Sooo, who’s excited for a Singapore sprint next season? 😂

Not the most thrilling race we’ve seen, at least not for the right reasons. I feel like what I’ll remember most is Alonso’s 9-second pit stop and ensuing team radios, as well as Hamilton crawling towards the finish line without brakes on the final lap. These races where the tyres just last forever tend to compound the issues of dirty air and performance convergence that leads to problems overtaking. Still, we really shouldn’t have Softs doing 35 laps around here surely?

There were some good drives sprinkled in there though and even some overtakes, unfortunately the broadcast didn’t show many of them. Bearman’s was probably the best one, but Alonso posted like 7 on track overtakes, which is damn good for being Singapore. It’s almost unbelievable he got back to 8th (7th after the penalty) despite the pit stop blunder. Antonelli had a decent drive too all things considered and managed to recover from his poor start. Hamilton was actually driving really well until the brakes gave out, in particular on that final softs stint where he was flying. Sainz final stint getting into the points through like 4 overtakes in 7 minutes was crazy and completely missed by the broadcast.

Commanding drive from Russel who is still somehow underrated. He has to be the most disrespected driver on the grid right now, just so fast and so consistent. An out and out title fight between him and Max would be box office. I really hope we get the machinery for that next year.

Alonso easily driver of the day, both for his driving and his team radios.