Charles Leclerc led Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari one-two ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in first practice at the Singapore Grand Prix. Leclerc was 0.078 seconds quicker than Sainz and 0.126secs up on Verstappen, with McLaren’s Lando Norris fourth. This has reduced lap times by as much as 10 seconds and has led to the race being extended by a lap. Verstappen complained about his car suffering from oversteer early in the session, but he still had time to bring memories of the last time a monitor lizard was seen on track at Singapore. Back in 2016, Verstappen referred to an especially large one as “Godzilla”.

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