Singapore GP: Lando Norris wins at the tricky Marina Bay Circuit, Verstappen holds second
Lando Norris and McLaren secured a dominant victory at the 2024 Singapore GP. Now the championship title fight will head to Austin, Texas for the US GP.
The Singapore GP is a complete domination by McLaren and Lando Norris. The British racer started the Singapore GP in a pole position and he dominated the race completely and won the race comfortably. Max Verstappen and RedBull couldn't catch Lando as McLaren was flying throughout the race with a 20+ seconds lead advantage. Mercedes adds more to Hamilton’s frustration as an early tyre swap has cost the 7-time champion the pole position.
McLaren Increase championship chances
McLaren has now increased their constructors title lead against Red Bull who dominated last year completely. Lando Norris has neared Verstappens championship points with 51 points behind. Only a few races left with Lando winning every race title fight could lead to Abudhabi as a showdown.
Red Bull’s sister Team RB and Daniel Ricciardo Stole the fastest lap of the award and a point from McLaren. Max Verstappen Thanked his former teammate for stealing a crucial single point from Lando Norris and Company. The Singapore GP is complete without any big drama and crashes which is unlikely a Singapore GP. This is the first time in Singapore without any safety car coming out. Drivers are becoming more talented and skilled.
The top three pole sitters are Lando Norris, Max verstappen and Oscar Piastri. Fourth and fifth positions were taken by Mercedes George Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The sixth and seventh positions were taken by Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz. The last three points go to Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg, and Sergio Perez.
The final ten places go to Williams's new young sensation Calopinto, Yui Tsunoda, Ocon, Stroll, Zhou Guanyu, Bottas, Gasly, Ricciardo who might have raced his last race for the RB team, Magnussen, and Albon who retired from the race. The Singapore GP has been completed we will now have some break for refreshments and then will head to the United States for the Austin GP next month.
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