SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX PRACTICE 2 - RICCIARDO ON FIRE; CAN HAMILTON AND BOTTAS SURPASS THE OPPOSITION?

Daniel Ricciard has been on fire during Practice 2 of the preparations for the Singapore Grand Prix. With Hamilton and Bottas not being able to promote themselves above third and fourth fastest by the end of the session. So, is this an indication of how the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix is going to develop? Is it going to be Ricciarda's, Verstappen's, Vettel's or Kimi's race, with Hamilton and Bottas following the Podiumites home? Or is it the case that, as the song goes, '(we) ain seen anything yet,' as Hamilton and Bottas are about to unleash something spectacular in the Qualifying and the Race itself? Team Mercedes, to be fair, as Alonso might have said, have been talking down their chances of winning at Singapore. Whether this is due to some realistic assessment of their chances of being as competitive, if not dominant, as they have been in other races on circuits which better suit their cars, is not clear. Is it that they they ar...