1 seat after receiving a one race ban in Italy due to the pile up he caused at the first corner of the Belgian Grand Prix.
Most teams evaluated their long run pace, with Hamilton and Raikkonen looking quick on heavy fuel loads. No major incidents occurred during the session bar Bruno Senna’s brush with the wall which cause a red flag period.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m48.340 2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m48.651s + 0.311 3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m48.896s + 0.556 4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m48.964s + 0.624 5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m49.086s + 0.746 6. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m49.300s + 0.960 7. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m49.339s + 0.999 8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m49.790s + 1.450 9. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m50.039s + 1.699 10. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m50.161s + 1.821 11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m50.263s + 1.923 12. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m50.345s + 2.005 13. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m50.636s + 2.296 14. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m50.791s + 2.451 15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m51.122s + 2.782 16. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m51.450s + 3.110 17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m51.452s + 3.112 18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m52.00$s + 3.669 19. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.218s + 3.878 20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m52.576s + 4.236 21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.863s + 4.523 22. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m52.936s + 4.596 23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m54.448s + 6.108 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m54.514s + 6.174