Hello and welcome to live coverage of free practice two ahead of the Singapore GP.

Lewis Hamilton set the best time of the morning session, which was a 1:48.599, to give you some idea of the scope for those times to keep coming down.

Immediately, in fact - Alonso puts in a 1:49.071 to take the lead.

1:49.442 from Webber - a good early benchmark - but expect that to come down considerably.

Webber sweeping around and is set to go fastest by more than a second if he keeps up this pace...

First sign of some of the leading racers - Alonso out in the Ferrari, Webber follows in the Red Bull.

Nasty wheel lock from Pastor Maldonado as he tries to negotiate turn 5 - but he keeps away from the walls.

Some early times posted - the best of them comes from Kobayashi in the Sauber - 1:51.093. No sign of the top four teams as yet, though.

Camera pictures from the car of Alguersuari show just how tight these turns are - a thrilling circuit, especially in the floodlights of a Singapore evening.

Some more housekeeping - Kovaleinen had a brake fire in the Lotus earlier this morning and repair work is continuing as the session begins.

More than half the field on track - time was lost in the morning, and on an unusual street track the need to fine-tune is more important than ever.

Whatever happened, we are under way. A 90-minute session ahead, and several drivers out immediately for installation laps.

Plenty of maneouvring still being done - we hear from the FIA that the kerb on the apex of Turn 14 has been removed ahead of this session.

In a shambolic session this morning, Lewis Hamilton emerged quickest.