Formule 1 : Carlos Sainz s’impose à Singapour et met fin à la série de victoires de Max Verstappen (2024)

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What did Carlos Sainz do at the Singapore Grand Prix? ›

Sainz drove a tactical masterclass in the final laps, keeping Lando Norris' McLaren close enough that he had use of the Drag Reduction System (DRS) overtaking aid to keep charging Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton at bay.

Singapore was different. Verstappen, the winner of the last 10 F1 races — a record — didn't reach the final stage of qualifying simply because he was too slow. On raw pace, he could only manage 11th on the grid, two places ahead of Pérez, who spun on his final lap in Q2 and was also eliminated.

"A couple of laps I was 1.2 or 1.3 seconds ahead of Lando, so I slowed down a bit to give him DRS into Turn 7, which was just enough for him to hold onto them and keep my race under control - not easy because you are putting yourself under risk and you cannot do any mistakes, but it was my strategy and it worked."

Having led the entire race, Sainz won the race, his first since the 2022 British Grand Prix and Ferrari's first since the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, breaking Verstappen and Red Bull Racing's winning streak, with Norris claiming second place and Hamilton claiming third place after Russell's crash.

Sainz might not have had his team mate as rear gunner but he had the next best thing – former team mate and best friend Lando Norris in the McLaren.

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Singapore plays differently. Not only is Verstappen struggling so much with the car, but even if he had greater confidence, overtaking around the Marina Bay Street Circuit is incredibly difficult due to the tight confines of the layout. Unless you are significantly quicker than the car ahead, passing is difficult.

Why didn't Verstappen get a grid penalty? ''The driver states that he left a gap of about 14 seconds to create a gap to the cars in front of him. '' The team representative revealed that this gap was negated by slow-moving drivers in front of Max at turn five.

The races Verstappen has never won

They are Sochi, Mugello, Portimao, Istanbul Park, and the Nurburgring. The Russian Grand Prix was cancelled after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and is unlikely to ever return to the calendar, leaving Verstappen's second place in 2021 as his best result.

The relationship between Lando Norris and carlos Sainz has been described as “very rare” by McLaren's former group marketing director. The pair were team-mates from 2019 to 2020 and built a strong rapport that continues to last to this day even after Sainz left for Ferrari.

Why did Sainz choose 55? ›

When Carlos Sainz began his Formula One career, he originally wanted the driver number 5. However, this was already taken so he decided to go with the next best thing, number 55. Sainz also mentioned that the first 5 stands for the 's' in his first name, and the second 5 stands for the 's' in his surname.

He got the better of Lando Norris during two seasons at McLaren, and in his time at Ferrari he has proven himself to be more than a match for Charles Leclerc, the man often lauded as the fastest on the current F1 grid. Sainz has never been blindingly quick in the way Verstappen or Leclerc are.

1906: 'The first-ever grand prix'

That 1906 race was held over two days, following public dirt roads that formed a huge, triangular 65-mile circuit that threaded three towns around Le Mans together.

Since then, Formula 1 has hosted the Emilia-Romagna region every year. As a result, there are now two Grands Prix in Italy, while there is no place for races in other countries. Until the '25 season, Imola is assured of a Grand Prix. If it is up to politics and businesses in Italy, it will not stop there.

The Austrian will not be in attendance at the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix on April 7th, but the decision to not attend was made prior to the start of the season as he decided upon his seasonal schedule, and is not linked to the team's scoreless performance in Australia.

A final lap mistake from George Russell in the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix saw his chances of victory go up in smoke after he clipped the wall while hunting down the race leaders and speared into the barriers – with a visibly emotional Russell describing the crash as “heartbreaking” after the race.

About Carlos

Over his 8 year F1 career, Carlos has driven for 4 F1 teams, Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren and Ferrari. In 2012 Sainz raced in the British and European Formula 3 championships for Carlin. He raced for DAMS in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 season, winning the championship before moving to F1 with Toro Rosso.

With both Perez and Verstappen opting to start the race on the hard tyres before switching to mediums, the pair were able to work their way up the order, but ultimately failed to challenge for the podium, Verstappen ultimately coming home just 0.264s behind Charles Leclerc in fifth place – as the longest winning ...

The Singapore Grand Prix is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula One World Championship. The event takes place on the Marina Bay Street Circuit and was the inaugural night race and first street circuit in Asia designed for Formula One races. Carlos Sainz Jr.