The Singapore Grand Prix is all the time one of the crucial difficult of the season – particularly when there may be not a single Security Automotive intervention to supply respite for drivers in addition to alternatives.
However as one driver dominated the weekend, others all through the sector stood out for ending forward of a number of rivals in sooner vehicles, whereas others merely underperformed or had been responsible of foolish errors.
Listed here are the RaceFans driver scores for the Singapore Grand Prix.
A information to RaceFans’ driver scores system
RaceFans’ driver scores system assesses driver efficiency throughout all three days of a grand prix weekend. Naturally, performances throughout aggressive periods – qualifying, dash races and grands prix – will carry probably the most weight to their ranking.
Nonetheless, observe efficiency can have an effect on a driver’s weekend ranking within the occasion of a significant mistake, akin to a crash, constant errors all through observe periods or if a driver exhibits a notably spectacular pace all through all free observe periods relative to their staff mate.
The system makes an attempt to bear in mind the relative efficiency of every driver’s automotive and the anticipated outcomes from that, which means {that a} driver who wins a race in a automotive clearly superior to the remainder of the sector could not essentially rating as extremely as a driver who claims a low factors end in a midfield automotive.
Rankings additionally try and bear in mind mitigating components exterior of a driver’s management. If a driver is compelled to overlook appreciable observe time on account of automotive issues, is the sufferer of being blocked in qualifying, finishes far decrease than anticipated due to a closely botched pit cease or suffers another misfortune they can’t be moderately anticipated to regulate, their ranking shouldn’t be penalised.
RaceFans charges every driver’s weekend efficiency on a scale of 0 to 10, the place ‘5’ is taken into account to be a usually common weekend efficiency from a usually common Components 1 driver.
Here’s a tough information to every attainable rating:
N/A – Not relevant – No ranking is given as the driving force didn’t sufficiently take part within the aggressive periods
0 – Disqualified – Solely in probably the most excessive occasion the place a driver’s conduct disqualifies them from participation
1 – Appalling – An appalling show that brings a driver’s competency underneath speedy query
2 – Terrible – A really, very poor efficiency of repeated errors with nearly no redeeming qualities
3 – Very unhealthy – Way more negatives than positives throughout the weekend which a driver must be very disillusioned with
4 – Underperformance – Driver failed to realize the bottom stage anticipated for a Components 1 driver
5 – Acceptable – The usual stage of efficiency that must be anticipated from an F1 driver
6 – Good – An honest general efficiency throughout the weekend, however not among the best
7 – Excellent – A powerful efficiency throughout the weekend that any driver must be very happy with
8 – Good – A really nice weekend the place the driving force stood out as one of many best of the sector
9 – Distinctive – An impressive efficiency that ranks as among the best, if not the perfect, of all the season
10 – Legendary – One of many few all-time biggest performances by a driver within the historical past of Components 1
Max Verstappen – 8/10
Certified: 2nd (+11 locations forward of staff mate, -0.899s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: 2nd (+8 locations forward of staff mate)
▶ Secured entrance row begin however misplaced finest Q3 lap to yellow flags
▲ Held off Hamilton to maintain second firstly
▶ Unable to match Norris’s tempo in first stint
▶ Pitted for laborious tyres however continued to fall additional behind
▲ Closed up hole to Norris forward however completed over 20 seconds adrift in second
Though Verstappen had little reply for McLaren’s superior efficiency in Singapore, he continued to exhibit the qualities that look prone to safe him a fourth consecutive world championship. He arguably maximised his outcomes on Saturday and Sunday, and will have been sooner in qualifying had he not misplaced his finest lap due to Sainz’s crash. Ending second in a automotive that was doubtless not among the many high two quickest on the grid exhibits that he could make the distinction when it counts.
Sergio Perez – 4/10
Certified: thirteenth (-11 locations behind staff mate, +0.899s)
Begin: +3 locations
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: tenth (-8 locations behind staff mate)
▼ Knocked out of Q2 in thirteenth complaining about his tyres
▲ Picked up three locations on opening lap to take a seat tenth
▶ Unable to cross Colapinto regardless of a number of laps of DRS earlier than pitting for hards
▶ Undercut Colapinto however then bought caught behind Hulkenberg for a number of laps
▶ Took remaining level in tenth, one lap down
Perez described his Singapore Grand Prix as “an entire catastrophe”. Whereas he was referring extra to his technique failing to present him a possibility to undercut extra vehicles forward of him, he might solely actually have himself in charge for, but once more, being to date off his staff mate.
Lewis Hamilton – 6/10
Certified: third (+1 place forward of staff mate, -0.026s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (S-H)
Completed: sixth (-2 locations behind staff mate)
▲ Beat staff mate to qualify third on the grid
▶ Began on softs however needed to accept remaining third at begin
▶ Made early cease for laborious tyres, rejoining thirteenth
▶ Handed a number of slower vehicles however was overcut by staff mate to take a seat fourth
▶ Overtaken by Piastri, then caught and handed by Leclerc
▶ Completed a pissed off sixth, nearly 25s behind staff mate
Mercedes had been maybe lucky that Hamilton was excused from media duties after the race on account of heat-related fatigue as he was already scorching sufficient underneath the collar as it’s following his staff’s technique in Singapore. Beginning on smooth tyres was clearly a ploy to leap Verstappen and probably even Norris, however as soon as that didn’t occur, it was all the time going to be an extended night time for Hamilton. He light to sixth place on the end, however he had hardly been given the perfect alternative to battle for the next putting, save for a Security Automotive that by no means got here.
George Russell – 6/10
Certified: 4th (-1 place behind staff mate, +0.026s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: 4th (+2 locations forward of staff mate)
▼ Broken entrance wing at flip eight in second observe
▶ Lined up proper behind staff mate in fourth on grid
▶ Ran behind Hamilton till he had pitted, then stopped for laborious tyres
▶ Ran fifth after pitting, gaining third when Leclerc and Piastri pitted
▶ Overtaken by Piastri, then underneath strain from Leclerc
▲ Held off Leclerc to complete fourth
Russell may very well be happy with fourth place in Singapore, however had been hoping for extra from his staff’s qualifying positions. In contrast to his staff mate, Russell was given a standard technique and made it work, managing to maintain Leclerc at bay within the remaining laps regardless of nearly 10-lap older tyres. However after being out-qualified by his staff mate and never making any passes on observe within the race, it’s laborious to justify the next rating.
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Charles Leclerc – 6/10
Certified: ninth (+1 place forward of staff mate, -0.361s)
Begin: +1 place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: fifth (+2 locations forward of staff mate)
▼ Certified ninth after shedding solely Q3 lap for observe limits
▶ Ran behind Alonso early, extending opening stint
▶ Pitted for hards on lap 36, rejoining eighth
▲ Overtook Alonso to take seventh, then let by means of by staff mate
▲ Handed Hamilton for fifth however unable to overhaul Russell regardless of catching him late
▶ Completed fifth, 1.4 seconds behind Russell
Not one in all Leclerc’s finest weekends by his personal admission. Though he complained about his chilly tyres in qualifying, he later accepted he nonetheless ought to have stayed inside observe limits of his one Q3 lap. Made higher work of his restoration within the race than his staff mate, however fell wanting getting the automotive again to the place it in all probability ought to have been had he been capable of cross Russell.
Carlos Sainz Jnr – 5/10
Certified: tenth (-1 place behind staff mate, +0.361s)
Begin: -2 locations
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: seventh (-2 locations behind staff mate)
▼ Crashed out of Q3, leaving him tenth on the grid
▶ Fined for crossing the observe with out permission after crash
▼ Dropped two locations firstly when spooked by Colapinto at flip one
▶ Unable to overhaul Tsunoda and pitted early for laborious tyres
▶ Overtook a number of vehicles to rise as much as sixth place earlier than caught by staff mate
▶ Allowed Leclerc by means of, falling to seventh the place he would end
On one hand, seventh place was a good consequence for Sainz after beginning down in tenth. However given the tempo of the Ferrari, it was nonetheless an underwhelming consequence. All of it got here all the way down to his Q3 crash, which, whereas weird, he couldn’t be excused for. He additionally gave away locations firstly by leaving an excessive amount of house to the within at flip one, which Colapinto took full benefit of. He might have achieved worse than seventh, however ought to have completed larger too.
Lando Norris – 7/10
Certified: Pole (+4 locations forward of staff mate, -0.428s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: Winner (+2 locations forward of staff mate)
▲ Secured fourth pole in six races
▲ Held the lead from pole for the primary time in his profession
▲ Pulled away from Verstappen with superior tempo
▼ Suffered minor entrance wing injury with mistake in flip 14
▶ Pitted for laborious tyres and rejoined in lead
▲ Managed tempo out entrance to win by 20s after main each lap
The dominant winner in Singapore, took pole place, led each lap of the race and gained by over 20 seconds. So why not the next rating? For 2 important causes. First, Verstappen’s lack of ability to match his tempo within the opening stint, with Norris capable of simply drop right into a sooner rhythm of lap occasions, exhibits how a lot of a efficiency benefit he loved along with his McLaren on Sunday. Secondly, Norris’ fully unforced error on lap 29 noticed him drop a number of seconds and injury his automotive, nonetheless barely. If Verstappen had been proper behind him, that would have simply been a race-losing error. As such, he misses the edge for the next grade.
Oscar Piastri – 6/10
Certified: fifth (-4 locations behind staff mate, +0.428s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: third (-2 locations behind staff mate)
▼ Didn’t maximise qualifying place, three tenths slower in Q3 than Q2
▶ Misplaced a spot to Hulkenberg firstly however reclaimed it into flip seven
▶ Prolonged opening stint till lap 38, then pitted for laborious tyres
▲ Rejoined fifth, rapidly passing Hamilton and Russell to achieve third
▶ Unable to make up hole to Verstappen forward, claiming remaining podium spot in third
Following his glorious exhibiting the earlier weekend in Baku, Singapore was one other spherical like Zandvoort the place Piastri was simply not capable of match Norris over Saturday and Sunday. Though he underperformed in qualifying, he did make up for it with two sturdy overtakes on the Mercedes. However given the power of his McLaren and the tyre benefit he had, these passes aren’t sufficient to earn him the next grade.
Fernando Alonso – 7/10
Certified: seventh (+10 locations forward of staff mate, -0.41s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: eighth (+6 locations forward of staff mate)
▲ Squeaked into Q3 earlier than qualifying seventh
▶ Held place firstly to run behind Hulkenberg however unable to cross
▶ Pitted for laborious tyres to undercut Hulkenberg, then handed by Leclerc on new tyres
▲ Saved tempo with Sainz forward and didn’t enable Hulkenberg inside DRS vary
▲ Claimed eighth place as ‘better of the remaining’, one lap down
Given the place Alonso began and completed, Aston Martin might hardly have hoped for something higher than eighth in a race with no single retirement in a high staff. He jumped Hulkenberg within the pits and completed proper behind Sainz to attain 4 well-earned factors, however given the tyre age benefit he had over the Ferrari, it feels too beneficiant to award him something larger.
Lance Stroll – 4/10
Certified: seventeenth (-10 locations behind staff mate, +0.41s)
Begin: -1 place
Technique: One-stop (H-M)
Completed: 14th (-6 locations behind staff mate)
▼ Didn’t progress out of Q1 to start out seventeenth
▶ Began on hards however dropped behind Gasly firstly to run in 18th
▶ Pitted for mediums on lap 26, falling final
▶ Ran behind Magnussen earlier than gaining his place when he punctured his tyre
▶ Completed 14th, nearly 50 seconds behind staff mate
The stats above inform the story of Stroll’s weekend higher than any textual content abstract might. As Alonso reached Q3 and was within the combine for factors, Stroll regarded like he was driving a distinct automotive to his staff mate. Though he made no main errors over the weekend, Stroll was merely sluggish, even when his technique didn’t repay for him.
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Pierre Gasly – 5/10
Certified: 18th (-3 locations behind staff mate, +0.354s)
Begin: +1 place
Technique: One-stop (M-S)
Completed: seventeenth (-4 locations behind staff mate)
▼ Baffled by lack of tempo in qualifying after eradicated in Q1
▶ Handed Stroll firstly, then prolonged opening stint
▶ Tried to carry up rivals to learn staff mate
▶ Pitted for laborious tyres on lap 37 and fell to final after sluggish cease
▶ Unable to cross Bottas due to Sauber’s staff ways, having to accept seventeenth
Not probably the most enjoyable Singapore Grand Prix for Gasly, who felt like he was by no means actually given an opportunity by the universe over the weekend. He couldn’t appear to match his staff mate in qualifying, whereas his staff rolled the cube on an extended opening stint hoping for a Security Automotive that by no means got here. Then, his efforts to attempt to cross Bottas had been pissed off by Sauber’s staff ways. Understandably, he left pissed off along with his lowly ending place.
Esteban Ocon – 6/10
Certified: fifteenth (+3 locations forward of staff mate, -0.354s)
Begin: +2 locations
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: thirteenth (+4 locations forward of staff mate)
▶ Reached Q2, in contrast to staff mate, earlier than being eradicated slowest in fifteenth
▲ Handed Magnussen and Albon firstly to take a seat thirteenth in early laps
▶ Pitted for laborious tyres and ran between Tsunoda and Magnussen
▲ Overtook ailing Ricciardo to say thirteenth place the place he would end
Not a nasty weekend in any respect for Ocon at a circuit the place Alpine appeared to be missing in comparison with lots of their midfield rivals. He was the sooner of the staff’s two drivers, had begin and didn’t make any errors – in contrast to the earlier weekend.
Alexander Albon – 5/10
Certified: eleventh (+1 place forward of staff mate, -0.007s)
Begin: -4 locations
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: twentieth (-9 locations behind staff mate)
▶ Had sole advantage of revised suspension for weekend
▶ Simply missed out on Q3 by 0.026s
▼ Misplaced 4 locations firstly to take a seat fifteenth earlier than early cease for hards
▶ Pressured to retire on lap 15 with overheating automotive
Albon had a irritating weekend in Singapore. Though he out-qualified his staff mate, he admitted to leaving time on the board in qualifying and had an upgraded automotive. He misplaced too many locations firstly, however there was little he might do about his retirement. Maybe he would have fought again over the course of the race, however sadly, we’ll by no means know.
Franco Colapinto – 7/10
Certified: twelfth (-1 place behind staff mate, +0.007s)
Begin: +3 locations
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: eleventh (+9 locations forward of staff mate)
▶ Ran with out revised suspension over weekend
▲ Eradicated from Q2 in twelfth however matched staff mate’s time
▲ Gained three positions firstly with excellently-judged transfer into flip one
▶ Saved forward of Perez till pitting for laborious tyres at mid level of race
▶ Undercut by Perez and unable to get inside DRS vary of the Pink Bull
▶ Completed eleventh, admitting to “struggling bodily” in later laps
Three rounds into his Components 1 profession, which have included two of the hardest circuits on the calendar, Colapinto continues to show that he’s an F1-worthy expertise. Though his automotive was not the identical spec as his staff mate’s, Colapinto matched Albon in qualifying and even believed he would have reached Q3 with a tidier lap. He earned reward from Perez who couldn’t get round him and by no means regarded misplaced in a gaggle of vehicles together with Alonso, Hulkenberg and Perez. Additionally, his transfer into flip one firstly was as beautifully judged because it was courageous. One other spectacular weekend.
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Yuki Tsunoda – 6/10
Certified: eighth (+8 locations forward of staff mate, -0.369s)
Begin: -3 locations
Technique: One-stop (M-S)
Completed: twelfth (+6 locations forward of staff mate)
▲ Reached Q3 to safe sturdy eighth on the grid
▼ Dropped three locations on the primary lap to take a seat eleventh early
▶ Ran lengthy first stint earlier than pitting for softs on lap 33
▶ Rejoined behind staff mate and was allowed previous
▶ Ran in twelfth place till the end, working out of laps to catch Colapinto
Contemplating the place he had began after a really sturdy qualifying efficiency, Tsunoda was understandably disillusioned to drop out of rivalry for factors. However a lot of that got here all the way down to the beginning of the race, the place he was one of many drivers caught out by the squeeze into flip one. His aggressive medium-soft technique was in all probability not the perfect in hindsight, but it surely’s comprehensible that the staff banked on a attainable Security Automotive. As soon as once more, he was the stronger of the 2 RB drivers throughout the weekend.
Daniel Ricciardo – 5/10
Certified: sixteenth (-8 locations behind staff mate, +0.369s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: Three-stop (S-M-S-S)
Completed: 18th (-6 locations behind staff mate)
▼ Knocked out of Q1 to his disgust
▶ Opted for softs firstly however remained sixteenth earlier than pitting first for mediums
▲ Handed each Saubers and Gasly earlier than letting staff mate by
▼ Misplaced two locations in a single nook as tyres light earlier than second cease for softs
▶ Known as in by staff in later laps for quickest lap try on newer softs
▶ Completed 18th however took quickest lap on penultimate lap
If that seems to be Ricciardo’s remaining grand prix, it was clearly not how the a lot cherished veteran would have preferred his final chapter on this planet championship to finish. By no means on the extent of his staff mate – not for the primary time this yr – Ricciardo’s race was not helped by his staff’s aggressive technique both. He bought to tug off a couple of overtaking strikes and even bought the possibility to take the quickest lap by his staff. However sadly, it appears Ricciardo won’t ever get again to the efficiency he demonstrated on the peak of his powers.
Valtteri Bottas – 5/10
Certified: nineteenth (+1 place forward of staff mate, -0.482s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (H-M)
Completed: sixteenth (-1 place behind staff mate)
▶ Eradicated from Q1 however forward of staff mate
▶ Took begin on hards and held place
▼ Suffered with overheating brakes early, shedding nineteenth to staff mate after error in flip 5
▶ Ran behind staff mate till pitting for mediums, undercutting Gasly
▶ Avoided Gasly with assist of staff mate to complete seventeenth
Bottas has been the clear higher performer of the 2 Sauber drivers for the majority of the season that it stands out when he’s overwhelmed. His overheating brakes led him right into a mistake at flip 5 which misplaced him a spot to his staff mate, but it surely was shocking that he by no means managed to reclaim that place. Though he saved forward of Gasly over the ultimate stint, he had his staff mate to thank for that as he intentionally saved Bottas inside DRS vary to neutralise the specter of Gasly.
Zhou Guanyu – 6/10
Certified: twentieth (-1 place behind staff mate, +0.482s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (H-M)
Completed: fifteenth (+1 place forward of staff mate)
▼ Knocked out slowest in F1 however half a second behind staff mate
▶ Began on laborious tyres to run behind staff mate in early laps
▲ Pulled off nice cross on staff mate across the exterior of flip seven to achieve nineteenth
▶ Pitted for mediums and undercut Gasly to take a seat 18th
▲ Intentionally saved staff mate inside a second to learn from DRS to defend from Gasly
▶ Gained fifteenth when Magnussen and Ricciardo pitted, the place he would end
Zhou’s F1 future could dangle within the stability, however whereas he’s thought of to be within the lowest echelon of drivers within the present discipline, he confirmed that he’s no slouch in Singapore. In a race with no Security Automobiles, driving the slowest automotive within the discipline, he deserves credit score for ending fifteenth. His opportunistic transfer on Bottas early on was among the many better of the day (night time) after which he earned the reward of his staff for serving to Bottas to maintain Gasly at bay. He simply wants to unravel his qualifying issues.
Nico Hulkenberg – 8/10
Certified: sixth (+8 locations forward of staff mate, -0.503s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: One-stop (M-H)
Completed: ninth (+10 locations forward of staff mate)
▲ Reached Q3 to safe high six begin
▶ Handed Piastri into flip one however overtaken into flip seven
▶ Held off Alonso till overtaken by Leclerc and pitting for hards
▶ Undercut by Alonso and Sainz to run ninth
▲ Held off Perez over whole remaining stint to safe two factors in seventh
Hulkenberg continues to provide a few of the most excellent performances within the discipline on a reasonably common foundation. In Singapore it was laborious to suppose how his weekend might have gone higher, even when he himself wasn’t absolutely pleased along with his race. He went backwards from the place he began, however contemplating the vehicles who bought by him over the race, they need to have been forward of him on the grid to start with. Holding off Alonso for all the first stint and Perez for the second was a wonderful effort.
Kevin Magnussen – 4/10
Certified: 14th (-8 locations behind staff mate, +0.503s)
Begin: Held place
Technique: Two-stop (H-M-S)
Completed: nineteenth (-10 locations behind staff mate)
▶ Ran with old-spec entrance wing over weekend
▶ Reached Q2 however eradicated 14th
▶ Began on laborious tyres and ran 14th early on
▶ Pitted for mediums simply earlier than half distance, rejoining behind Ocon
▲ Pulled off opportunistic cross on Ricciardo after Ocon overtook him
▼ Punctured left-rear tyre hitting wall at flip 5, forcing him to pit
▶ Pulled in to retire with 5 laps remaining
As Magnussen heads into the sundown of his F1 profession, his remaining Singapore Grand Prix encapsulated a lot about him as a driver. He was out-qualified by his staff mate, confirmed strong race tempo and good racing instincts to cross Ricciardo instantly after Ocon. Then, he threw it away with a easy error the place he clipped the wall. Even when he had an previous entrance wing, that doesn’t clarify the gulf between the 2 Haas drivers this weekend.
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