Charles Leclerc has admitted his Ferrari F1 car “didn’t exactly feel like I wanted” despite setting the second-fastest time in Friday practice for the Singapore Grand Prix. Leclerc was less than a tenth off Lando Norris ’ top time, with a significant margin to Carlos Sainz behind.

Charles Leclerc stuck the first blow in Singapore by topping the time sheets in first practice for Sunday’s race in the city state. The Ferrari driver, who finished runner-up to McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in Azerbaijan last weekend, edged out Lando Norris to take first place.

Charles Leclerc rear-ended a car in Monte Carlo in his Ferrari Purosangue but he kept driving as nothing happened. So did the other driver