Verstappen: ‘Singapore title is unlikely’

There is no doubt that Max Verstappen will retain the F1 title, but the question is whether he can do so at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The Dutch driver has the first option of the season to sing the wing this Sunday, plus he has five races due. However, the pilot himself admitted yesterday, in the run-up to this appointment, that he does not see it as a viable option, as Charles Leclerc will have to forget the weekend.

Max Verstappen arrived in Singapore 116 points ahead of Charles Leclerc and still has 164 points (6 races + 8 points for the sprint race winner, 6 points from the fastest lap, 6 points per race). one in).

So for Max to become a two-time champ on Sunday, things have to be complicated. If he wins this race without a fastest lap, if Charles Leclerc finishes 9th or lower on him, and if Czech Pérez gets his 4th without a fastest lap, he will be the champion. If Verstappen wins the fastest lap, Leclerc deserves to finish eighth or lower and the Czech Republic fourth or lower. Those are the only two scenarios where Verstappen will win the championship this weekend. But he has made it clear that it is most logical to achieve it at next week’s Japanese Grand Prix.

“I don’t think so. It’s a very distant possibility. I want to enjoy the weekend and of course I want to win.”

“I think Japan would be better. I also don’t expect much because it takes a lot of luck for that to happen here. I think Suzuka will be the first proper opportunity to win the title. So. I’m looking forward to Singapore right now, but I’m really looking forward to next week.”