With Red Bull’s RB20 known to have weaknesses over bumps and kerbs, the mindset heading into the event had always been one of damage limitation.But things seemed even bleaker after Friday practice when both Verstappen and Sergio Perez seemed to be out of sorts with their cars.They were both unhappyContinue Reading
In a year when the fight at the front of Formula 1 has closed up perhaps like never before, the scale of McLaren’s advantage in Singapore went against the grain.Indeed, just one weekend on from Baku, where Oscar Piastri had to fight tooth-and-nail with Charles Leclerc for a win thatContinue Reading
F1 is undergoing another break in its calendar as its next race, the United States GP, is not until the 20 October which comes almost a month after the Singapore GP on the 22 September. That means three weekends without grand prix racing, a break that sounds illogical because the summerContinue Reading
Proceedings in Singapore were not quite as compelling compared to those in Azerbaijan a week ago. There was no battle for the lead, nor was there a real three-team battle at the front; instead, this was a championship big-picture race.Lando Norris put the field to the sword, but Max VerstappenContinue Reading
His demeanour at the end of the Singapore GP – not to mention the rumours linking Liam Lawson with his seat – left F1 media in little doubt that the Marina Bay event could be Daniel Ricciardo’s final race.But if that’s the case, is it fair or is Red BullContinue Reading
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes his Red Bull Formula 1 rival Christian Horner is just “stirring sh*t up” by namechecking George Russell as a future Red Bull option.Red Bull’s long-term driver line-up has been one of the main conversation topics over the Singapore weekend, with Daniel Ricciardo expected toContinue Reading
Max Verstappen’s rift with the FIA over their decision to hand him a community service sanction for swearing, is poised to fizzle out.The Formula 1 world champion was left upset at the Singapore Grand Prix when he was summoned to the stewards for saying his car “was f***ed” in theContinue Reading
Norris was lapping comfortably a couple of seconds ahead of title rival Max Verstappen early on before there was a short team radio discussion where he explained that he was running at ‘pace six’.His pit wall came back and said: “Ok, in which case we’d like to use a bitContinue Reading
Norris was lapping comfortably a couple of seconds ahead of title rival Max Verstappen early on before there was a short team radio discussion where he explained that he was running at ‘pace six’.His pit wall came back and said: “Ok, in which case we’d like to use a bitContinue Reading
RB has rubbished conspiracies that its decision to let Daniel Ricciardo snatch fastest lap from Lando Norris at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix was about helping sister team Red Bull.A late call to pull Daniel Ricciardo in for soft tyres so he could gun for fastest lap caused controversy afterContinue Reading