Showing posts with label SingaporeGP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SingaporeGP. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

#F1 #SingaporeGP - Why the Soft Tyre? | 2024 Singapore GP F1 Akkodis Race Debrief: Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team

25 September 2024

From tyre strategies to what we’ll be up to during the break from racing. James Allison, our Technical Director, answers your questions from the Singapore GP in our ‪@Akkodis‬ Race Debrief.

Tough evening in the Lion City



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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

#F1 - NORRIS ROARS IN LION CITY: 2024 #SingaporeGP Wrap: The Inside Line

24 September 2024

Singapore is one of the toughest races on the Formula One calendar, with cockpit temperatures reaching up to 60 degrees Celsius at racing speeds. But in 2024, McLaren’s Lando Norris stayed ice-cool under pressure to deliver another dominant win, his first in Singapore, and ignite his bid for the title with just six races remaining. Watch the video, and tell us what you think in the comments…


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Saturday, September 21, 2024

#F1 - 2024 Singapore Grand Prix - Saturday "Second row lock-out for Sunday" Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

 

Press Information
21 September 2024


 
F1: Session Report
 
2024 Singapore Grand Prix - Saturday 
Second row lock-out for Sunday

 
  • It will be an all Mercedes second row for tomorrow's Singapore Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton lining up third and George Russell fourth.
  • Overnight work from the team trackside and those back at Brackley built on the encouraging finds from FP2's long run.
  • With a changed set-up, both drivers were happier with the car on both the Medium and Soft compounds in FP3; George ended the session P2 with Lewis P7.
  • Qualifying under the lights proved more challenging though with George reporting struggles with rear grip in Q1.
  • Both ultimately progressed to Q3 though where an accident for Carlos Sainz brought out the red flag and denied their first efforts.
  • With just one opportunity therefore, both Lewis and George delivered under pressure to take P3 and P4, just 0.026s separating the pair.
Driver
FP3
Q1
Q2
Q3
Lewis Hamilton
P7
6 Laps
1:30.393
P4
Soft, Soft
5 Laps
1:29.929
P4
Soft,  Soft
5 Laps
1:29.841
P3
Soft, Soft
George Russell
P2
6 Laps
1:30.811
P13
Soft, Soft
6 Laps
1:30.153
P8
Soft,  Soft
5 Laps
1:29.867
P4
Soft, Soft


Lewis Hamilton
I've been working really hard to improve my qualifying performances and to get myself back up at the front on a Saturday. The car came alive today and we had one of our strongest Saturdays in a while. That was a great feeling. Having just one effort in Q3 after the red flag was tricky, and there was perhaps a little bit more left in the car, but overall, I am really grateful for what we achieved today. I also want to say a big thank you to everyone in the garage. We've been moving around on balance all weekend and they've put in a big shift to get the car into a good place. We are now starting from a solid place to fight for the podium tomorrow. We don't know exactly where our race pace will be compared to others, but with the changes we made overnight, it felt like we had improved since Friday. We'll be giving it everything on Sunday. 

George Russell 
If you had told us yesterday that we would qualify on the second row of the grid, we would have absolutely taken that. With the improvements we made overnight though, and how the car felt in FP3, I would have reconsidered. I was feeling super confident in the car, and everything was coming easily. That feeling deserted us in Q1 though and I would have bitten your hand off for P4. We were suffering from a lack of grip and were only just able to progress through each segment to Q3. I was able to put in a decent lap though once we were there and overall, we can't be disappointed with where we have ended the day. We can ultimately see today as a good recovery. Yesterday, we were on course to be watched in the midfield and yet here we are with a second-row lock-out. We would love to be starting further forward but the team has done a great job to get us back on track so a big thank you to them. Hopefully we can go on the attack tomorrow and fight for the podium. 

Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO After a difficult Friday, we would have absolutely accepted, and been happy with, locking out the second row of the grid for tomorrow's race. With the progress we made with the car overnight though, and subsequent pace we showed in FP3, P3 and P4 feels a little underwhelming. With all that said, it is not a bad place to be starting the race from. The fluctuations in performance across Friday and Saturday that has affected many teams has been strange. Ferrari dropped back a little today while Max (Verstappen) took a step forward, along with ourselves. I suspect we will see more of those fluctuations tomorrow, too. Hopefully the work we've done to improve the car from Friday will also translate into our race pace and we can have a competitive Sunday fighting for the podium. 

Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director
After a challenging Friday, it is satisfying to have both cars on the second row after a qualifying session where it would have been easy to finish much further down the order. Our teams back in Brackley and Brixworth did a great job overnight to provide direction for FP3, and as soon as we hit the track, it was clear that both cars were in a much happier place. Qualifying here is always frantic - with rapidly improving track grip in the early stages and the potential jeopardy of yellow or red flags. We had managed to keep two sets of new Soft tires for Q3, but Sainz's accident and the subsequent red flag meant that we only had one shot at it in the final stages. Both Lewis and George did their quickest laps of the weekend to claim the second row and set us up strongly for tomorrow. It's always a demanding race here in Singapore and managing the rear tires will be key tomorrow evening. Safety Cars can offer opportunities to offset or do something different, as we saw last year, and we will be aiming to race for the podium and solid points after some challenging Grands Prix since the summer break.

Friday, September 20, 2024

#F1 #SingaporeGP - 2024 Singapore Grand Prix - Friday "Tricky Friday in the Lion City" Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

 

Press Information
20 September 2024


 
F1: Session Report
 
2024 Singapore Grand Prix - Friday Tricky Friday in the Lion City

 
  • The opening day of running at the Singapore Grand Prix provided plenty of intrigue.
  • The team ran all three compounds across the two practice sessions, gathering plenty of data across both the single lap and long runs.
  • In the late afternoon running of FP1, both drivers used the Hard and Soft compound tires although neither was happy with the overall balance.
  • In FP2, both got a brief look at the Soft tire but the main focus of the hour was the long run on the Medium compound.
  • Lewis and George completed most of their programme, albeit with George's session ending a few minutes early after losing his front-wing following minor contact with the wall at turn 8.
  • The team will now analyze the data and learnings overnight before returning for FP3 tomorrow afternoon.
Driver
FP1
FP2
George Russell
25 Laps
1:33.334
P16
Hard, Soft,  Hard
25 Laps
1:31.488
P7
Medium, Soft,  Medium
Lewis Hamilton
24 Laps
1:32.679
P12
Hard, Soft,  Hard
24 Laps
1:31.709
P11
Medium, Soft,  Medium


George Russell
That was quite a challenging Friday for us. We didn't have the peace of the frontrunners today and we need to work hard overnight to understand why. The car wasn't feeling as well connected as it did here last year, or in recent races. We need to get to the bottom of that if we are to have a weekend where we can challenge at the front. I am sure we will find some answers though once we go through all the data this evening. There were a lot of surprises out there when you looked at the timing screens. Williams and VCARB seemed to be particularly quick compared to recent races, while the Red Bulls looked to be struggling a little. The McLarens and the Ferraris looked to have a comfortable advantage over everyone else meanwhile and we've clearly got work on our hands to be in with a chance of racing them this weekend. Lewis Hamilton It was a very challenging day for us. I didn't feel particularly connected with the car throughout. We tried many different things on the set-up to try and find improvements but couldn't find any major breakthrough. We were working hard as a team to make gains and get closer to the pace at the front, but we weren't able to do so by the end of FP2. It was challenging to know exactly where we should put the car in terms of set-up and that is something we will be working hard on overnight. We need to find some additional speed otherwise we will be looking at a difficult Saturday tomorrow. Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director That was one of the trickier Friday's of the year so far. We experimented with different set-ups across the cars in FP1, aiming to try and counter some of the challenges we'd faced particularly on our Medium tire stint last weekend in Baku. Unfortunately, the track conditions didn't give us a brilliant read on this, so we converged more closely for FP2. Neither driver was particularly happy with the balance throughout the session, although we made some progress on our long run. While that second hour of running was more encouraging, we've still got a good chunk of work to do overnight. McLaren and Ferrari, in particular Norris and Leclerc, looked to be a step ahead of the rest of the field. We will have to find some big improvements to be in the fight with them tomorrow. We've also got one eye on some of the teams behind us. We will need to find gains overnight if we are to have a smoother run through qualifying and that is what we are focused on doing.
 


 

#F1 #SingporeGP Can McLaren keep their lead under the lights in Singapore? 🌃🇸🇬 | The F1 Show | Singapore Grand Prix

20 September 2024

Join us for the F1 show live from Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore.

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