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September 21, 2024 · 7:46 am

How new Ferrari SF-24 front wing helps balance at high downforce tracks

The front flap revisions will help to balance the SF-24

A front wing upgrade introduced on the Ferrari SF-24 at the Singapore GP will help to find a balance at higher downforce levels.

The third and fourth wing elements have been modified, with the Italian team’s official FIA presentation submission saying that the update was not specific to the Singapore circuit and “offers performance and downstream flow features improvements over a wider polar range.”

Ferrari’s Jock Clear says that the change will enable the team to add front downforce when needed at a track where the rear wing runs to the maximum, effectively providing a wider range of options.

“Obviously is Singapore not the obvious circuit where you would bring an aero upgrade,” he said.

“It’s a sort of very draggy, high downforce circuit. Basically it’s just moving the energy a little bit inboard. So if you look at it closely, you’ll see that the inboard is a bit more aggressive, and the outboard is a bit less aggressive.

“So you’ve moved that dynamic a bit. It allows us to actually crank on a bit more, which here, you’re probably going to want, because you’ve got maximum rear downforce, and you’re going to want to get a balance.

“And balance is everything around here. And we’ve been a little bit backed into a corner at some of the high downforce circuits before, because we’re running out of front power, basically.

“So it’s just a little bit more powerful at the top end, slightly more efficient, marginally. But it’s the fact that it’s a little bit more powerful at the top end that gives us a bit more scope.”

Ferrari has shown good form in recent races following a blip when a new floor introduced in Spain didn’t work as planned.

Asked if the team is now confident that it is back on track Clear said: “You’re never fully confident. I think it’s a good picture on how the ebb and flow of everybody’s development goes.

“Because actually you were probably asking the same questions to McLaren a year ago, or to Mercedes four months ago, or to Red Bull now. Have you lost your way? And certainly, after, after Spain, we didn’t feel we’d lost our way, but there was some anomaly between what was happening in the tunnel, and what we were seeing on track.

“And we had to get on top of that. But that’s just the process. And I think if you looked at it the time, you might say it looks like your process isn’t working. That is the process, is that when you see an anomaly, you have to get on top of it, try and understand it, and then get back on track.

“And I think what you’ve seen since is that we’ve understood it, we got back on track. We just have to be eyes wide open for what the next anomaly will be, because there will be another one, because that is the process at the moment.”

Clear stressed that it’s not easy to get it right.

 “It’s not that sometimes these developments work, sometimes these developments don’t work. The development process is exactly that. You are testing something new every week.

“And tunnels at the moment, with the technology we have, they don’t have the ability to model everything perfectly, and maybe 20-30 years in future, will be much better equipped.

“But at the moment, there are differences between what you see in the tunnel and what you see on track, and that therein lies the quality of the driver.

That’s where the drivers that are really good make a difference. Because when you see a development path in a team that’s actually making good progress, and when they slip back a bit, they get on top of it, and they make progress, that’s what the drivers bring to the party.”

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September 20, 2024 · 1:18 pm

McLaren agrees “minor adjustments” to wing and tells FIA to look at rivals

McLaren’s low drag wing was seen to move on the straights in Baku

McLaren has agreed with the FIA to change the controversial flexing rear wing of the MCL38 – and has urged the governing body to talk to other teams about what they are doing.

McLaren has been talking to the FIA about the wing for a while, but those conversations ramped off after videos from Baku showing the movement of the wing appeared on social media.

The wing concerned is the low drag version used at Spa, Monza and Baku, and does not affect this weekend’s Singapore GP. It won’t be used again until Las Vegas.

In response to the changes McLaren said: “Whilst our Baku rear wing complies with the regulations and passes all FIA deflection tests, McLaren have proactively offered to make some minor adjustments to the wing following our conversations with the FIA.

“We would also expect the FIA to have similar conversations with other teams in relation to the compliance of their rear wings.”

Speaking earlier and before the need for a change became public McLaren chief designer Rob Marshall insisted that there was no issue with the wing.

“It’s very flattering,” he said of complaints from rival teams. “Obviously, the nearer the front you are, the more scrutiny you come under. But I mean, all teams scrutinise their own cars as well as other people’s.

“We scrutinise our car. We work with the FIA to understand the grey areas of whatever element of the car it is, and move forward accordingly really.

“I guess they’ve all got their opinions. We work with FIA to establish the legality of our cars. As long as the FIA happy, that’s the only opinion we need to worry about.

Asked if McLaren had simply exploited the rules better than others he said: “”I wouldn’t say they’re exploiting it less than McLaren. I wouldn’t say McLaren is exploiting it.

“I would say that everyone’s approaching their wing design the way they think. Obviously, everyone for whatever reason is talking about ours at the moment. But everyone can see everyone else’s, and I don’t think we’re the only people under scrutiny.”

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur made it clear that he wasn’t happy with the McLaren wing.

“I think there is a kind of confusion between what’s happened with the front wing and the rear wing,” he said. “The front wing, we all agree that it could be a grey area because in the TD the first paragraph of the TD is saying that you can’t design part of the car with the intention of deformation. Intention is difficult to manage.

“The rear wing story, it’s completely different, because in the article, you have also a maximum deflection. And this is black or white. It’s not no grey, no dark grey, no light grey. It’s black and black. But for me, it’s clear.”

Vasseur admitted that Ferrari has been looking at video evidence.

“So far, we had a look on the previous events, and it was only on the lowdown force tracks,” he said. “I’m not sure that they could, or they want to use the same trick in Singapore, or in Zandvoort, for example.

“But again, we have to give the responsibility to the scrutineering, to the FIA, it’s not my job to do it. I’m not complaining about this. I think it’s more than borderline.

“We all saw the video and the picture of this, and it’s a bit frustrating when, if you remember perfectly the situation in Monza, we had five cars in two-hundredths of a second, and you move from P1/P2 to P5/P6 for two-hundredths of a second in Baku, and we arrived 10 laps in a row, side-by-side in Turn 1. You can imagine that we have a bit of frustration.”

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September 20, 2024 · 9:51 am

Alonso: Points for Aston in Singapore will “be a miracle”

Alonso is hoping for a miracle in Singapore…

Fernando Alonso says that scoring points in the Singapore GP “will be a miracle” for his Aston Martin Formula 1 team.

Alonso still believes that the Silverstone outfit has only the seventh fastest car at the moment, with Haas and Williams having joined the top four in front.

Despite that he managed to finish sixth in Baku last weekend, having been running in eighth until the late Sainz/Perez crash.

Alonso says that the Azerbaijan result gave the team some motivation after a difficult season.

“I hope so, why not?,” he said when asked by this writer if Baku was a guide to this weekend’s form.

“I think the tracks are very different, but in a way both street circuits, no room to make a mistake, again the walls will be the limitation here.

“It’s probably the most demanding race physically of the championship. So to keep the level of focus very high throughout the race, and to start the weekend on the right foot, is quite important to start on Friday with a car that gives you the confidence to attack, and you can accumulate laps.

“It will just be beneficial for Saturday and Sunday. I’m quite optimistic after Baku. I think it was a boost of motivation for everyone. So I’m looking forward to jump in the car.”

However he cautioned that it won’t be easy to make Q3 or finish in the points.

“Well, as I said, we are seventh team, so our natural position is 13th, 14th, 15th,” he said. “If we were eighth in Baku, it was a miracle, if we were 10th in Monza, it was a miracle. If we are here in the points, it will be a miracle.

“I don’t think that the car at the moment is at the place where we want to have it. That’s why we keep working on the setup on Fridays, even though it’s not a setup issue, and we are waiting for new parts when they come.

“So we are not giving up. We are doing our best on the weekends. But every weekend, we cannot be with unrealistic hope, just because of the circuit, just because it may rain, just because… We need to be realistic and accept our position.”

Aston experimented with floor options in practice in Baku, before settling on an older version.

Asked if he wanted to carry on with what worked last weekend Alonso said the team would continue to try different things.

“Yes and no,” he said. £I think at the same time, you still want to experiment a little bit in FP1 in terms of setups, even if we were happier with the car in Baku than the last few events, we still want more. And Baku was not enough.

“The result was good, but we are still with our calculations the seventh team in terms of performance. And we are not happy there. So we still need to find more pace. And I know the team has more ideas for Friday FP1, and yeah, I’m willing to test those.”

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September 20, 2024 · 7:12 am

Hamilton expecting to “roll the dice” in Singapore GP

Hamilton is cautious about his prospects in Singapore

Lewis Hamilton says he will have to “roll the dice” at the Formula 1 Singapore GP this weekend as he has doubts about the competitiveness of his Mercedes W15.

Hamilton believes that the car is not well suited to street tracks, and that Ferrari will be on strong form after showing so well in Baku.

The former World Champion has had three difficult weekends since winning at Spa prior to the summer break.

The team has been swapping back and forth between its old and new floor specs, with the older version again in use this weekend.

The four-time Singapore GP winner is cautious about his prospects for this weekend.

“Similar to the past races probably,” he said when asked about his chance. “It’s not been great for some time. I don’t know. I’m just going to roll the dice and see how it goes.

“I wouldn’t say this has ever been a really great track for me, it’s been a bit of a bogey track, I would say for us in general.

“I think just the way we design cars, or we have designed cars, if you look at a lot of street circuits we’ve never been particularly strong at, whereas the more open circuits we would be better at.

“So look at us compared to Ferrari, for example. They were mega at Monaco, mega in the last race, they’ll be strong this weekend, just a certain design that they have that seems to bode well for those circuits.

“And then when we get to somewhere like Silverstone, we’re very, very strong. So I think there’s lots of good lessons to take from those, but ultimately, when it comes to track like this, it’s a struggle.”

Asked what had changed in the car since his Spa in Hamilton suggested that it was more a case of rivals improving.

“I don’t think it has changed. I think the others have gained,” he said. “We haven’t brought enough. We’ve brought an upgrade to Spa, but then we didn’t end up using it. And then I think the others from Zandvoort to Monza have brought upgrades, particularly Ferrari. And I think McLaren have as well.

“So we’re waiting for ours in a couple of races. McLaren seemed to be the ones that are evolving and advancing the fastest, if you look at their impressive wing. We just have to kind of wait and see, and do the best with what we have.”

Hamilton made some interesting observations about how hard it is to drive the W15 on the limit.

“I’ve been thinking about it a lot, and honestly I don’t think it’s necessarily that I’m not being able to access it,” he said. “It’s just the envelope that we have is much more on a knife-edge.

“You’ll be in the braking zone, and the rear is out of the window, and then all of a sudden mid-corner, or before the apex, it’s in the window, and then it’s out of the window again.

“And I think it’s the aero characteristics are shifting every week. So from having a bigger wing to smaller beam wing to having the bigger beam wing to having the front wings that are flexing, rear wings that are flexing – it’s such a competitive and really challenging time I think for the aerodynamicists and for simulations, to have them make sure they correlate each weekend.

“I think it’s been probably one of the most challenging times at least for I know for my engineers. It’s been a very, very challenging time to try and get this car in the perfect window.

“When we were in Spa, we had no understanding, but all of a sudden we were quickest. We’re hoping that that comes back to ourselves on stage.”

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September 19, 2024 · 2:08 pm

Sauber: Fight to get out of P10 is getting “semi-critical”

Sauber has failed to score a point thus far in 2024

Sauber team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi admits that the Swiss outfit will struggle to dig itself out of P10 in the World Championship and that the situation is now “semi-critical.”

The future Audi team heads into the Singapore GP yet to score a point this season, while the entrant immediately ahead – Alpine – has 13.

The C45 has regularly been the slowest car on the grid in recent races, and the most recent upgrade package hasn’t made much difference relative to the opposition.

“We are targeting to introduce some developments in the next part of the season, and we will try to anticipate as much as possible,” Alunni Bravi told me.

“We know that for these two races, we can just optimise the package. But of course we need to bring upgrades if we want to do a step.

“The situation in the constructors’ championship for us now is becoming semi-critical, and the possibilities to not finish the championship in P10 are very limited. And of course, if we want to score points, we need to do a big step now.”

Asked if he was concerned about the team not scoring points at all this season Alunni Bravi stressed that the focus was more on the performance of the car.

“I’m not concerned about not scoring points,” he said. “We are concerned to not be able to develop the car and to see a progression this season. Because we know that to have a strong package also next year, we need to improve our performance this year.

“Of course, we have seen developments this year that are a positive, but then our competitors, for the moment, did a better job, and they were able to find more pace also during the season.

“So it’s not a matter of points. The matter is that if we want to become more competitive next year. We need to see progression also this year.

“So the developments that we will bring in the end of the season will be an important sign of the trend that we will have.”

Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas finished 14th and 16th in Baku, and Alunni Bravi was at least able to draw some positives from the Chinese driver’s performance.

“It’s clear that we struggle to have overall pace a car in qualifying and the race,” he said. “With Valtteri unfortunately we struggled with medium tyres from the very beginning. It was a combination of high fuel and the green track. And were following Tsunoda, and we were unable to overtake him.

“And all these factors, of course, are against our car. It doesn’t suit this kind of conditions. So the pace was not good with Valtteri. The balance of the car was much better on hard than on medium. But we were not in the position to fight for positions close to the points.

“On the positive side, Zhou made a step compared to the previous races, also compared to Friday and Saturday. He was managing the tyres really well at the beginning.

“He was very good, consistent, and he was fighting during all the race, defending, attacking. I’ve seen the Zhou that we want to see, but we know we have a lack of pace.

“This is our main limitation, because in terms of execution, pit stops, I think we were good. But this is now the picture.”

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September 19, 2024 · 1:59 pm

Stella: McLaren will continue to review team orders “principles”

Stella suggests that nothing is set in stone on team orders…

McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella says that the team will continue to review what he calls the “principles” of how team orders might be deployed,

Ahead of the Azerbaijan GP Stella confirmed that priority would be given to Lando Norris in the World Championship battle, and that Oscar Piastri would help if asked.

However a poor qualifying position for Norris left Piastri to win in Baku, and in an unusual twist Norris played his part by holding up Sergio Perez after the Mexican pitted, thus ensuring that his team mate stayed ahead of the Red Bull driver.

“I said already that we have two number one drivers effectively, and having two number one drivers means that we approach things first of all in the interest of the team,” said Stella after the Baku race.

“The interest of the team is to win the constructors’ championship, and yes, is to win also the drivers’ championship.

“Lando was in the most favourable position before this race. I think he still is in the most favourable position. So more naturally, we would have supported Lando.

“But I think we have evidence today that actually, interestingly, it was Lando supporting Oscar and enabling Oscar’s victory, thanks to driving for the team, and driving to support his teammate.

“So I think that remains our approach. We always intended to review after every event, with each driver, with the drivers together, what was going to be the best approach for the next races. We will do it, and set the plan for Singapore.”

Stella indicated that the team has to remain flexible and deal with each race situation as it arises.

“I think we lead this by principles, which is slightly different than rules,” he said. “I think with the principles, you leave yourself a space to assess every situation. But you have your guiding beacons as to what you judge is right.

“When you define rules, they become quite defining. And then you have to go through a thousand cases and see, like, what is the rule here?

“I think what’s important for me is that we did have a good conversation after Monza, because the three of us, Lando, myself and Oscar, we all agreed that entering a chicane in P1, P2 and exiting P1, P3 is just not acceptable, because it is infringing our first principle, which is the team’s interest comes first, if that makes sense.

“So we definitely tightened up in our conversations in relation to these kinds of situations. We knew that if any of the two drivers needed assistance, we would give it.

“And like I said before, it’s interesting that now it was the time for Lando to help Oscar. We will now review this race, and we will talk to the drivers, and we will define and tune the plan as we go onto the next races.”

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September 19, 2024 · 1:52 pm

Ricciardo awaiting call on future: Will he finish the 2024 F1 season?

Ricciardo claims he doesn’t know what Red Bull’s call will be

Daniel Ricciardo has confirmed that Red Bull will make a decision on his future after the Singapore GP – and he insists that he doesn’t know what the call will be.

It’s widely believed in the paddock that Ricciardo will be dropped for 2025 and replaced by Liam Lawson.

However there is also a scenario where he doesn’t complete this season, and Lawson takes over his car for at least some of the upcoming races.

Ricciardo confirmed that his contract has a significant post-Singapore date in it.

“Obviously for us that know the contracts, that’s kind of where the dates fall,” he said. “So yeah, after the weekend, we’ll know more.”

Asked if he expects the call to be on him racing in 2025 or also impact this season he said: “Let’s say my first expectation is about next year. So that’s let’s say where I’m at the moment.

“Obviously, I can’t give too many details, but in terms of contract, our dates pretty much come into this window now.

“So basically, I do expect a yes or a no for ’25. I’m aware of some talk and speculation about the rest of the season, but that for me, at the moment, I’m unaware of. So the decision I expect is for next year.

“But obviously, crazy things have happened in this sport, so I’m also not going stand here two boys full and confident. I believe I will be, but let’s see.”

Asked by this writer if contractually there was a scenario where Singapore was his last race Ricciardo was cagey.

“I don’t think so,” he said. “But I also don’t want to stand here and be the lawyer. Look, I would say no. But also, we know how this sport works.

“People have not seen through a season before, so it’s nothing new in some ways. So I don’t want to also be like, oh, 100%, I’ll bet all my house on it. I’ve been around too long.”

He added: “I really don’t know what’s going to happen, and I think all this stuff, what’s crazy about the sport is, and then this is me just now, just kind of talking a bit of shit, if I go and get a podium this weekend, and then I’m probably the hottest thing in the sport.

“That’s the kind of the merry-go-round we’re on. And I know it can change so quickly. I’m aware that things are hotting up, so to speak, but I just have to try and get my head down this weekend and kick some arse.”

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September 19, 2024 · 10:32 am

Hulkenberg spoke to FIA after “surprise” late VSC call in Baku

Hulkenberg was caught out by the track staying green

Nico Hulkenberg admits that he was surprised by the late call for a VSC after Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz crashed that ultimately cost him two places in the Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP.

He also spoke to FIA race director Niels Wittich on the matter immediately after the Baku race.

The Haas driver passed the yellows at the accident scene, and he assumed from past experience that given its scale that there would be an immediate red flag or safety car situation.

In fact the rest of the track remained green and on realising that both Lewis Hamilton and Hulkenberg’s own team mate Oliver Bearman got the jump on the German, demoting him from ninth place to 11th before the VSC was called for and positions were frozen.

“I think I was certainly surprised that it went back to green, and it took quite a while then for the VSC to come out,” Hulkenberg said in Singapore on Thursday.

“I think in recent history, and for example in Melbourne last year after the Alpine crash, the red flag happened very, very quickly. So certainly a bit different to I think how it’s been handled in the past. So that was surprising.

“But all-in-all it was a difficult weekend in Baku somehow. And Sunday actually looked pretty alright, it looked like we were on for a happy end.

“But in the last two laps, things went south, and slipped through our through our hands, which obviously is very frustrating, and a missed opportunity. But I’ve turned the page, I’ve moved on.”

Hulkenberg confirmed that he spoke to Wittich about the yellow flag situation.

“I went to see Niels after the race,” he noted. “I can’t say too much. He felt that he handled it how he usually handles it. He didn’t feel that it was different.”

He added: “I suspect it’s going to come up tomorrow in the drivers’ meeting. I don’t know what the outcome will be, or the consequence, but I think we’ll talk about it and see if it’s going to be any different in the future.”

Hulkenberg insisted that his frustration wasn’t compounded by the fact that he was jumped by own his rookie team mate.

“No, the contrary to be honest, that we did pick up a point, and more relief than frustration,” he said when asked by this writer.

“Ollie did a great job all weekend. He almost didn’t put a foot wrong. A very challenging track. I guess it helps that I think someone said that it’s one of his favourite tracks, and he was very confident. He was really on the money. So fair play to him, he did really well.”

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September 19, 2024 · 6:54 am

Marko: Perez crash fallout “like an avalanche”

Marko wasn’t too happy after the Baku race

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko says the fallout from Sergio Perez’s late crash in the Azerbaijan GP was “like an avalanche” as it also impacted Max Verstappen’s title hopes.

Perez was in contention for a podium when he was involved in a collision with Carlos Sainz that left both cars badly damaged.

The loss of those constructors’ points as well as a two-place bonus for Lando Norris handed the World Championship lead to McLaren.

However the VSC ending to the race also cost Verstappen a shot at the fastest lap bonus point after the Dutchman made a late stop for fresh tyres.

It went instead to Norris, helping him to gain three points on Verstappen in the drivers’ championship.

“I think Sainz made quite an aggressive move,” Marko told me after the race. “It was unnecessary two laps from the end. A lot of damage, we lost a lot of points in the constructors’.

“With the fastest lap we would have lost only one point [to Norris], not three. It was like an avalanche.”

Asked if winning the constructors’ title was now looking difficult he said: “Without the crash damage it wouldn’t have been so bad. But it’s also for all the employees – they all are on a bonus on the constructors’, not on the driver’s championship.”

On the plus side the RB20 performed much better after a revised floor was fast-tracked for Baku, and it was a set-up change that made life difficult for Verstappen.

“You saw it on Checo,” said Marko. “Checo could follow the whole race between one and three seconds. So that’s a positive thing.

“Max was following for two laps, the brakes were overheating, the tyres started graining.

“And that’s the negative thing, that the car is still so on the edge if you do the wrong setup. I mean, it was not dramatically different, but it’s different.

“But nobody thought that the reaction would be like that. I mean, all this jumping, and he couldn’t brake.”

Marko remains positive that the team can have a strong race in Singapore, although a lot of parts were lost in the Perez accident and that could compromise the weekend.

“There’s no need to panic,” he said. “But Checo’s car is heavily damaged, so we will have problems with the parts we have, and the right setup.

“I think it’s now more to make a car for Checo so he can race. So the real potential we will see in Austin.”

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September 18, 2024 · 12:45 pm

Albon: Williams FW46 still has problems despite “luxurious” Baku result

Albon says that Williams still has work to do…

Alex Albon admits that his Williams FW46 still has “some problems” despite what he called a “luxurious” result for the team in the Azerbaijan GP.

Albon finished seventh in Baku and his rookie team mate Franco Colapinto was eighth as the team bagged 10 points and jumped its close rivals Alpine for eighth place in the constructors’ championship.

However despite the ostensibly similar nature of the venues Albon is cautious about the car’s potential in Singapore this weekend, noting that the team has items to test on Friday.

“I would say Singapore historically has been maybe the worst track of the year for us,” he said when asked by this writer about his prospects. “A hot track, a lot of tyre overheating problems.

“As good as the car was this weekend, there’s still some problems with it. We’ve got some items we want to test for next week in FP1 and FP2. Hopefully we can come up with a better solution for Singapore.”

Nevertheless Albon agreed that the Baku result was a boost for the team, and a clear sign that recent upgrades are working.

“I think we’re in front of Alpine now, which was the target at the end of the year,” he said. “We were talking before about how difficult P10 and P9 was, so to get a P7 and a P8 is luxurious.

“We’ll take that and, yeah it shows that we’ve made great progress with the upgrade again.

“That’s another points finish. That’s another weekend where we’ve been positively quick, I think, very similar to the Aston Martin in terms of pace. Let’s see next week. But for this weekend, it’s been very strong.”

Albon was the highest placed driver on the Baku grid to start on the hard tyres, and his long first stint saw him mixing it with the leaders after they had pitted, while also holding off fellow hard starter Lando Norris.

“We did a different strategy to pretty much the majority of the grid,” he said. “I don’t think it was the quickest strategy in the end. The reason for that was the amount of time we lost with the top teams in that midfield fight when I think I was getting overtaken by everyone, Oscar, Charles and Checo.

“It was 6-7 seconds of race time that would have put us quite easily in front of Fernando, I think, on a race pace. But that was actually because we were almost too quick.

“We thought they were going to come out in front of us, and I would have carried on on my own race, but actually they came out behind me.”

Regarding his time loss while running with the leaders he added: “I wasn’t trying to race them. I was trying to reduce as much lap time as possible, but it was almost identical to blue flags, because I had worn tyres, and then I was getting all the dirty air.

“I was losing a lot of tyre temperature when I was fighting them. So actually it wasn’t that enjoyable. I was hoping they would pull away a little bit quicker.”

Albon was frustrated that he didn’t get a chance to attack Alonso in the closing laps after the Perez/Sainz collision.

“I would like to have seen, because I just got within DRS as the crash happened,” he said.

“But to be honest with you, it’s not that easy to overtake Fernando obviously, and he was on a lower rear wing, so I don’t think it would be that easy.”

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