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Race Notes Lance Stroll finished 14th and Sergey Sirotkin 19th in the Singapore Grand Prix Sergey started on the ultrasoft Pirelli tyre in P19, with Lance P20 on the soft Pirelli tyre The Safety Car was immediately deployed on the first lap Sergey picked up debris so made an early stop, switching to the soft tyre on lap 3 as […]
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Sergey Sirotkin qualified 19th and Lance Stroll 20th for the Singapore Grand Prix Both cars qualified on the Pirelli hypersoft tyre Lance was the faster of the two on his initial run, setting a 1:41.334 to go P12 while Sergey managed a 1:42.724 to go P13 Both cars pitted for new tyres and Sergey went faster on his second run, […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: One of our main objectives for FP1 was for the drivers to get to know the circuit, as it’s very long and quite complicated. As Sergey hadn’t previously driven in Singapore, this was particularly important. We also conducted several aerodynamic tests on each car. In FP2, we did our first running on the hypersoft, we […]
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Paddy Lowe We head to the Marina Bay street circuit this week to start the final international leg of the season. The circuit is famous for hosting the first ever Formula One night race, and the unique atmosphere created under the floodlights make it unlike anywhere else we go. The circuit requires high downforce and good mechanical grip, and is […]
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Lance Stroll finished P10 and Sergey Sirotkin P11 in the Italian Grand PrixBoth cars started the race on the supersoft Pirelli tyre, with Lance starting P10 and Sergey P12Lance and Sergey both enjoyed clean starts to the race, and made up several positions on the opening lap before the Safety Car was deployedLance ran as high as eighth, before pitting […]
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Lance Stroll qualified 10th and Sergey Sirotkin 12th for the Italian Grand PrixBoth cars qualified on the Pirelli supersoft tyreIn the opening session, both drivers set consistently quicker laptimes, with Sergey P11 and Lance P13 at the end of Q1Both drivers set one-timed lap each in Q2, with Sergey crossing the line P12 and Lance P8, taking the team into […]
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Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: We had a biblical rain storm first thing this morning which meant we didn’t achieve too much in FP1 in the mixed conditions. We got a balance on the wet tyres and checked the rear wing in wet conditions, but all of our normal work needed to be done in FP2. We ran a regular programme […]
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Paddy Lowe Straight on from Belgium we go to Italy for the final European race of the season. Monza always has a great atmosphere as the fans come out in their droves to support Formula One. It’s another iconic track within a unique park setting inside the city. The circuit is one of the fastest of the year but despite […]
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Sergey Sirotkin finished 12th and Lance Stroll 13th in the Belgian Grand PrixBoth cars started the race on the soft Pirelli tyre, with Sergey starting P15 and Lance P16Sergey and Lance made up several positions at the start of the race, following multiple incidents into turn oneThe Safety Car was immediately deployed before pitting on lap fourSergey ran as high […]
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Sergey Sirotkin qualified 18th and Lance Stroll 19th for the Belgian Grand PrixBoth drivers qualified on the Pirelli supersoft tyreLance was the faster of the two on his initial run, setting a 1:45.593 to go P11 while Sergey managed a 1:45.850 to go P12Both cars pitted for new tyres and went faster on their second runs, with Sergey recording a […]
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