“Big Brains, Great Race” — Formula One Singapore 2023

Driver21
5 min readSep 17, 2023
Marina Bay Street Circuit

We are back for some Grand Prix Highlights. This weekend F1 went to Singapore for the drivers to prove their value in a spectacular night race with some layout changes. These changes provided drivers with new overtaking opportunities in one of the tracks with the lowest number of overtakes.

Since the very first moments of the weekend, it was understandable that RedBull’s rocketship wasn’t ready to fly and the team would face a new challenge, find a setup that would make their car as fast as we are used to during the season. On the first two practices, they were off pace, but on the final practice session, their hopes increased, they found something that would make the fight for the victory possible.

We got to the qualifying session, and we can say that it was a very interesting session, with multiple drivers showing they were capable of fighting for Pole Position (Sainz, Leclerc, Russell, Alonso and Norris), but before reaching the Q3 the biggest surprise of the weekend happen. Both RedBull drivers were out of Q3 because on the last attempt Liam Lawson, went through…

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