Max Verstappen’s strange statistics in Singapore

At this point in the campaign, no one doubts that the Dutchman is. max verstappen He is on his way to winning his third consecutive F1 championship title without any major problems. He achieved his 10th consecutive win in the final race, the Monza Grand Prix, setting a new record for him. “That’s a good statistic,” he was heard explaining to his team on the radio, but he was adamant that he wasn’t in the business of keeping records, but that his 11th in a row was a personal accomplishment. You have to face your own demons. The Singapore circuit is one of his three on the current calendar. He has never won, never taken pole position in a race, never recorded the fastest lap.

47 wins on road courses

2023 calendar
Bahrain GP (Sakhir): 2023
Saudi Arabia GP (Jeddah) 2022
Australian GP (Melbourne) 2023
Azerbaijan GP (Baku) 2022
GP Miami (Miami) 2022, 2023
GP Emilia Romagna (Imola) 2021, 2022
Monaco GP (Monaco) 2021, 2023
GP Spain (Barcelona-Catalunya) 2016, 2022, 2023
Canadian GP (Montreal) 2022, 2023
Austrian GP (Spielberg) 2018, 2019, 2021, 2021, 2023
British GP (Silverstone) 2020, 2023
Hungarian GP (Hungaroring) 2022, 2023
Belgian GP (Spa) 2021, 2022, 2023
GP Netherlands (Zandvoort) 2021, 2022, 2023
Italian GP (Monza) 2022, 2023
GP Singapore (Singapore) 0
Japan GP (Suzuka) 2022
GP Qatar (Lusail) 0
American GP (Austin) 2021, 2022
Mexican GP (Mexico) 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
GP Brazil (Interlagos) 2019
GP Las Vegas (Las Vegas) 0
GP Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina) 2020, 2021, 2022
others:
Malaysian GP (Sepang) 2017
German GP (Hockenheim) 2019
French GP (Le Castellet) 2021, 2022

“Singapore will probably be the most challenging weekend of the upcoming races. “There’s a lot at stake on an urban circuit, not to mention the heat and humidity, and the peloton is usually very even…” he explained in a previous statement.

The other two are Losail and Las Vegas.

Of the three circuits missing Verstappen Conquer Las Vegas is newly appearing on this year’s calendar, Losail Hamilton then took the win ahead of Verstappen (25.743), who earned an extra point for fastest lap of the race, but there was great tension beforehand due to the penalty the Dutchman received from Verstappen. With less than two hours before the start of the race, stewards were awarded five grid positions for failing to brake under an apparent double yellow flag in Saturday’s Q3, when he was second behind pole-sitter Hamilton.

in marina bay He has competed in the race six times so far, coming closest to winning in 2018 when he started from second on the grid and finished the race in the same position, 8.961 ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes. He also reached the podium in 2019 with a 3rd place finish. Vettel finished 3.821 behind, and Leclerc moved up one position after starting fourth.

However, the rest of the races, especially the last one, were forgotten. In 2015, his rookie year with Toro Rosso, he started and finished 8th. In 2016 he started 4th on the grid and finished 6th, in 2017 he started 2nd but had a fatal collision with the two Ferraris of Vettel and Raikkonen before reaching the first corner on the wet asphalt. and abstained from voting.The circuit hasn’t gone bad for Red Bull, with Checo Perez dominating the two Ferraris and taking responsibility for being the first under the checkered flag.

among them Previous participation It was worth it for him to start from eighth on the grid in Saturday’s Q3, when his team’s fuel loading error forced him to abort his crucial final lap. And in the race, he lost another four places due to the anti-stall system tripping when the lights went out, struggled behind slower cars, and made another mistake while looking for fifth place, so he was already He finished seventh on the day the title was on the line. .

When asked if he enjoyed his date night on the streets of Marina Bay, he replied: “Zero.” “It’s not something I enjoy. I want to win or at least fight for the front. It’s just frustrating to get stuck behind the car, have a problem at the start, and then have a big block to get back on track. “Only in the new back zone,” said the current world champion.

Change layout

The Marina Bay urban layout introduces a new feature in the third sector, where curves 16, 17, 18 and 19 with slow turns of nearly 90 degrees have been removed and a straight line connecting the beginning of turn 16 has been introduced. It has been replaced. And at the end of turn 19, it may “help” break Verstappen’s curse.