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Talking on the Sky Sports activities F1 Podcast, Simon Lazenby appears into what occurred in Singapore that noticed Ferrari finish Pink Bull’s profitable streak
Talking on the Sky Sports activities F1 Podcast, Simon Lazenby appears into what occurred in Singapore that noticed Ferrari finish Pink Bull’s profitable streak
The Singapore GP confirmed a “chink within the armour” of Pink Bull, however was it an indication of issues to return for the rest of the 2023 season or only a one-off?
Sky Sports activities F1’s Simon Lazenby and Anthony Davidson joined Matt Baker on the most recent version of the Sky Sports activities F1 Podcast, which you’ll take heed to in full within the participant beneath, to debate that matter after Pink Bull’s profitable streak got here to an finish.
Having gained the earlier 15 races in a row, Pink Bull’s dominant RB19 seemed a shadow of its former self on the streets of Marina Bay as each Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez suffered Q2 exits in qualifying earlier than ending fifth and eighth respectively within the race whereas Carlos Sainz claimed victory for Ferrari.
Lazenby stated: “The baseline set-up wasn’t proper from the beginning in order that they have been enjoying catch up. Max did not appear to have any confidence within the first sector, he was bottoming out beneath braking. It is all about braking and traction out of gradual corners and [Red Bull] had neither of these.
“On the subject of the automotive itself, we all know as an aero platform it tends to work on most circuits now however the slow-speed corners mixed with the bumpy nature of the observe and the actual fact there have been such large kerbs, it meant they needed to modify the experience peak and that threw the set-up off just a little bit.
“They tried some tweaks between the third apply session and qualifying with the software program to attempt to counter that so they may run it a bit decrease and it simply received worse.
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Highlights of the Singapore Grand Prix from the Marina Bay Avenue Circuit
Highlights of the Singapore Grand Prix from the Marina Bay Avenue Circuit
“It was only a mixture of issues. There’s been discuss whether or not the technical directives on the flexi entrance wings and underside of the automotive had performed something into this however I am undecided that is the case. That could possibly be a pink herring however we’ll discover out in Suzuka. Christian (Horner) was enjoying it down, the crew have been saying it was completely nothing to do with that it’s simply ‘we have an unbalanced automotive, we won’t get the set-up proper’.
“It received barely higher within the race, they received unfortunate. They have been holding out and the Security Automotive got here to early for them on the arduous tyres after which once they pitted, three laps later the Digital Security Automotive got here out. Timing clever they received just a little bit unfortunate within the race, they knew what they have been attempting to do.
“However finally all of it stems from the actual fact they did not get qualifying proper and that is back-to-back years now the place it is not paid off for Max Verstappen. It seemed like he was simply skating throughout the observe at occasions.
“For them it was a horrible weekend however for everyone watching from the impartial’s perspective it simply was a breath of contemporary air for the competitors. We would have liked that weekend, we wanted to see that there was a chink within the armour and clearly Pink Bull being Pink Bull will go away and work on that and clearly enhance the automotive for subsequent 12 months.
“It is a double-edged sword – Ferrari will assume we received them this 12 months in Singapore however Pink Bull will get it proper as that automotive has received very, only a few weaknesses.”
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On the Sky Sports activities F1 Podcast, Anthony Davidson discusses Liam Lawson’s future and his probabilities of securing a seat within the 2024 season
On the Sky Sports activities F1 Podcast, Anthony Davidson discusses Liam Lawson’s future and his probabilities of securing a seat within the 2024 season
Davidson likened Pink Bull’s weekend to how Mercedes additionally had years once they struggled in Singapore once they have been the dominant crew, and expects the RB19 to be the automotive to beat once more on the Japanese GP at Suzuka this weekend.
Davidson stated: “It jogged my memory of Mercedes of their dominant years once they arrived in Singapore and that was their Achilles heel and all people had an opportunity to get the higher of them there. They went away and labored on that circuit relentlessly as a result of it was their solely weak spot, they understood they’d a weak spot there, they usually got here again in a few years and had sorted it out so I totally count on Pink Bull as the good engineering crew that they’re will get their heads round it.
“Max will likely be way more in his aspect and the automotive will likely be way more in its aspect in Suzuka, I am totally anticipating that. I do not assume the brand new TD and the rule change when it comes to extra static entrance wings, I do not consider that was the primary difficulty for Pink Bull in Singapore.
“There will likely be many groups on the market crossing their fingers and hoping that that was why Pink Bull misplaced their velocity however I am totally anticipating them to return to Suzuka and the automotive be flying once more.
“However it’s fascinating and it is good to know that they’ve this weak spot of their automotive.”
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On the Sky Sports activities F1 Podcast, Simon Lazenby and Anthony Davidson talk about if Carlos Sainz was given a race-winning automotive, may the Ferrari pairing be stronger than the Pink Bull line-up?
On the Sky Sports activities F1 Podcast, Simon Lazenby and Anthony Davidson talk about if Carlos Sainz was given a race-winning automotive, may the Ferrari pairing be stronger than the Pink Bull line-up?
Davidson intrigued to see Ferrari’s Suzuka efficiency
Sainz’s victory in Singapore got here off the again of he and team-mate Charles Leclerc ending third and fourth at Ferrari’s dwelling Italian GP.
Whereas Monza and the Marina Bay Avenue Circuit have very completely different traits when it comes to downforce necessities, Davidson defined why Ferrari’s automotive traits helped them excel at each circuits and he’s now intrigued to see how the SF23 performs at Suzuka which has a few of the quickest corners on the F1 calendar.
“Ferrari are undoubtedly a type of groups which have saved up with the pack and possibly their updates have edged forward of groups like Aston Martin that we have seen within the final couple of races,” Davidson stated.
“Individuals consider Monza as this high-speed circuit, which it’s as a result of it has numerous straight traces, however it does not have many high-speed corners and you do not run excessive downforce there. It is all in regards to the braking and the slow-speed corners. Identical to Singapore.
“You would not assume the 2 actually are on the identical aircraft right here – and when it comes to downforce they are not – however when it comes to automotive necessities – braking stability, low-speed corners, numerous traction – that is what you want at Monza as nicely.
“So the Ferrari has been fairly good on these circuits…I am ready to see if Ferrari can stick with it this tempo once they get to the next velocity, faster-flowing circuit [like Suzuka].”
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