When everything went wrong for one Red Bull driver, the other showed a cool-headed performance and did not flinch from the pressure of his competitors. The protagonist of the Singapore GP this time was Sergio Perez. Let’s take a look at the most interesting facts and statistics from Sunday’s race.
#1 Sergio Perez took his fourth career victory at the Singapore GP, his third with Red Bull, his second of the night and his first from start to finish. It is significant that all three victories at the wheel of “Red Bull” were won on street tracks – this year in Monaco and Singapore, and last year in Baku.
#2 Max Verstappen’s streak of five consecutive victories ended. Over the last five rounds, Verstappen has by far scored the most points of any driver, despite starting from the Top 6 positions in only one of the five rounds since the Hungarian GP held at the end of July.
#3 Once again, Charles Leclair failed to turn pole position into victory. With 18 pole positions in his career, he has overtaken Max Verstappen and caught Mario Andretti, Rene Arnaud and Kimi Raikkonen. In the race, Verstappen achieved 31 successes, but Leclair only five.
Most pole positions without a championship
| Driver | Pole position | Win together | Wins from pole position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valtteri Bottas | 20 | 10 | 6 |
| Rene Arnoux | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| Charles Leclair | 18 | 5 | 4 |
| Stirlings Moss | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| Felipe Masa | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Ronnie Peterson | 14 | 10 | 3 |
| Rubenss Backbone | 14 | 11 | 5 |
#4 The three fastest drivers in qualifying (Leclair, Perez and Hamilton) were separated by just 0.054 seconds, the closest time gap since the 2019 Italian GP. It is true that making a round in Singapore takes more time. Hamilton’s lap was 0.049% longer than LeClair’s, making this par the closest Top 3 qualifier since the 2000 UK round. Also that time, Verstappen qualified eighth… (Max’s father, Joss).
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Graphics: Pirelli#5 Beating Kimi Raikkonen’s record of 350 Grand Prix starts, Fernando Alonso became the most experienced driver after the completed stages. Alonso has actually broken all the records associated with the experience – including the most kilometers covered and the longest time between the first and last stage. The celebration did not go as planned, as the Spanish driver retired after only 20 laps.
#6 George Russell also had a not-so-successful race. The fact that he set the fastest lap of the race came as little consolation after finishing in 14th place. He did not get a point for that, finishing outside the top ten. It is significant that the winner of the fastest lap in the previous two Singapore GPs also finished at the end of the peloton. In both cases it was Kevin Magnussen with 18th in 2018 and 17th in 2019.
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Graphics: Pirelli#7 Although victory eluded again, Ferrari could celebrate the 800th podium as an engine manufacturer. Of these 800 podiums, 794 have been won by the factory team, four by “Sauber”, and one each by “Red Bull” (in 2006) and “Toro Rosso” (in 2008).
Engine manufacturers with the most podiums in F1
| Place | Engine manufacturer | Pedestals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari | 800 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 553 |
| 3 | Ford Cosworth | 535 |
| 4 | Renault | 461 |
| 5 | Honda | 223 |
| 6 | Climax | 104 |
Statistics according to the official name of the engines. For example, the “Renault” number does not include the “Red Bull” podiums from 2016 to 2018, when they were branded under the “TAG Heuer” name.
#8 The figure ‘800’ in Singapore was also reached by “Williams”, however, in a different indicator. The team represented by Alex Albon and Nicolas Latifi became the third team in the history of the championship to participate in 800 races. Before that, it was done by Ferrari (1047 stages) and McLaren (919 races).
#9 Daniel Ricciardo and Lance Stroll achieved their best results of the season in the top six. “McLaren” represented by Ricciardo regained the fourth place in the constructors’ cup, but the joint efforts of Stroll and Vettel allowed “Aston Martin” to climb to the seventh position. The other driver of Aston Martin, Sebastian Vettel, won a respectable eighth place. In his previous 12 attempts at the Marina Bay circuit, Seb has consistently finished in the top fiveapart from 2017, when he retired after winning the pole position due to a collision in the first lap.
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#10 Max Verstappen has the chance to secure his second title at Honda’s home in Japan. In order to do this, he must increase his lead in the overall standings by at least 8 points. It means that winning with the fastest lap will be enough in any case, but the win without the fastest lap will only work if LeClair does not finish second. If Verstappen does not win, securing the title in Japan will only succeed if Leclair and Perez are several positions lower.
