What a bolt from the blue in Singapore! In the fifteenth Grand Prix of the season, Max Verstappen did not finish in first place, as he had done in the last ten Grands Prix; and above all, Red Bull failed to place one of its drivers in first place. Carlos Sainz, the Ferrari driver, put an end to the hegemony of the Austrian team. Christian Horner, the director of Red Bull Racing, was nevertheless a good player at the end of this Grand Prix.
Red Bull was therefore not invincible this season! Max Verstappen, started from eleventh place, finished fifth and failed to win his eleventh Grand Prix in a row. Sergio Pérezhe finished eighth. Carlos Sainz won his second victory of his career after Silverstone last year, and he confirms the renewed form of Ferrari.
“Congratulations to Carlos and Ferrari, they did a great job today”
Christian Horner, the director of Red Bull Racing, returned to this victory of Ferrari in comments reported by nextgen-auto.com : « First of all, congratulations to Carlos and Ferrari, they did a great job today. For us it was an incredible series and it was inevitably going to end. Signing 15 wins in a row was an incredible performance for the whole team. It was an incredible race, the Safety Car couldn’t have come out at a worse time for us, it killed our chances of getting back to the front. Max’s pace at the end, Checo’s comeback, it was a very solid performance. »
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“We followed our plan and we were aggressive on the strategy”
« When we look at the statistics and analysis, we think that sixth or seventh was the best possible positionthen tells Christian Horner. But we don’t want to look too much at the stats, we followed our plan and we were aggressive on the strategy, which was based on a safety car very early, or later. The timing of her exit was the worst possible and it killed our strategy. This gave the leaders a free stop and forced us to stop later. But Max’s pace at the end to fight Leclerc to the finish line was very good. »
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