The reason Max Verstappen missed the start in Singapore

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Max Verstappen got a chance to secure WC in F1 2022.
But in Singapore, things went well.
Now the stable reveals the reason for the miserable start.

Max Verstappen fails in Singapore, but leads WC (AP/TT)

Max Verstappen turned 25 last Friday, but he didn’t have much to celebrate at all.
The weekend was never a birthday, Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko told Motorsport Total.
– On Friday, the settings were completely off, and on Saturday we had a problem during qualifying.
Marko points out that Verstappen aborted a very good lap because he had traffic in front of him, and then made another lap too fast that he also had to abort. Had he completed it, there would not have been enough fuel in the car for a fuel test and that would mean disqualification. Therefore, Verstappen finished qualifying with two breakaway laps.

So, Max Verstappen failed

Starting off the eighth grid, the Singapore GP started a nightmare and already lost several positions in the early stages of the race on the tight and wet state circuit.
– He got the engine in the wrong position. I have no idea how many cars have overtaken him, says Marco.
– Add to that it’s slower and somehow it’s all over.

Verstappen got a little excited about his new spots, he wanted to overtake Lando Norris. But he completely misjudged the situation and ran into a breakaway zone, got brake pads on his tires and needed another pit stop.

– I was in 5th place and I tried to get to 4th place. When I was next to Lando, I braked and I didn’t even delay I braked. It was like I was sitting on the floor, Verstappen says.

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– When I brake, I raised the front wheels and then it was over. I drove straight ahead and the car shook a lot. That’s why I had to go to the warehouse again. I got new tires and at least moved from last place to place points.

Now he has a chance to secure the title in Japan instead. In that country, 13 Formula 1 champions have already been crowned, 11 of them at Suzuka. But we’ll talk more about that next week. Follow me here on the blog and on the F1 “Plattan i Mattan” podcast coming out on Wednesday.

After the Singapore Grand Prix before the Japanese Grand Prix in Formula 1

It was the start that gave Sergio Perez the win in Singapore. It was magical. He is truly a champion on the city tracks, victory in Monaco, victory in Singapore and second place in Baku. Here in the meantime you can see the start again and here you can read about the Singapore GP.

What do Nick de Vries and Helmut Marko want? De Vries confirmed he has met with a Red Bull motorsport consultant and talent scout and there is a lot of talk about him being the next man to take a seat at the AlphaTauri. Then Pierre Gasly will be free to leave for the Alps.
You can find all the teams and drivers for F1 2023 here.

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It was Pierre Gasly who was upset because the strategy in AlphaTauri was poor and he lacked communication within the stable. Fellow Yuki Tsunoda had no problem communicating, but he totally missed the point of the throttle. Zero points for the team and Tsunoda hasn’t scored a single point since the race in Spain in May. The question is whether fortune will change back home in Japan next weekend?

Congratulations McLaren F1

McLaren finished fourth and fifth with their drivers. Ricciardo’s fifth place is his best this year and the team has 22 points, while Albin has zero points at all. The entire weekend literally turned out to be smoky. It’s going to be really costly with engine failure and blemishes against McLaren in WC. Now the papaya-coloured team has a four-point lead with five races remaining in the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship. Aston Martin also had a good weekend, with the team scoring points with both cars and jumping to seventh in the world championship. . It is an economically important tournament and every position that is improved brings several million in increased income.

Williams drove Alfa Romeo with Zhou to the wall and took a penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix. The Canadian is moved down five places at the start and gets two penalty points on his licence, but if we’re struggling a little, it doesn’t matter that he got five places minus at the start, so the penalty doesn’t really matter. Latife rarely gets past Q1 anyway .

Anyway, here are the top ten in the Singapore GP

The big debate this weekend revolved around the budget cap and rumors that two teams, Red Bull and Aston Martin, had lost the budget cap. The FIA ​​was clear that there would be a penalty, but not the kind of penalty. It is being discussed whether Red Bull could lose the WC title last year. Here you can read more about the budget dispute and comments from Red Bull and the teams calling for clear penalties.

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