2022 Singapore Grand Prix grid

27 comments on “2022 Singapore Grand Prix grid”

1. 

   Paul de Grott
   1st October 2022, 15:06

   Hamilton showing who’s the real goat. Putting the W13 there is mega.

   Verstappen throwing his toys out of the pram, even with his WDC lead.
2. 

   Jere (@jerejj)
   1st October 2022, 15:07

   Confusing pit call at the end. Possibly fuel shortage led to that.
3. 

   MG1982 (@mg1982)
   1st October 2022, 15:08

   And now let it pour with comments of how RBR messed it up bit time with VER, starting 8th instead of 1st!
   1. 

      RomTrain
      1st October 2022, 15:17

      VER would have been at least P4, if he hadnt cancelled his second last lap. Maybe it would have been enough for pole also (at least hadnt he overpaced the tight corners in sector 3).
      1. 

         Ajaxn
         1st October 2022, 15:24

         Unlike Hamilton’s run for 3rd, Verstappen wasn’t showing any hot sector times on that last run. So i doubt verstappen would have made pole. Hamilton close close by 0.0504 of a second. So not much in it for tomorrow’s race.
         1. 

            MG1982 (@mg1982)
            1st October 2022, 16:48

            I just took for granted the graphics, showing that VER improved LEC’s time by more than 0.9sec… but no purple sectors indeed. Also, the commentators expected him to be on PP too and for few seconds wondered too why he didn’t finish his last run.
4. 

   S
   1st October 2022, 15:08

   Good.
   At least someone will do some racing.
   1. 

      PeterG
      1st October 2022, 15:16

      max likely easily drs-ing his way past everyone isn’t what i would call good racing though.

      there is very little proper real actual racing in f1 nowadays which is a shame.

      i watched the 2005 japan gp not too long ago and it was actually great watching drivers have to fight through rather than just waiting for lines on the track allowing them to open the letterbox wings and get a free push of a button pass. if that race took place today it would have been boring and unmemorable because kimi and fernando woudl have been back at the front within 20 laps with a series of boring passes rather than having to spend the whole race coming through with some genuine, exciting and memorable overtakes. and of course we wouldn’t have got that amazing last lap real overtake from the kimster.
      1. 

         wsrgo (@wsrgo)
         1st October 2022, 15:20

         But Raikkonen got to fuel his car up to a point where he basically made half his passes in the pits. Refuelling wasn’t the greatest.
         1. 

            S
            1st October 2022, 15:27

            At least refuelling was a strategic variable that teams could choose – unlike now where they all have the same, all the time, and never get any strategic gain or performance differential from it.
            1. 

               Edvaldo
               1st October 2022, 16:04

               Refuelling was terrible. For every Suzuka 2005 you get a hundred terrible races.
            2. 

               S
               2nd October 2022, 6:48

               For every hundred races in F1, 99 of them will be terrible regardless of refuelling. Many because of the lack of strategic and performance variables that refuelling offers.
         2. 

            MichaelN
            1st October 2022, 15:37

            Everyone got to do that, they just believed having a lighter car at the start would be better for them. And it probably was, as for a lot of people in between Räikkönen and the lead their fight wasn’t with Räikkönen, but with the people around them. Their cars were just too slow to ever get near the podium.
      2. 

         S
         1st October 2022, 15:25

         max likely easily drs-ing his way past everyone isn’t what i would call good racing though.

         Me either, but that’s what F1 is.
         Still, I’ll take it over having all the cars in perfect performance order right from the start.
5. 

   Jim
   1st October 2022, 15:10

   shout out to espn for changing their broadcast lineup so i recorded surfing instead of qualy
6. 

   Moshambles (@moshambles)
   1st October 2022, 15:11

   “Box Max, we’ve spent too much on fuel this season”
7. 

   Ajaxn
   1st October 2022, 15:19

   So Russell didn’t make cut. I’m waiting for the reply on sky, but what happened there?

   Of course Hamilton with his new engine was going to figure, so a deserved 3rd. Also Verstappen being called in on a his final run, was either to save face, as he seemed likely to finish down the order, or he’s had issues, reverting to an older engine. We are likely to enjoy tomorrow. Could this be Hamilton’s first win of the season?
   1. 

      SadgeHands (@sirmito)
      1st October 2022, 15:58

      Russell had a braking issue. Said he felt like he was being pushed into corners by the engine every time he braked.
8. 

   RomTrain
   1st October 2022, 15:20

   Marco just confirmed VER had too little fuel. And he also confirmed that the lap before would have been enough for front row, hadnt VER cancelled it in the last corners.
   1. 

      Ajaxn
      1st October 2022, 15:26

      So Verstappen has, or had the pace then…
      1. 

         Ajaxn
         1st October 2022, 15:28

         Despite Verstappen’s ‘protest’ this could be Redbull gifting Perez a chance of a win, since they have already got both Championship sown up. They might as well be magnanimous and share the wealth.
9. 

   Sviat
   1st October 2022, 15:20

   Not bad for 41-year old Ocon. And I would love to see Alonso on podium (which will not happen, of course; Alpine is too slow).
   Also, tomorrow it’s Red Bull 1-2 and Hamilton. Verstappen will fly by everyone in under 20 laps.
10. 

    knightameer (@knightameer)
    1st October 2022, 15:23

    Binotto to his strategists: “you have 1 full day. Think of newer ways to lose this race.”
    1. 

       Ajaxn
       1st October 2022, 15:30

       L0L, Im sure they’ll have him crawling through the pits, although they could be really adventurous and have a wheel fall off too. ;)
11. 

    Edvaldo
    1st October 2022, 15:29

    Just like in Silverstone, another Q in which Verstappen was clearly the fastest on track and for whatever reason, didn’t set the fastest time.

    He just needed not to botch S3 and it was his. And the only times he did that, he aborted. Very strange.
12. 

    MichaelN
    1st October 2022, 15:32

    So much for all those upgrades from Alpine and Aston Martin, two manufacturer teams who keep being uncompetitive. Never mind McLaren. Hard to believe they were pretty much on Ferrari’s pace last year. They’ve really bungled this year’s campaign.

    Also a bit of a goofy session by Verstappen and Red Bull to throw away not one but two likely pole times. But they’ll probably be up front again soon enough, especially with two other Red Bull cars in between Verstappen and the lead who will find it easy to ‘lose’ a place.

    Russell, Ocon and Bottas disappointing compared to their teammates. Then again, they’re Hamilton, Alonso and… well, Zhou. Good for him!
13. 

    x303 (@x303)
    1st October 2022, 16:48

    Hamilton was so close to pole!
    This season, the W13 has been better in race trim, so a good race, and maybe a win, in possible.

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