Lando Norris found no rival in the race Singapore Grand Prix and took his third victory in the World of Formula 1beating up Max Verstappen (2nd), whom he won another round in the title fight. It is already the eighth test in which the McLaren He surpasses the three-time world champion, the fourth in a row, which leaves an open battle for the last six dates. Oscar Piastri rose to third place, overcoming the two drivers from fifth from fifth. mercedes –George Russell (4th) and Lewis Hamilton (6th)–.
The winning British driver got bored of leading lap after lap and insisted on taking the fastest lap, touching the wall twice and causing more than one scare in his garage, but not even Verstappen could argue with him for the victory after a very good exit. He left behind the ghosts of the seven previous pole positions that were snatched from him at the first opportunity and continues to compete for his first championship in F1. Even so, it was the least of the damage for the Dutchman, who only lost seven points in the fight with Norris.
Carlos Sainz managed to finish seventh despite a staging, but the change in the team’s strategy Ferrari ended up raising him to a good result that he had to sign by holding on until the end with some hard, squeezed rubber. Charles Leclerc (4th) against all odds prevented Mercedes from finishing ahead of the Italians, overtaking Hamilton 11 laps from the end of the race, but he could not beat Russell despite his attempts in the final stretch.
Fernando Alonso He resisted at the start, gave another driving display and managed to hold on to a very creditable eighth position, above Nico Hulkenberg (9th) and Red Bull of Czech Perez (10th), who couldn’t even surpass the driver of haas. The Asturian also stayed very close to Sainz with wheels that were not much fresher and showed that if the fruits arrive at some point he will be there to pick them up and squeeze them.
Sainz changes the script
Sainz’s strategy went awry with a bad start that caused him to drop two positions, so Ferrari opted for another route that aimed to be fruitful as the laps passed, keeping the Madrid native away from an eternal traffic jam and aspiring to overtake Yuki TsunodaPérez and Franco Colapinto in this order over low heat. Meanwhile, his teammate, Leclerc, fought for several laps to overtake Alonso.
Finally, he achieved it on lap 26 just after the Asturian lost the DRS with Hulkenberg. Alonso took the opportunity to protect himself in the pits and hold on with the new hard tires until the end. The move went well and on lap 33 he was already ninth behind Sainz and the two Spaniards were going to advance one more position when Tsunoda made his stop.
The moment of truth was knowing where Leclerc appeared after changing the wheels and he did so ahead of Hülkenberg, so Alonso’s race now had only one goal in the face of the Monegasque’s predictable overtaking: finishing eighth. It was the logical thing and it happened on lap 41, at which time the Asturian confessed another Numantine defense to achieve another unreal result with that Aston Martin.
The race was set to be decided with the asterisk of Piastri overtaking Russell to occupy third position on the podium. The Australian was looking at Verstappen, but the 16-second slab was going to be too heavy. Furthermore, Leclerc could not beat Russell despite having a favorable wind due to DRS.
Ricciardo takes a point from Norris
As it was, Norris was left alone on the circuit. Marina Bay and his fixation on achieving the fastest lap had no result because Daniel Ricciardoin his hypothetical last test with R.B.he snatched it away on the last lap. Victory, 25 points and another cut for Verstappen, leaving an exciting scenario for the last six races. The first will be austin (United States GP) within three weeks.
