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A brilliant performance around the floodlit Marina Bay Street Circuit earned McLaren Racing’s Lando Norris his third career win as well as his team’s first since the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix. The 24-year-old dominated the race from beginning to end, leading every single lap after a strong start off the line to hold his position…
Despite having his lead in the 2024 World Drivers’ Championship further cut to 51 points, Oracle Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen described his second-place finish at the Singapore Grand Prix as a “good achievement”, especially as he had expected to struggle around the Marina Bay Street Circuit, as he had in previous years. Verstappen started…
Daniel Ricciardo’s race at the Singapore Grand Prix was anything but conventional. Starting on soft tyres and ultimately finding himself out of the points, the Australian driver was called in for a final stop towards the end, securing the fastest lap in a dramatic twist to his day. Reflecting on the race, Ricciardo revealed his…
Hotter than it’s been at this time all weekend, the Marina Bay track temperature sits at 37 degrees ahead of the Singapore GP. Before the race can even begin, Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin has some issues, with the team doing a last-minute fix on a brake issue. The team are certain that the issue will be resolved ahead of the GP, and…
Under the street-lights of Singapore, Formula One held it’s Qualifying session for the race on Sunday, and despite what seemed to be a promising Friday Daniel Ricciardo’s failed to make it past Q1. The Australian driver only qualified P16. When asked to explain what exactly went wrong in the session, the VCARB driver had no…
After having one of the most competitive weekends of his season in Azerbaijan so far, despite not collecting any points, Sergio Pérez went back to struggling on the warm night of Formula 1 in Singapore. After not figuring in the top spots of any of the practice sessions, the Mexican driver faced qualifying on the…
Despite a series of challenges with his RB20 throughout the weekend, Oracle Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen will start Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix race from the front row, having qualified second behind McLaren Racing’s Lando Norris – Verstappen’s closest rival in the 2024 World Driver’s Championship. While speaking with the media during Saturday’s post-qualifying press…
Considering his one-lap struggles in recent times, Lewis Hamilton bounced back to secure the third position in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix. While he managed to beat his Mercedes teammate George Russell by 0.026 seconds, his time of 1:29.841 in a one-lap shootout in Q3 (following Carlos Sainz’s crash) placed him over three tenths…
Fernando Alonso once again found himself in Q3 with a special performance. As teammate Lance Stroll was eliminated in Q1 and will start the Singapore GP from P17 on the grid, the Spaniard grabbed 10th place in a tight elimination zone during Q2 to go into Q3 ahead of Albon, Colapinto and Pérez. As only…
A positive qualifying session in Singapore will see Yuki Tsunoda start the race in P8, his first Q3 appearance since the Hungarian GP before the summer break. Despite the strong result, Tsunoda didn’t appear too content with his car, a lack of efficiency the main issue for the RB driver, claiming the car is lacking…
