- Singapore GP - FP2
Nothing unusual about Ferrari pace - Alonso
Fernando Alonso said there was nothing unusual about his Friday practice sessions at the Singapore Grand Prix, despite being in the mix with Mercedes.
Ferrari often flatters to deceive during Friday practice and in Singapore Alonso was fastest of all in FP1 and second fastest to Lewis Hamilton in FP2. However, he did not see any reason to get excited by his practice pace.
"The feeling is more or less the same as usual on a first day of practice, as we were reasonably competitive in both sessions and we got through the programme without any problems," he said. "The two compounds we have for this race behaved as expected and of the two, the Supersoft produced more grip. The restrictions on radio communication did not affect our work much and it was a regular day from that point of view and everything went off as normal."
Kimi Raikkonen after recovering from some technical issues and setting the fourth fastest time in FP2.
"Overall this was a positive day, even if, as usual, there is room for improvement. In the first session we concentrated on looking at different set-up solutions and on my first set of Soft tyres I managed to do a good lap, then unfortunately some technical niggles prevented me from getting the most out of the second set.
"At the end of the session I had a problem with the brakes overheating, but the team managed to sort it out quickly and prepare the car for the second session. The changes we made to the set-up improved the handling of the car and with the Supersoft tyres there was plenty of grip."
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