Norris quickest as Verstappen bounces back in Singapore practice

Singapore: Lando Norris stormed to the quickest lap by almost half a second in Saturday s final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix as under pressur...

Singapore: Lando Norris stormed to the quickest lap by almost half a second in Saturday's final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix as under-pressure championship leader Max Verstappen finally found some pace.

The McLaren driver put together a scintillating lap of 1min 29.64sec around the Marina Bay Circuit, 0.479sec faster than George Russell's Mercedes.

Oscar Piastri in the second McLaren was third fastest, a further three-tenths of a second adrift.

Verstappen had been badly off the pace in Friday's opening two sessions but the three-time world champion saw overnight modifications to his Red Bull pay off with a lap of 1:30.540 for a much-improved fourth on the timesheets.

All indications after Friday's first two sessions had been that the qualifying battle later would shape up into a straight fight between McLaren and Ferrari.