F1 2024 - Round 18 - Singapore - Marina Bay

rameire

Friday 20th
Practice 1 - 10.30 - 11.30
Practice 2 - 14.00 - 15.00

Saturday 21st
Practice 3 - 10.30 - 11.30
Qualifying - 14.00 - 15.00

Sunday 22nd
Race - 13.00

Singapore Noodles.

dulpit

Red Bull were nowhere here last year, will it be the same again this year?

flazio

Is it me or is something missing from sector 3 on that map?

niallm77

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122623557#Comment_122623557

Didn't they change the layout last year due to some big infrastructure development

Frank Bullitt

Yup it was much faster last year as a result.

Andrew76

Going to be another race to forget for Max I fear. But there's usually some decent excitement for a track that's not too easy to overtake on, hopefully anyway as we've to wait a bloody month until the next one! Christ.

Brian CivilEng

Max to win by 20 seconds; all Red Bull development this year was targeted towards this race?

Seriously though, it is a must-win for Lando to stay in contention and not have momentum move towards Piastri. Team orders only work if both McLarens are running together, and I'd expect LeClerc to be right up there

PsychoPete

They added another drs zone from turn 14 to turn 16

rameire

Tyres details

Wanderer78

another sketchy weekend for rb id imagine, which means excitement for fans, mclarens should be strong again….

MadYaker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122620683#Comment_122620683

They'll be even further back this year you'd have to assume considering their form has dropped off a cliff. I still don't understand how they've gone backwards so quickly.

flazio

Red Bull "We have to ditch special liveries to save weight. "

McLaren:

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1836703149266001927?t=2X4a7U194XGgdwjVeUIG8g&s=09

dulpit

Mercedes also have a special livery for Singapore:

https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1836254391730327992

As do VCARB:

https://twitter.com/visacashapprb/status/1836350817974263847

AMKC

The Mercedes one looks very like the Aston Martins with that paint.

Ve interesting to see hiw the works out at thd weekend. I can see a few of the Sky commentators mixing them and the AMs up lol.

Frank Bullitt

I think we are on race 6 now with no safety car, if there isn't one at this race I think that is a new record.

We usually get them around here, so it would be surprising if we got nothing.

SureYWouldntYa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122634938#Comment_122634938

It's 8 actually, Singapore has a 100% record of safety cars so one of the streaks has got to go

Andrew76

Brundle is back this weekend thankfully. But to counter that good news, Lazenby is also back…

Joeface

Team Upgrades for this weekend , None for Mercedes , HAAS or Stake Sauber

klose

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122635169#Comment_122635169

I think there’s rain forecast also which should add to that.

Joeface

FP1:

Busi_Girl08

Max has been summoned to the stewards for dropping an f-bomb in yesterday's press conference.

PsychoPete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122636242#Comment_122636242

The FIA said he has to "complete some work of public interest"

ShamoBuc

Lionel the lizard would want to get off the road sharpish.

ShamoBuc

Red flag till they get rid of the lizard.... not a common phrase in F1

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122639119#Comment_122639119

It was a bit harsh on Niki Lauda back in the day.

PopePalpatine

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122635827#Comment_122635827

So is David Crock. I'd almost take another race in a hellhole that gets away with ethnic cleansing if it meant another weekend without him.

Andrew76

Lando in a league of his own in FP3. Hopefully the others can get closer during the night time quality session.

ShamoBuc

Lando is streets ahead but quali could well be different under lights. I hope he doesn't get the front row to make the race more interesting, but he probably will.

Itssoeasy

Nico being blunt.

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122639555#Comment_122639555

What did he say?

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122639589#Comment_122639589

He said that the red bull performance was diabolical while talking to Christian Horner.

Andrew76

Proper save that was from Max. Class. Challenging track this, it’s great seeing them work for a lap. Well except for Norris, his car seems on rails.

Itssoeasy

nice to see the Williams not being the Q3 whipping boys anymore.

Andrew76

Christ Crofty having to explain Brundle’s joke. Ugh.

PopePalpatine

David Crock is the James Corden of F1 commentary, change my mind.

Hijpo

Track evolution or car coming together for Verstappen?

Itssoeasy

Great lap from max. That’s more like it.

ShamoBuc

Very good lap by Max, he needed that.

Itssoeasy

so close for albon.

ShamoBuc

Perez gets 13th again.

Andrew76

Yeah brilliant from Max but Norris didn’t need to do another lap. Norris for pole easy it looks like. Poor from Perez there.
Colapinto only a ‘James Bond’ behind Albon and without some car upgrades - that’s very impressive.

shanec1928

another poor quali for checo

Itssoeasy

sainz into the wall at the final corner. Session red flagged.

Andrew76

Oh Max got to keep that lap! Thought he lost it.

ShamoBuc

That Red will change things up big time, Max benefitting!

Edit Max's time deleted.

Andrew76

Nope he’s lost it. Feck it.

PsychoPete

Sainz doing a Stroll on it

waynescales1

A Red Flag during qualifying should result in more minutes being added to the clock once it resumes.

niallm77

Not sure why max lap.should be deleted if he had slowed

Andrew76

Max backed off so he’ll be safe in terms of a penalty.

Andrew76

A bit unlucky for Sainz having to get out of the way two corners before the start, maybe cold tyres?