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Marina Bay Street Circuit

3-5 October includes the grand prix beginning at British Summer Time on race day.

Real-time updates streamed on radio channels and BBC Sport.

Opening Round Overview

The team's Fernando Alonso set the pace in front of Monegasque driver and Dutch ace during the opening session for the street circuit event.

The British team's drivers Australian rookie and British talent concluded the session in fifth and sixth.

Piastri was a notable margin speedier than Norris.

The experienced Spaniard was a tenth and a half ahead of Leclerc and a clear gap clear than Verstappen.

Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton was P4.

Car Performance

It is not expected that Aston Martin will be front-runners for pole position.

That said, the outfit are confident of a improved performance on a technical venue that is ideally suited to their car, which performs better when plenty of aerodynamic grip are needed.

Two-time champion Fernando is also known as a Singapore specialist, and usually excels on the night race venue.

However he was likely running a lighter load or a increased power than his opponents, or each, to achieve that pace.

Team Updates

Partner Canadian racer was almost two seconds slower in the lower order.

The Canadian had problems with his seat during the initial runs and was also running new components.

FP1 in Marina Bay is not reflective of conditions under lights as it is conducted in daylight in early evening, while grid-deciding session and the grand prix are staged at night.

Points Situation

Piastri leads Norris by 25 points with remaining rounds left heading into the Grand Prix in Singapore.

The Woking-based team are in position to secure the manufacturers' crown on race day.

Single possibility they can fail to secure it in this race is if Mercedes surpass them by 31 points or Ferrari do so by thirty-five.

Competitor Outlook

The energy drink brand's team are hopeful of a strong result after recent successes in the previous rounds ahead of this Grand Prix.

They were relieved when drizzle occurring before the session stopped by the point the vehicles emerged on a surface that had stayed clear.

Motorsport adviser Red Bull's advisor said before the session that they wanted a uninterrupted running to get underway on fine-tuning their car configuration for the weekend.