An off weekend in Singapore left Max Verstappen whingeing like a toddler as Carlos Sainz's win reminded us what fun this sport can be
Verstappen complained like a toddler all weekend about the lack of performance in his car. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who was strident in his view that the team had nothing to fear in Singapore from the new FIA directive concerning moveable aerodynamic body parts, blamed the nosedive in performance on the alchemy of tyre performance. For some reason, he said, the most brilliantly efficient team in F1 could not get their tyres to work.
As ever here the appearance of a safety car ignited the frantic finale. Esteban Ocon parked his Alpine with 18 laps to go to bring out the virtual variety. Though they missed the pit entry first time around, Mercedes brought in Russell and Hamilton from second and fourth respectively for fresh mediums. It was a bold move. Second for Russell was nailed on without the intervention of further random variables. To get the win, Mercedes had to gamble.
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