Charles Leclerc led a Ferrari one-two in a gap observe session for the Singapore Grand Prix disrupted by three lizards.
Leclerc ended the one-hour working on the Marina Bay circuit simply 0.078 seconds away from team-mate Carlos Sainz, with championship chief Max Verstappen third.
Lando Norris completed fourth for McLaren, 0.172 sec again, whereas Lewis Hamilton and George Russell took fifth and sixth respectively for Mercedes.
But the session was disturbed on a number of events when a lizard walked throughout the three-mile avenue venue.
Verstappen was the primary to report the reptile at Turn 9 halfway by way of the working.
“There is a lizard on track again,” stated the Red Bull driver, who had an analogous encounter right here again in 2016. “It is a smaller one this time.”
Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase replied: “Maybe Godzilla has had a kid.”
There was a second interruption, after which a 3rd, as yellow flags have been deployed.
“Another lizard, but a different one this time,” stated Russell.
Verstappen, who’s chasing an eleventh straight victory on his waltz to a 3rd world championship, warned on Thursday that Red Bull could possibly be weak at this distinctive avenue venue.
And the chasing pack, led by Ferrari, will likely be inspired that Red Bull didn’t have all of it their very own manner within the opening working of the weekend.
Sergio Perez, who gained right here final 12 months, completed seventh, forward of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso.
The second working will get underneath manner at 2100 native time (1400 BST).
