“After a really tough Friday, we’d have seemingly taken P4 within the Grand Prix,” Russell stated. “Our tempo in qualifying nevertheless made us imagine we may obtain extra. Right now was little question a tough race for us, each difficult by way of our tempo but in addition bodily.
“The McLarens had been very spectacular and in one other league to us, while Max [Verstappen] had the legs on us. We had been in a position to maintain off the Ferrari of Charles within the closing phases, so it was very a lot a night of harm limitation. Given the tempo of the automobile, that was the easiest we may have achieved.”
Russell regarded visibly drained within the aftermath of a tricky and gruelling race, calling his cockpit a “sauna” halfway by the night. The race was made tougher by the very fact there was no Security Automotive for the primary time in Singapore’s historical past. That gave the drivers no respite throughout the 62-lap outing, the hassle of defending late on from the charging Ferrari clearly taking its toll on the Brit.
Hamilton likewise was left exhausted by a race during which he needed to struggle his approach again by the midfield after his sooner than superb pit cease to eliminate the smooth tyres, with solely Daniel Ricciardo additionally making an attempt the unfavoured alternate technique for RB.
