Carlos Sainz anticipates a fight with the top five starters during the Singapore Grand Prix for a first Formula 1 victory of 2023, but warned Max Verstappen cannot be discounted.
Verstappen meanwhile was eliminated in Q2 during a miserable qualifying session, in which he was handed a trio of stewards' investigations for alleged impeding offences.
His further blushes were spared as none of those investigations yielded a penalty, cementing his 11th-place grid position. Despite Red Bull's pace struggles in Singapore, having encountered challenges with balance and a weak front end, Sainz reckoned that Verstappen may still have a part to play in the victory battle.
"I don't think you can ever discount Max and Red Bull. They might turn up with a race pace that they've had there all season, and still managed somehow to make it through the field," Sainz explained. "But, for sure, around here, they have a much more difficult task. And it's a much better opportunity [for us] than Monza, for example."It is true that George has this extra medium tyre but we could also do a two-stop as the soft didn't look too bad. I think it will be a tough race to manage, a tough race to put together but I think if we nail it, we have a great opportunity.
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