Carlos Sainz took his second profession win in F1 with a powerful drive on the Singapore GP; Sainz beat Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton in a thriller on the Marina Bay Avenue Circuit; watch all periods for the Japanese GP dwell on Sky Sports activities F1 from September 22-24
Final Up to date: 17/09/23 5:38pm
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Carlos Sainz displays on a hard-fought win in Singapore and thanks Lando Norris for holding the Mercedes off on the finish!
Carlos Sainz displays on a hard-fought win in Singapore and thanks Lando Norris for holding the Mercedes off on the finish!
Carlos Sainz says maintaining Lando Norris inside DRS vary through the closing laps of the Singapore Grand Prix was key to his victory on Sunday.
Sainz, Norris and Charles Leclerc opted to not pit for a second time when a Digital Security Automobile got here out with 18 laps to go, whereas George Russell and Lewis Hamilton got here in for brand new mediums.
Russell was 18 seconds behind Sainz when he got here out of the pits and appeared heading in the right direction for the win as he breezed by Leclerc.
Nonetheless, he couldn’t overtake Norris regardless of shifting alongside the McLaren driver on the run right down to Flip 16 with 4 laps remaining.
After that, Sainz tried to carry Norris in his DRS, so the British driver had a greater likelihood of maintaining Russell and Hamilton behind.
“I knew roughly my tempo versus Lando and the way tough it’s to overhaul right here. I knew he was on a tough and if George and Lewis had been going to overhaul me I might be ‘lifeless meat’ additionally, so I wanted him to carry on for so long as doable,” Sainz instructed Sky Sports activities F1.
“A few laps I used to be 1.2 or 1.3 seconds forward of Lando, so I slowed down a bit to provide him DRS into Flip 7, which was simply sufficient for him to carry onto them and hold my race beneath management – not straightforward since you are placing your self beneath threat and you can not do any errors, but it surely was my technique and it labored.”
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George Russell crashes out on the ultimate lap of an exciting Singapore Grand Prix as Carlos Sainz holds on to win, with Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton finishing the highest three.
George Russell crashes out on the ultimate lap of an exciting Singapore Grand Prix as Carlos Sainz holds on to win, with Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton finishing the highest three.
Norris: We labored collectively fairly nicely
Norris held on to second place from Hamilton on the chequered flag, as Russell dramatically crashed out at Flip 10 on the ultimate lap.
Sainz and Norris spent two seasons collectively as team-mates at McLaren in 2019 and 2020, earlier than the Spaniard joined Ferrari.
The so-called DRS practice labored in Singapore and Norris agreed with Sainz’s feedback about their ways within the closing laps.
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Lando Norris says McLaren ‘are virtually there’ to get a victory after ending second in Singapore.
Lando Norris says McLaren ‘are virtually there’ to get a victory after ending second in Singapore.
“Wonderful. Nice race. No overtaking on monitor however excellent technique. An incredible pit cease from my guys to get forward of Charles and a great technique,” stated Norris.
“Each Mercedes boxed and I assumed it was a assure that they might get again previous me, however I managed to carry them off. Carlos helped me obtain that. We labored collectively fairly nicely to assist each other. If I acquired overtaken, he would have carried out.
“I needed to play it tactical. If I attacked Carlos, I most likely would not have completed on the rostrum. I needed to play it good, and Carlos performed it good. He was intelligent with all of it, so congrats to him.”
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Highlights of the Singapore Grand Prix from the Marina Bay Avenue Circuit.
Highlights of the Singapore Grand Prix from the Marina Bay Avenue Circuit.
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