Lando Norris’ hopes of claiming a most potential factors rating had been dashed by Daniel Ricciardo within the dying moments of the Singapore Grand Prix.
Hypothesis was rife that Crimson Bull had pressed their second crew, RB, to make use of Ricciardo to deprive Max Verstappen’s closest championship rival of a invaluable level. However did McLaren miss a possibility to render Ricciardo’s efforts irrelevant.
Norris, who brushed the wall twice on his strategy to victory, admitted he was pushing exhausting at one stage within the hope of with the ability to do the identical as Ricciardo, and pit for a set of sentimental tyres on the finish of the race for his personal try on the quickest lap time.
“I used to be flat out,” he mentioned after the race. “I used to be in all probability pushing a bit too exhausting, it was undoubtedly not like I used to be cruising.
“I used to be pushing to open up a spot, and at one level I wished to try to open up a pit window to present myself a possibility to perhaps field on the finish of the race for quickest lap if I wanted to try to obtain that. Daniel stole that away from me on the finish of the race.”
If Norris had acquired the prospect to do a lap on mushy tyres on the finish of the race, he possible wouldn’t have needed to attempt very exhausting to get the bonus level. Ricciardo’s lap time on softs was solely two-tenths of a second sooner than what Norris was able to on an 18-lap-old set of hards.
Norris got here closing to getting the lap he wanted. A pit cease prices round 30 seconds on the Marina Bay circuit and his lead over Verstappen peaked at 29.1s on laps 53-54. However given the potential price of a sluggish pit cease, McLaren would possible have wished a extra comfy margin than simply an additional 0.9 seconds.
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By the top of the race, Verstappen had Norris’ lead down to twenty seconds. The McLaren driver misplaced a major period of time within the closing laps as he took care lapping a three-car prepare comprising Nico Hulkenberg, Sergio Perez and Franco Colapinto.
Was there a possibility earlier than then for Norris to construct up the lead he wanted? He clearly drove with some margin in hand previous to lap 48, when he produced his quickest lap of the race. At that time his lead stood at 26 seconds, so had he pushed tougher on his tyres earlier on, the chance might have existed.
But it surely’s not sure McLaren would have been ready to threat a pit cease in these circumstances. The crew suffered an issue throughout a follow pit cease on Friday which delayed Oscar Piastri’s begin to the primary session of the weekend. Norris may need wanted to twist their arm into letting him make a pit cease, as Verstappen did along with his crew in Austria final yr.
2024 Singapore Grand Prix lap chart
The positions of every driver on each lap. Click on identify to spotlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers utilizing controls beneath:
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2024 Singapore Grand Prix race chart
The gaps between every driver on each lap in comparison with the chief’s common lap time. Very massive gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers utilizing controls beneath:
2024 Singapore Grand Prix lap occasions
All of the lap occasions by the drivers (in seconds, very sluggish laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers utilizing the management beneath:
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2024 Singapore Grand Prix quickest laps
Every driver’s quickest lap:
NB. Magnussen’s quickest lap time was deleted for a observe limits infringement.
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2024 Singapore Grand Prix tyre methods
The tyre methods for every driver:
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2024 Singapore Grand Prix pit cease occasions
How lengthy every driver’s pit stops took:
| Rank | # | Driver | Workforce | Full cease time (s) | Hole to greatest (s) | Cease no. | Lap no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 28.739 | 1 | 27 | |
| 2 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Crimson Bull | 28.99 | 0.251 | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 29.042 | 0.303 | 1 | 36 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 29.066 | 0.327 | 2 | 46 |
| 5 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 29.091 | 0.352 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 29.126 | 0.387 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 29.152 | 0.413 | 1 | 38 |
| 8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 29.251 | 0.512 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 29.272 | 0.533 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | 29.36 | 0.621 | 1 | 34 |
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 29.385 | 0.646 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 29.601 | 0.862 | 1 | 29 |
| 13 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 29.653 | 0.914 | 3 | 58 |
| 14 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Crimson Bull | 29.655 | 0.916 | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 29.662 | 0.923 | 1 | 33 |
| 16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 29.707 | 0.968 | 1 | 28 |
| 17 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams | 29.772 | 1.033 | 1 | 29 |
| 18 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 29.808 | 1.069 | 1 | 29 |
| 19 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 29.816 | 1.077 | 1 | 26 |
| 20 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 30.316 | 1.577 | 1 | 10 |
| 21 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 30.423 | 1.684 | 1 | 33 |
| 22 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 31.291 | 2.552 | 2 | 49 |
| 23 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 31.509 | 2.77 | 1 | 37 |
