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Listen to this article The Brackley-based squad has endured a tricky campaign with its W13, which has suffered badly from porpoising and not delivering enough performance to match Red Bull and Ferrari . The team’s chances of making a swift recovery have been further hampered by the cost cap, which means it could not afford to make changes to its current challenger in-season that it knows would have made it quicker. But with budgets being reset for next year, and the team now having a much greater grasp of where the W13 is lacking, Mercedes is optimistic of the level of progress it will make with its W14. Asked by Motorsport.com where Mercedes is with its understanding of the 2023 car, team boss Toto Wolff said: "To turn the ship in this industry is a little bit like an oil tanker. "First you have to understand what the root cause is for your non performance. And then you have to peel the various skins off: What's the first layer? What is the second layer? Are we … [Read more...] about Mercedes has found a “big chunk” of performance with 2023 F1 car

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

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

Listen to this article The Spaniard admitted that the drying qualifying session had been stressful and joked that his risk-taking had not been good for his heart. Crucially, Alonso lines up ahead of the McLaren of Lando Norris , giving Alpine an edge in the ongoing battle for fourth in the World Championship. The race marks Alonso's 350th race start, making him the first driver in F1 history to reach that landmark. “I think if it's dry, it's going to be difficult to overtake,” he said. “So it will be nice to secure the top five and score more points than McLaren, which will be the main target again. If it's wet obviously, there are a lot of things that could happen. “It could be very good race for us, or very bad, if you crash or whatever maybe it could be a DNF. So it's a lot of risk if it's wet tomorrow, but we are two positions away from the podium. So why not dream big tonight?" Alono had shown good form throughout qualifying, earning fifth on … [Read more...] about Alonso “dreams big” and eyes Singapore GP F1 podium from fifth

Listen to this article The car has been notoriously tricky on bumpy circuits, and despite extensive resurfacing work at the track teams are expecting to see issues this weekend. However, Russell believes that Mercedes now has a better understanding of the car, and that Singapore will be a good test of that. Asked what were the factors that potentially worked for and against the team, Russell suggested that the circuit layout will be favourable. "I think the factors in favour are the high-downforce set-up, our car seems to work better on the higher downforce [circuits]" he said, "[Plus] our competitors, the fact that Red Bull are very, very efficient with their straightline speed, and here that doesn't come in too much of an effect. So their advantage will be less. "But the ones that go against us are the bumpiness of this circuit. We clearly struggled with the street circuits this year in Monaco, Azerbaijan, Montreal. We have made a lot of progress in that … [Read more...] about Russell hopes Singapore F1 GP will show “validation” of Mercedes W13 work

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has won the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix, weathering a race of intense pressure and changeable weather conditions. Perez held his nerve throughout the entire two hour duration of the Singapore Grand Prix, having taken the lead on the run to Turn 1. The Mexican driver had to weather intense pressure throughout the entire race, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc breathing down his neck for almost the whole duration – particularly following the switch to slick tyres in the final quarter of the Grand Prix. With Perez coming home as victor, the two Ferrari drivers took the rest of the podium as Leclerc had the measure of Carlos Sainz. However, Perez is under investigation for an alleged Safety Car infringement – the stewards are set to examine the alleged infringement following the race. Classification: 2022 Singapore Grand Prix Sergio Perez Red Bull 60 Laps Charles Leclerc Ferrari +7.595 Carlos Sainz Ferrari +15.305 Lando Norris McLaren +26.133 … [Read more...] about F1 2022 results: Singapore Grand Prix – Race (Marina Bay)

Listen to this article Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start a race from pole position for the ninth time this season after topping the qualifying session on Saturday. Red Bull driver Sergio Perez will join Leclerc on the front row of the grid, while his teammate Max Verstappen will line up eighth after he was forced to abort his final qualifying lap due to a lack of fuel. Lewis Hamilton underlined the pace of the improving Mercedes by qualifying third, just 0.054s off Leclerc's best lap, although George Russell could only manage the 11th-quickest time in the other W13. When is the F1 Singapore Grand Prix? The 2022 F1 Singapore Grand Prix will begin at 9:05pm local time (+8 GMT) at the Marina Bay Street Circuit following a long delay caused by rain. Date : Sunday, October 2, 2022 Updated Start time : 13:05 GMT / 14:05 BST / 15:05 CEST / 15:05 SAST / 16:05 EAT / 09:05 ET / 06:05 PT / 23:05 AEST / 22:05 JST / 18:35 IST How can I watch the Singapore Grand Prix? … [Read more...] about 2022 F1 Singapore Grand Prix – How to watch, start time & more

Max Verstappen leads the drivers championship by 104 points from Charles Leclerc after the Singapore Grand Prix. 2022 F1 drivers championship standings Position Driver Points Gap to leader 1 Max Verstappen 341 2 Charles Leclerc 237 104 3 Sergio Perez 235 106 4 George Russell 203 138 5 Carlos Sainz Jnr 202 139 6 Lewis Hamilton 170 171 7 Lando Norris 100 241 8 Esteban Ocon 66 275 9 Fernando Alonso 59 282 10 Valtteri Bottas 46 295 11 Daniel Ricciardo 29 312 12 Sebastian Vettel 24 317 13 Pierre Gasly 23 318 14 Kevin Magnussen 22 319 15 Lance Stroll 13 328 16 Mick Schumacher 12 329 17 Yuki Tsunoda 11 330 18 Zhou Guanyu 6 335 19 Alexander Albon 4 337 20 Nyck de Vries 2 339 21 Nicholas Latifi 0 … [Read more...] about 2022 Singapore Grand Prix F1 championship points | RaceFans

Listen to this article The Red Bull driver grabbed the lead into the first corner from polesitter Charles Leclerc and never lost it to complete a dominant performance for his second win of the season. In a race interrupted by multiple safety cars and virtual safety cars, in the second full safety car Perez was placed under investigation with the FIA stewards for a possible rules infringement. Perez is suspected of not keeping within 10 car lengths of the safety car during one of the safety car restarts. During the Singapore GP, the FIA announced the incident would be investigated after the race, as Perez held on to take victory by 7.595s from Leclerc. Perez’s hearing with the FIA stewards will take place at 11.55pm local time. Reacting to the stewards investigation after the race in the parc ferme interviews, Perez said: “I have no idea, what went on, they just told me that I was under investigation so I had to increase the gap so that’s what we did.” Read Also: … [Read more...] about Perez uncertain on safety car infringement as Singapore GP investigation looms