Absolutely unstoppable, Lando dominated Singapore in start-to-finish style. But he almost lost the victory twice when he didn't brake in a corner and damaged his wing the second time when he hit the barrier with his rear tire, he withstood all the blows and won his 3rd race with a lead of almost 21 seconds. He is now 52 points behind Max, in the Constructors' championship Mclaren currently leads by 41 points. Team mate Oscar Piastri gave the team a double podium finish when he finished third.
Max Verstappen probably drove as much as he could and at the finish line he was second. Sergio Perez is only in tenth place after he didn't make it to Q3 on Saturday, which is not exactly what Redbull would need in the fight for the title... In Austin, the team plans to bring a number of improvements and potentially compete again with Lando and Mclaren.
It was a rollercoaster weekend for Mercedes, on Friday both drivers struggled extremely with balancing the car, on Saturday they managed to get second row in qualifying and then in the race Saturday's speed seemed to disappear, after the race both drivers did not take part in the interview after, according to Toto Wolff both pilots had borderline heatstroke, anyway for Lewis P6, George P4. The team is also preparing a number of upgrades for Austin like RedBull.
We thought that Ferrari would be a competitor to McLaren, but after the unsuccessful qualifying, where Sainz crashed and Leclerc did not have heated tires, they only started from P10 and P9. In the middle of the race, Leclerc seemed to come alive and started to attack George for P4, he narrowly failed to do so and ended up in P5, Sainz P7.
However, we must highlight the performance of Nico Hulkenberg, who managed to reach P6 in qualifying and scored 2 points for Haas in the race.
News that will not please Ricciardo fans but probably everyone, Daniel, according to information, probably drove his last race in F1 in Austin today, he should be replaced by Liam Lawson, Daniel was even in tears during one of the interviews..