Championship leader Oscar Piastri has roared to the fastest time on the first day of practice under lights at the Singapore Grand Prix, swiftly putting behind him the misery of his worst ever Formula One race in Baku.

Piastri topped the timesheets with a one minute 30.714 seconds lap in an evening session when nearest rival and teammate Lando Norris could only go fifth quickest after his McLaren had suffered a broken front wing when he was the blameless victim of a pitlane collision.

Two weeks since crashing out of the Azerbaijan GP in both qualifying and the grand prix itself, thus failing to score any points for the first time all season, Piastri was after a confidence restoring day at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on Friday and got just what he wanted.

In contrast, Norris, who had cl

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