Daniel Ricciardo: “I actually benefit from the Marina Bay Road Circuit. It is certainly one of my favorite tracks.
“I did not race right here final 12 months, so I am trying ahead to being again. It is tremendous sizzling and humid, which is an extra problem. Hopefully we will carry out higher than what we confirmed in Baku. We’re working exhausting as a Workforce to grasp this and enhance. I am excited to get again on this monitor and attempt to rating some factors.”
Yuki Tsunoda: “I am trying ahead to a hassle free weekend in Singapore and as common, our first goal shall be to see if we will get into Q3, having come very shut in Baku. Singapore is an extended and bodily very demanding race, not simply due to the warmth and humidity, which does not really hassle me a lot, but in addition when it comes to the driving, as there is no time to relaxation on the stop-start monitor and you alter gear right here extra typically than at every other occasion. There’s almost at all times a Security Automobile interval so you need to be able to benefit from any alternative. You additionally should cope with very huge monitor evolution, as a lot as 3 seconds per lap from FP1 to Quali. However since final 12 months, once they eliminated a number of the sluggish turns, it is extra enjoyable to drive.”
Alan Permane (Racing Director): “Singapore is an actual evening race and at all times a particular occasion on the System One calendar. It is one of the crucial demanding races on the drivers and most focus is required for the longest period race of the season – it often runs shut to 2 hours. On prime of this, there are sizzling and humid circumstances, together with 19 corners and shut proximity concrete partitions, able to punish the slightest of errors. The vehicles will run with close to most downforce for optimum efficiency and overtaking could be very tough, so there shall be specific concentrate on Saturday night’s qualifying session, which can see the vehicles utilizing the softest tyre in Pirelli’s vary – the C5. The race throws up many strategic choices, with all three compounds being utilized in 2023 and a mixture of one and two stops throughout the sector.”
