Lando Norris gained the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix. Becoming a member of the McLaren driver on the rostrum have been Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri who crossed the road in second and third place, respectively.
Lap 1: Lando Norris, after ranging from pole place, manages to maintain his championship rival Max Verstappen at bay and keep his lead into Flip 1. A comparatively clear begin other than Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz, and Alex Albon working off however all are in a position to return to the observe. Albon’s teammate Franco Colapinto had a improbable begin by diving up the within to realize 4 positions.
Lap 2: Lando Norris already has a 1.1 second hole to Max Verstappen behind him.
Lap 4: George Russell, working behind his Mercedes teammate in fourth place, claims Lewis Hamilton “wants to extend the tempo a bit.”
Lap 9: Lando Norris, who now has a 3-second lead on Max Verstappen, is instructed by McLaren to attempt to lengthen this to five seconds.
Lap 11: Daniel Ricciardo is the primary to pit, he places on new medium tires. In the meantime, Lando Norris has now managed to increase his result in 5 seconds as McLaren requested.
Lap 12: Alex Albon, who was closely impacted by the beginning of the race, is the following automotive to come back into the pits. Williams opts for laborious tires.
Lap 14: Lando Norris continues to construct his lead which is now at 8 seconds. Additional again within the discipline, Carlos Sainz goes into the pits for laborious tires.
Lap 17: Alex Albon is pressured to retire from the race because of the automotive overheating.
We’ve needed to retire Alex’s automotive from the Singapore GP on account of a suspected PU / cooling challenge.
This shall be investigated additional publish race.
— Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing) September 22, 2024
Lap 18: Lewis Hamilton pits from third. He alters from gentle to laborious tires. The British driver comes out within the thirteenth place.
Lap 20: Lando Norris is on his option to constructing a lot of a lead that he might get a free pitstop. His lead is at present 14.5 seconds.
Lap 21: Lewis Hamilton studies to Mercedes that he might have clipped the wall. Nonetheless, all see appears to be okay with the W15.
Lap 26: Lewis Hamilton shouldn’t be pleased with the tire technique chosen by Mercedes. He feedback to the staff: “You are killing me with this offset, mate.” The seven-time champion believes they stopped too early within the race.
Lap 28: Lando Norris has now constructed a 22.709-second lead from Max Verstappen. In the meantime, George Russell pits from fourth place. He comes out in eighth place after a 2.2-second cease.
Lap 29: Sergio Perez comes into the pits from seventh place and comes out forward of Zhou Guanyu in 14th postion.
Lap 30: Lando Norris studies he has some entrance wing harm to McLaren. He locked up into Flip 14 and clipped the wall. On the identical time, Max Verstappen pits from second place. The Dutchman comes out simply behind Charles Leclerc in 4th. Esteban Ocon, Franco Colapinto, and Nico Hulkenberg all comply with swimsuit with pit stops.
Max Verstappen shouldn’t be glad concerning the timing of his pit cease, he fumes to Crimson Bull: “I simply do not get it why we let him undercut us by up to now. It is simply so silly!”
Lap 31: Lando Norris pits from the lead and the McLaren staff decides to not change the entrance wing so there may be both no harm or it’s minimal. He comes out nonetheless within the lead.
Lap 33: McLaren informs Lando Norris: “We see a small challenge with the entrance wing, nothing critical.”
Lap 38: Oscar Piastri is named to the pits from the second place. The Australian driver comes again out in fifth place behind Lewis Hamilton. He’ll most probably now go to the tip on the laborious tires so might have pulled off the right undercut on the Mercedes drivers.
Lap 43: Ferrari instructs Carlos Sainz to let Charles Leclerc cross.
Lap 45: Lando Norris clips the wall once more at Flip 10 however avoids extreme harm.
Lap 48: Sergio Perez studies bouncing points to Crimson Bull: “I am bouncing round like a Kangaroo.”
Lap 50: Charles Leclerc overtakes Lewis Hamilton for fifth place. There was not a lot the Mercedes driver might do with the Monegasque on newer tires.
Lap 51: Kevin Magnussen clips the wall at Flip 5 inflicting a puncture to the rear left tire. The Danish driver is ready to get again to the pits and proceed with the race.
Lap 52: George Russell studies to Mercedes: “I’ve understeer and I’ve oversteer.”
Lap 54: Franco Colapinto is closing in on Sergio Perez. The Argentine driver is 1.7 seconds behind Sergio Perez. If he is ready to get an overtake carried out in time, then he’ll take the tenth place.
Lap 60: Kevin Magnussen has been pressured to retire from the race. He retires within the pits so doesn’t disrupt the race.
1. Lando Norris
2. Max Verstappen
3. Oscar Piastri
4. George Russell
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Carlos Sainz
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Nico Hulkenberg
10. Sergio Perez
11. Franco Colapinto
12. Yuki Tsunoda
13. Esteban Ocon
14. Lance Stroll
15. Zhou Guanyu
16. Valtteri Bottas
17. Pierre Gasly
18. Daniel Ricciardo – Quickest Lap
19. Kevin Magnussen – DNF
20. Alex Albon – DNF