2023-09-17 23:57:07
Sainz used his opponent to withstand the Mercedes duo to win the Singapore GP
When faced with a strong attack from the Mercedes AMG driver at the end of the Singapore GP, Carlos Sainz calmly used a method that allowed Land Norris behind him to open DRS as a defensive method. Carlos Sainz successfully resolved the crisis and took the lead to win the Singapore GP by taking the checkered flag. This breaks the streak of Red Bull Racing winning all races so far this season.
At the same time, Sainz’s strategy also gave Norris, who had a good relationship with him, a tool to resist when George Russell launched a general attack on him. In the end, the Mercedes driver who had a strong desire to win crashed and successfully won the second place. Lewis Hamilton, who was closely behind the top three, finally benefited from the retirement of his teammate and climbed onto the podium.
At the start of the Singapore GP, Russell’s reaction was a little slow, causing him to be killed by Charles Leclerc. His teammate Hamilton, who started on the cleaner side, also planned to overtake him at Turn 1, but was pushed off the track by him and deviated from the race. Although the seven-time world champion benefited from this and moved into third place, he had to give his position back to avoid being penalized.
Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon overtook Kevin Magnussen to occupy sixth and seventh place. Max Verstappen, who started the race from 11th, came to the points circle before the end of the first lap, while Yuki Tsunoda was injured due to a collision with Sergio Perez. Retire from the race without driving to a safe area.
Sainz took the lead at the beginning of the race, followed by his teammates Leclerc and Russell, as well as Norris and Hamilton. The situation quickly stabilized until Logan Sargeant made a mistake and hit the wall on the 20th lap and his front wing was damaged. Although he was able to escape and drive back to the Pit, he failed It brought a lot of debris to the field, which led to the introduction of the safety car and the first wave of changes on the field.
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Sainz used his opponent to withstand the Mercedes duo to win the Singapore GP
The five drivers in the leading group all took this opportunity to pit to change tires. Both the Ferrari and Mercedes teams adopted the double pitstop method. This resulted in Leclerc, who had completed the tire change, having to delay the release of the car to wait for Hamilton to be in place to avoid unsafe release. The car received a penalty, which cost him at least three seconds, and he was behind Norris when he returned to the field.
Since they did not pit during the safety car deployment period, Verstappen and Perez, who started on hard tires, were in second and fourth place when the race resumed. However, their tire conditions were obviously not as good as those of their surrounding rivals. Later, their rankings gradually declined, and then the new leading group Taking shape, Sainz was still running at the front, but behind him were Russell and Norris, followed by Hamilton and Leclerc.
Since the drivers in the leading group pitted during the deployment of the safety car and planned to run the remaining 42 laps on this set of hard tires, they had to protect their tires. Therefore, the rankings remained unchanged until new variables occurred.
On lap 43, Ocon, who had just finished seventh after killing Alonso and Perez, lost power on the start-finish straight section and parked the car near the Pit exit. Since the situation should be eliminated quickly and was not dangerous, only Ocon was deployed on the field. Virtual safety car.
At this time, the Mercedes team chose to change their strategy and let both drivers pit at the same time. Although they fell behind Leclerc, they could pursue the newer and faster medium tires.
The race returned to the green flag on the 45th lap, and the plot unfolded as Mercedes expected. Russell, who was originally about 15 seconds behind Leclerc, was within 9 seconds by the 48th lap, and Hamilton gradually caught up with his teammate.
On lap 53, Russell caught up with and passed Leclerc to take third place. Hamilton then killed the Ferrari driver on the next lap and took fourth place. Then the two continued to chase Norris and Sainz.
Sainz used his opponent to withstand the Mercedes duo to win the Singapore GP
Just as the race came to an end, Sainz asked the team to report the gap with Norris behind him every lap, and Russell and Hamilton were both close enough to enable DRS.
With about four laps left in the race, the team informed Sainz that Norris could turn on DRS. The Spanish driver replied that this was his intention, and the final battle before the end of the race began.
Then Russell and Hamilton both narrowed the gap to within one second where DRS could be turned on. However, since Norris could also turn on DRS, Russell simply overtook at the bottom of the straight section and refused to give up. He continued to attack Norris until the last lap. .
As Russell continued to attack, Norris hit the outside barrier before entering Turn 10. Russell, who was driving further outside, crashed his car and lost control of the car and crashed into the barrier to retire. In the end, Sainz took the first checkered flag to win the second victory of his career, followed closely by Norris and Hamilton who finished second and third. Leclerc finished fourth due to Russell’s retirement, and the drivers behind also benefited from this.
Although the lack of competitiveness to win races prevented Verstappen from continuing to break his winning streak at the Singapore GP, the Red Bull Racing car was still able to help him get ahead of his opponents in the middle and rear classes, and benefited from the conditions of many drivers to finish fifth. His teammate Perez also finished eighth.
With Ocon withdrawing from the race, Pierre Gasly became the Alpine team’s hope for points, and he achieved a good result of sixth place in the end. Oscar Piastri, who was in a poor qualifying position, used the powerful McLaren car to move from 17th to seventh. Liam Lawson, who performed calmly, finished ninth for AlphaTauri Racing Team in his third race as a substitute. The last point of the game was scored by Magnussen, who moved up to tenth thanks to Russell’s retirement.
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Sainz used his opponent to withstand the Mercedes duo to win the Singapore GP
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