Championship leader Oscar Piastri has roared to the fastest time on the first day of practice under lights at the Singapore Grand Prix, swiftly putting behind him the misery of his worst ever Formula One race in Baku.
Yet while Piastri was hailing a "good day", his nearest rival and teammate Lando Norris was lamenting a "bad day", criticising his own driving as he finished only fifth quickest and also lamenting how he was the blameless victim of a pit-lane accident in which his McLaren's front wing was broken.
Two weeks since crashing out of the Azerbaijan GP in both qualifying and the grand prix itself, thus going pointless for the first time all season, Piastri was after a confidence-restoring day at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on Friday and got just what he wanted as he clocked a 1min 30.714sec circuit in the evening session.
