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Listen to this article On lap 7 of a wet-to-dry race, Alfa Romeo driver Zhou attempted to find a way past Latifi in a battle for 18th when he tried to pass the Canadian around the outside of Turn 5. But Latifi appeared to squeeze Zhou into the wall, with the contact between the pair wrecking the Alfa Romeo's front right corner, forcing the Chinese driver to retire from the race on the spot. Latifi also hit the wall as a result of the collision and while he attempted to carry on with a new front wing, the Canadian too had to retire under the ensuing safety car. On the team radio Zhou was livid with Latifi and said the Williams driver had put him into the wall and after the investigation, the FIA stewards agreed with that assessment. In their verdict, the Singapore stewards gave Latifi a five-place grid penalty for next week's Japanese Grand Prix as well as two penalty points on his licence, taking Latifi's total to three penalty points over the past 12 months. … [Read more...] about Latifi hit with Japanese GP grid penalty for Zhou clash

Max Verstappen was left frustrated after he finished a scrappy Singapore Grand Prix in seventh place. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free The Red Bull driver saw his five-race winning streak end after his efforts to make progress from eighth on the grid were repeatedly frustrated. His race began to go wrong at the start when he bogged down and fell to 12th position. “I dropped the clutch at the start and [had] anti-stall,” he told Sky. “Then of course you lose a lot of spots.” Verstappen recovered to sixth place by lap 21. “I tried to pass a few people, some worked but then you get stuck in a little bit of a train,” he explained. “Everyone has their tyres quite up to temperature so it’s really hard to follow.” He gained another place when Lewis Hamilton hit the wall and had to pit. But Verstappen made a mistake of his own at turn seven after one restart and damaged the tyres he had just put on. “We were a bit lucky, some people had a few mistakes,” he … [Read more...] about Frustrated Verstappen sees winning run end on “incredibly messy” weekend · RaceFans

Listen to this article The 20-year-old talent has become the benchmark of the burgeoning Trans Am scene in Australia over the past few years. Last weekend he sealed a second consecutive national Trans Am crown, winning out in a last-round shootout at Sandown with Garry Rogers Motorsport teammate Owen Kelly. However his impressive CV is currently lacking experience in the Supercars system. He did attempt to make his Bathurst 1000 debut in 2020 with GRM, only for Motorsport Australia to refuse him a Superlicence exemption , while financial constraints have prevented Herne from making the jump into Super2. According to Herne that is unlikely to change next year, his plans currently to continue working as a mechanic at GRM as he shoots for a third Trans Am title. But that doesn't mean he's given up on his Supercars dream, Herne hoping to use Trans Am as an alternative pathway to the top category in Australia. That's despite Trans Am being poorly represented on the … [Read more...] about Trans Am champion forging new path to Supercars

Following an extremely heavy pre-race downpour, which forced the start to be postponed by more than an hour, the Singapore Grand Prix began on a very wet track. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free In the nervy race which followed, teams waited and watched each other to see who would blink first and commit to a switch from intermediate to slick tyres. All 20 drivers took the start on the lightly-treaded intermediate rubber. At least one of them, Lewis Hamilton , told his team he wasn’t happy with the selection. As he can’t possibly have wanted to start the race on slicks – the track was far too wet – Hamilton must have been hankering after a switch to wet weather tyres. It’s impossible to know for sure whether that was a missed opportunity for Mercedes. Could Hamilton have pulled off the tactics used by some drivers in Monaco this year, running on full wets long enough before switching directly to slicks as the track dried? Or at least used the superior … [Read more...] about 2022 Singapore GP interactive F1 lap charts, times and tyres | RaceFans

Sergio Perez led the majority of the Singapore Grand Prix to take the chequered flag first, but is under investigation for a Safety Car infringement. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free In a race disrupted with multiple Safety Car and Virtual Safety Car appearances, Perez held off Charles Leclerc throughout the race to take the chequered flag first. However, his win remains unofficial as he will be investigated for breaching Safety Car procedure by dropping too far back prior to a restart. Leclerc finished 7.5 seconds behind Perez, with Carlos Sainz Jnr fourth. Championship leader Max Verstappen finished seventh after starting eighth. The start of the race was delayed by over an hour due to a torrential downpour that soaked the Singapore circuit prior to the original 8pm start time. After the delay the formation lap began an hour later than scheduled with no more rain falling onto the circuit and all 20 cars on intermediate tyres. When the lights went … [Read more...] about Perez wins Singapore GP but faces investigation for Safety Car infringement · RaceFans

Listen to this article Perez beat pole-sitter Ferrari ’s Charles Leclerc to the first corner and dominated the race until the intermediate-shod field switched to slick tyres. Perez then encountered engine issues that helped Leclerc to attack in the closing laps, but an error from Leclerc dropped him 2s behind after Perez had sorted out his engine settings. However, Perez faces a post-race stewards’ investigation for a safety car infringement. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen suffered a poor start, which forced him to charge through until he made an error trying to pass McLaren ’s Lando Norris and dropped to last place. He recovered to finish seventh. 2022 Singapore Grand Prix race results Cla Driver Chassis Laps Gap Interval Points 1 Sergio Perez Red Bull 59 25 2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 59 7.595 7.595 18 3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 59 15.305 7.710 15 4 … [Read more...] about F1 Grand Prix race results: Sergio Perez wins Singapore GP

Listen to this article With around 2hr15m to go, the #01 Cadillac of Chip Ganassi Racing of Sebastien Bourdais appeared to improve its chances, with the sister car of Alex Lynn falling off the track briefly just ahead before it pitted and Lynn gave up his ride to Earl Bamber. Bourdais then pitted, and CGR got his replacement Renger van der Zande out ahead of Meyer Shank Racing’s #60 Acura, in which Tom Blomqvist had replaced Helio Castroneves. Olivier Pla also had a brief off in the #31 Action Express Cadillac but he had second place in his hands, 13sec behind Filipe Albuquerque in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura, but being pressured heavily by Bamber. AXR called Pla in with 1hr59m to go and installed Mike Conway. Although that moved Blomqvist up to fourth, it was very clearly not going well for MSR, since its Acura ran 26sec behind the similar car of WTR. This gap reduced to 21sec with 90mins to go, the point at which Bamber and van der Zande pitted the two Ganassi … [Read more...] about IMSA Petit Le Mans: MSR Acura wins dramatic race, snatches title