Danica Patrick remains wary of Red Bull despite the questionable speed of leaders fleeing practice for the Singapore Grand Prix.
Over the course of the 3 sessions, the team struggled to make an impact. And Max Verstappen in particular struggled more than usual, very dissatisfied with the balance of his car on Friday and the speed of his gear settings on Saturday morning.
Taking advantage of his misfortune, Ferrari thrilled the Italian languages by being the fastest in all three practice sessions. Mercedes is hoping to make the most of Red Bull’s efforts in this weekend’s festival sessions, while Lando Norris also showed strong in practice with his upgraded McLaren. .
Judging by Verstappen’s frustration on the radio, Red Bull seems to have real messes with their cars this weekend. But Sky Sports pundit Patrick is keen to take it all with a pinch of salt and believes the team can simply play their rivals.
“I don’t buy every time a team has a bad day, or even a bad session,” he said. “Games are probably being played and you rarely miss them. So yes, we don’t actually count them. But they came out and said it would probably be a little harder, and so far that’s been true. Array. . it’s only Friday. “
His colleague Bernie Collins, a former Aston Martin and McLaren strategist, nodded that this is a possibility. Having closely followed the first two free practice sessions of the weekend, he struggled to accurately assess where the team stands in terms of functionality this weekend.
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Collins said: “All year Red Bull has been in the lead, but behind it has been very difficult to determine the order, and I think that’s the case here. And it’s almost a drivers’ track, we’ve talked There’s a lot about trust, so I think we’ll get a potentially very combined grid or we’ll get more than the popular order in this more sensible 10. “
Ferrari will be satisfied with its chances of pole position. Not only did they do it last time at the Italian Grand Prix, but their drivers also dominated all three practice sessions in Singapore, while Red Bull struggled.
Norris, with a number of significant McLaren innovations, has also shown stable speed so far. And Mercedes is hoping for a smart weekend with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell expressing satisfaction at what has been, unusually for the Silver Arrows this year, a problem. -Free Fridays.
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