The main objective of theAston Martin for the Grand Prix of Singapore will be to close the Asian weekend in the points zone with both drivers, also in order to reduce or cancel the delay in the constructors’ standings from AlphaTauri and Haas, stuck at 8 and 9 points respectively. A not too remote goal for the British team, even more so after the outcome of qualifying on the Marina Bay circuit.
In particular, Sebastian Vettel will use all his experience accumulated on this track – where he holds the record of victories – to be able to recover from 14th place. A result also fruit of the strategy carried out by Aston Martin, among the first, in the final moments of Q2, to mount the dry tires after a first part of the test dealt with the intermediates: “In hindsight it’s easy to say that we switched to dry tires too early, but we just missed it – explained the German – we discussed and made the decision together, and maybe I should have trusted my instincts more. When I mounted the soft tires in the final minutes of Q2, I had to really attack in the dry parts of the track. I had a block at the start of the lap, but I think the final sector was still too wet. For tomorrow it would be useful to have some rain more to reshuffle things, but I think we have a good race pace, and therefore we will do our best to fight for the points ”.
The performance of Lance Strollalso eliminated in Q2 but still protagonist of the 12th placewhich makes it even closer to the first half of the ranking: “The move to slicks in Q2 was a gamble today, but it looked like it would be the right choice – he added – however, I got stuck at Turn 16, where the track was still wet, after gaining a second from my previous record. However, I think it was the right thing to do. It is always challenging in these conditions, in which you have to evaluate the grip of the curve before getting there, especially if some parts of the circuit have a different surface than others. We have a good pace to be able to fight for the points tomorrow and I am confident that we will be in the fray for the top 10 ″.
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