F1 GP Singapore: Leclerc, pole stays dry against Perez and Verstappen

Max Verstappen This weekend he got his first chance to win his second world title. F1 in Singapore. It was difficult, but not impossible. And after qualifying this Saturday, his options for singing Arilon this Sunday are more than minimal. FerrariHowever, the rain disturbed the natural order and made it difficult for Max to match his 32 wins, dreaming of his 12th victory in 17 races. Alonso In F1, he finished ‘qualifying’ in monumental fury over his eighth starting position. Charles Leclerc made with poles from Maranello After many disappointments, it will be like water in May. After Max’s victory over Charles in the ‘tifosi’, the Ferrarista needed joy. It came in extreme pole form against ‘Czech’ Perez by just 1 in 22 thousand, with Hamilton just 3 in 54 thousand.

Another complication added to the track, which was already very stiff due to the humidity and heat and had no room for mistakes due to the dreaded walls. it’s water. It rained before Free Practice 3, leaving the track wet for qualifying in the first few minutes of that final practice. At first it was for intermediate players, but it withered over time. All drivers must try to get as close as possible to the fine line that separates the risk of an accident, skidding on multiple curves in their wet areas and damaging intermediate curves in other dry areas. I did.

Thus, despite the fact that there were some still-wet curves that the final ten entrants would suffer from, they reached Q3 where drivers had to be fitted with soft tyres. Leclerc, who has shown a lot of improvement needed in reading the key moments this year, saw Sainz riding something soft and asked his mechanics to do the same just before he hit the track. Begged. He responded just in time to avoid wasting time on the asphalt, warming up the tires and preparing for the final attack.

Verstappen out of gas

The time improved with each lap. Hamilton took first place with just over a minute remaining. Fernando Alonso then took advantage of the difficult situation and did so by hand-compensating for his Alpine’s lack of performance compared to the best. Arriving with a Buellton (1’49” 412) that seemed inconclusive because of the volcanoes, World Cup leader and reigning champion Max Verstappen had a good run in the first two sectors. was purple and he was heading straight for the pole.

But in the last sector he decided to lift his leg after a few scare. It was reserved for the last lap and the clock was already at zero and he played it.

His first sector wasn’t great, but he was giving it his all. He improved second and clenched his teeth, but the surprise finally came. “Box, box,” they told him on the radio. Max had not been given enough gas to do that final lap. I had to. Because if we didn’t finish ‘qualifying’ with the minimum amount of fuel allowed by the regulations, we risked going to the back of the pack due to penalties. It’s a very difficult track to overtake and I stopped with a lot of anger to have to start from 8th place this Sunday. The Dutch are going to be harder than ever.

Sainz fourth after error on wall, Alonso fifth

Carlos Sainz will have a difficult vote this Sunday. The Spaniard wanted to fight for victory in Singapore but started fourth after Monaco on a more difficult track to overtake. is not the best way to win. The Madrid native was 0.171s short of Leclerc’s best time, having been passed by Perez and Hamilton. This was all due to his wall miscalculation, as he crossed the finish line earlier than his rivals. The track improved a lot by the second.

“In Q3 we started with the soft tires and the tires were right. Ideally I want to be the last to cross the finish line, so I think I was the first, but I didn’t know there was still a lap left. Tell me,” Sainz said.

Fernando Alonso made the most of his Alpine options and took maximum risks to tame the blue car despite a whiplash on a very delicate track and hopes for some good results this Sunday. Finished 5th to score points.