On the surface, the Singapore Grand Prix looked to be disappointing for Stoffel Vandoorne, but the Belgian believes he was unlucky not to score points.
Sauber driver Leclerc benefited from strong pace and incidents for others to finish ninth in Singapore, hauling points for the first time since the Austrian Grand Prix.
Ferrari driver Vettel clouted the wall on the exit of Turn 21 on his qualifying simulation in second practie and immediately returned to the pits, losing valuable track time.
There was little doubt in Tifosi minds about what the outcome of the Italian Grand Pirx would be, with both scarlet cars on the front-row. Only it didn’t work out as they hoped…
Red Bull driver Verstappen was set to take a podium at Monza, before a late clash with the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas resulted in a five seconds time penalty, dropping him to an evantual fifth place.
Ferrari locked-out the front-row at Monza in qualifying, with Kimi Räikkönen taking his pole position with the fastest lap in F1 history. Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton separated by just 0.014s.
Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley believes that as F1 teams run less downfroce at Monza, the racing spectacle will be improved.
Williams driver Sergey Sirotkin will be looking e the first points of his F1 career, at a track he knows well.
Swedish driver Ericsson secured his fourth points finish of the season, claiming tenth place in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa.
McLaren had hoped that a switch from Honda to Renault power units, would improve the fortunes of the Woking based squad, but so far the 2018 season has been more down than up.
Belgian driver Vandoorne felt he had the pace to end a four-race streak of being eliminated in Q1, but a series of unfortunate events led to a P16 grid slot.
On a track where it was expected to challenge for pole position, Red Bull could only manage seventh and 12th on the Hungarian Grand Prix grid.
Lewis Hamilton recovered from 14th to take a fourth win of the season, after title rival Sebastian Vettel crashed out late on. Valtteri Bottas completes Mercedes 1-2 with Kimi Räikkönen on the podium.
After testing new upgrades on Friday, Williams made it through to Q2, with Russian driver Sergey Sirotkin lining up twelfth on the grid, an equal career best.
Force India driver Pérez praised his team’s efforts on Saturday at the Hockenheimring, adding that securing a tenth place start wasn’t easy.
McLaren driver Alonso advanced into Q2 at Hockenheim, but was knocked out in the segment and will start in P11.
Renault driver Nico Hülkenberg praised the work the team did on Friday in Germany, including extensive evaluations of a new front wing.
