Oscar Piastri‘s haul of points from winning last weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix saw McLaren snatch the lead from Red Bull in the constuctors’ championship, and the Formula 1 season now makes its way to the humid climes of the Singapore Grand Prix.
McLaren have only won on Singapore’s streets once, when the country hosted its first race in 2008 with a then fresh-faced Lewis Hamilton ending the weekend atop the podium.
By comparison, Red Bull’s last win in the city state was in 2022 with Sergio Pérez.
The battle between the teams is tight, and with only seven races left in the season, neither Red Bull nor McLaren can afford to make many more mistakes. Max Verstappen is still well set in the in the drivers’ standings with a 59-point lead over Lando Norris, but his last win came at the Spanish GP on June 23.
The weather is set to be hot. Temperatures are forecast to reach highs of 31°C with humidity at 70% on average across the weekend. The mornings from Friday to Sunday could see scattered thunderstorms.
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Hamilton raised concerns over FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem comparing F1 drivers swearing on team radio to “rappers,” saying there was a “racial element” to the comments. Verstappen responded to the same comments saying “are we five-year olds?”
Pérez and Carlos Sainz cleared the air after their crash last week in an “awkward” 20-minute conversation while sat next to each other at the circuit’s medical centre.
After missing the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend due to a one-race ban, Kevin Magnussen called on the FIA to trust drivers to race each other rather than handing out penalties.
Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase will step up into a more senior role at Red Bull.
Mercedes will run a one-off livery at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo’s future looks increasingly unclear but the he downplayed suggestions that the weekend’s night race will be his last in the sport.
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Since hosting Formula 1’s first night race in 2008, Singapore has become a firm favourite among fans and drivers.
The 3-mile circuit carves through the…
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