Formula One is out of Europe and moves on to the glorious streets of Singapore, radically switching from the low downforce Monza to Marina Bay that demands nearly the maximum downforce teams can achieve. Singapore is a very different challenge to the high power tracks of Spa and Monza. Most obviously, it is a street track, winding its way round some of the city’s most famous landmarks in a series of low speed, low rev turns. In sharp contrast to Belgium and Italy, power sensitivity is amongst the lowest of the season as less than 45% of the lap is spent at full throttle and the average speed is around 170kph. Even more so, due to the start stop nature of the track, this is one of the...
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