Daniil Kvyat set the fastest time of second practice for the Singapore Grand Prix as Mercedes found itself under pressure from a number of teams.

With both Mercedes drivers aborting their first flying laps on supersoft tyres during the low fuel runs, Kimi Raikkonen initially set the pace before he was pipped by Kvyat on a 1:46.142. The Red Bull driver ended the session 0.039s clear of Raikkonen, with Daniel Ricciardo third quickest, 0.114s slower than his team-mate.

Lewis Hamilton could only post the fourth fastest time after running wide at Turn 1 on his first attempt, ending the session 0.337s adrift of Kvyat and just 0.008s ahead of Sebastian Vettel in fifth place. Vettel also showed encouraging long run pace in the second half of the session as Ferrari looked a threat to Mercedes in race trim.

Sergio Perez was sixth for Force India, half a second off the fastest time and over 0.1s ahead of Nico Rosberg. Rosberg had been more than a quarter of a second clear of the field in the opening session but was down in seventh place in FP2 and less than 0.2s ahead of Fernando Alonso in the McLaren.

Alonso was the last driver within a second of the fastest time, but will have been encouraged to be so competitive on the street circuit as McLaren goes in search of its first points since the Hungarian Grand Prix in July.

Lotus struggled for one lap pace during the session, with Romain Grosjean down in 16th and Pastor Maldonado in 18th. It was another difficult session for Manor, too, as one of its cars caused a red flag for the second time on Friday.

With Alexander Rossi crashing towards the end of FP1, this time it was Will Stevens who made an error as he lost the rear of is car at Turn 11 and slide sideways in to the barrier. His car was not as heavily damaged as Rossi’s had been but the error came early in the session and ruled him out of any further running after just three laps.

Rossi did emerge late in FP2 after his accident in the first session, completing nine laps as he seeks more track time ahead of his first grand prix.

AS IT HAPPENED: Singapore Grand Prix FP2

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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
01 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 1:46.142 34
02 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:46.181 34
03 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:46.256 29
04 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:46.479 33
05 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:46.487 35
06 Sergio Perez Force India 1:46.659 30
07 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:46.781 34
08 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:46.959 26
09 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:47.294 35
10 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1:47.427 32
11 Felipe Massa Williams 1:47.684 28
12 Felipe Nasr Sauber 1:47.755 26
13 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:47.795 33
14 Jenson Button McLaren 1:47.888 28
15 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:48.012 23
16 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:48.096 32
17 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:48.118 28
18 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1:50.094 30
19 Alexander Rossi Manor 1:56.739 9
20 Will Stevens Manor 1:59.932 3
Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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