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LEWIS HAMILTON trailed Kimi Raikkonen by just 0.011 seconds as title rival Sebastian Vettel hit the wall in second practice for the Singapore Grand Prix.
Defending champion Hamilton was a distant sixth in the opening running at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, but he will be encouraged by his competitive time under the floodlights.
Vettel, who trails Hamilton by 30 points, finished ninth after running wide at the final chicane and hitting the barriers. The German damaged the right side of his Ferrari and missed the majority of the session. Mercedes have struggled at this slow-speed track in the past, and Hamilton finished the opening running 1.5 seconds off the front-runners. But he ended the evening on the coat-tails of Raikkonen’s Ferrari to give him hope for tomorrow.