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It is being said that Ferrari racer Lewis Hamilton was running a higher downforce wing compared to his teammate Charles Leclerc during the first two Practice sessions in Singapore. The seven-time F1 world champion went into the Marina Bay Circuit on the back of personal tragedy as he lost his beloved dog, Roscoe, this weekend.
The 40-year old has appeared to be more competitive than his teammate, Charles Leclerc, ever since returning from the summer break last month. In the first two practice sessions as well, Hamilton looked more settled of the two Ferrari racers as he consistently found himself at the higher end of the pecking order.
However, Lewis Hamilton only managed to secure a P10 in the FP2 session after he failed to set a representative lap time in a chaotic session. As per Auto Racer, the 105-time F1 race winner had a higher downforce rear wing compared to Charles Leclerc, which was the key reason behind his straight-line speed deficit of 5-6km/h to the latter.
The Ferrari duo hoped that the SF-25 would remain competitive overnight and be in consideration for pole position alongside the McLarens and Max Verstappen on Saturday.
Lewis Hamilton reacts on his positive Friday Practice session in Singapore
Ferrari racer Lewis Hamilton said that he had a great time driving the SF-25 around the legendary Marina Bay Circuit under the lights for the first time at the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix.
According to RacingNews365, the 40-year-old reacted on his performance around the track and said:
"It was a good day, I enjoyed driving the car, it is the first time I'm driving a Ferrari at this track, and I've always wondered all these years from looking at on-boards, what the differences would be. It is the first time I got to feel that, and it was positive, but obviously, McLaren was very fast, and getting a clean lap was not easy.
"But I feel there are a lot of positives [from Friday], a lot of learnings, and I'm quite happy with the progress we've made from [FP1]. We made steps forward, so I feel like overnight, we probably won't change much, but of course, we'll try to refine the setup and see if we can extract a little bit more to get as close as we can to the McLarens."
Earlier, Lewis Hamilton gave his greatest qualifying performance around the circuit in Singapore in the 2018 edition, which proved to be important in his winning the race and eventually securing the championship.
The Ferrari racer will hope for a similar outcome this weekend in his bid to fight for a possible podium, which would be his first in a main race.
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