It seems unthinkable Max Verstappen could lose a race at this point, but the Red Bull driver has somewhat longer odds this weekend.
By The Athletic StaffRed Bull has not to win a race at some point this season… right? Max Verstappen has won 10 straight races and Red Bull has won all 14 races so far this season, but if there is a type of race that Red Bull would struggle in, it could be this weekend in Singapore.
Verstappen has said Red Bull won’t have its strongest weekend at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. That could be true. Red Bull is dominant in straight line speed and Singapore has a whopping 19 turns, although that’s down from 23 after Sector 3 was redesigned ahead of this year’s race. That type of track should be bad for Red Bull and Ferrari and better for the likes of Mercedes and Aston Martin.It’s all relative though. Red Bull doesn’t need to be on a perfectly suited track to win.
If Verstappen does win, he will be close to clinching the championship. It’s possible he could clinch after Japan, the next race, and downright plausible he could clinch the race after that in Qatar. WeDoes anyone have a chance to pause the Red Bull dominance this weekend?’s F1 crew talked about which cars are suited for Marina Bay, how the track ranks visually in F1 and made podium predictions.
Technically, I think he’s correct: Red Bull won’t be as strong as other tracks where it has been utterly dominant. But the team will still be the comfortable favorite and incredibly hard to beat. Even on the other street tracks, like Monaco and Jeddah, it has still been the team to beat, and the car has only got better since then. I really can’t see anyone beating Red Bull here.I do believe him, but it’s not to say the RB19 won’t be strong.
Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and Fernando Alonso have nearly matching odds entering the weekend. How can you separate this group at this point?I think it will swing from circuit to circuit. All three have led their respective teams this year, and Hamilton in particular has been brilliant around Singapore in the past – his pole lap in 2018 is one of the best qualifying laps I can remember.
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