F1 event guide round 16 Singapore GP

Red Bull and Max Verstappen made history in Italy and now the challenge is to see how far they can take their domination in Singapore.

With the European season now in the rear-vision mirror, the popular Singapore night race awaits as a glitzy way to start the run home.

Whilst Verstappen appears impregnable at the moment, the Marina Bay Street Circuit has not been a Red Bull backyard in recent times and could offer the best chance of ending the unbeaten streak.

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Since Sebastian Vettel completed a three-peat in 2013, Red Bull has only won under the Singapore stars once.

That occasion was last year when Sergio Perez put in an inspired drive to win a tense weather affected race.

But Ferrari probably possessed the outright pace on that occasion with Charles Leclerc taking pole and crucially Verstappen only managing seventh.

Not only have the cars changed for 2023 but so has the track itself with the third sector receiving a significant revamp.

Gone is the tight, technical and awkward set of 90-degree corners that run underneath the Bay grandstand.

Instead the cars will continue blazing down Raffles Avenue to the final right-left before the final corner.

It has been forced because of works being done to turn the existing floating platform which sat directly alongside the track into a NS Square “permanent space”.

The change should present more passing opportunities and it could also help McLaren, which has a weakness through low-speed corners.

Australia’s Oscar Piastri will take on the Marina Bay Street Circuit for the first time and has a big chance to move up the order, currently sitting in 12th, but tied with Alpine’s Esteban Ocon.

Other battles to look out for in the championship is for third with Fernando Alonso once again under pressure from Lewis Hamilton.

However, expect Aston Martin to be a much stronger force than in Italy, having pushed Red Bull at Monaco.

Behind them the fight for fifth is also intriguing with just eight points separating Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc and George Russell.

Sainz is the man with the upper hand however, following his sterling effort to salvage pole and third at Monza.

As incredible as its home race was, this will be a bigger test for Ferrari to see if its resurgence was for real or just a track specific flash in the pan.

Kiwi Liam Lawson will enjoy another crack for AlphaTauri with Daniel Ricciardo still nursing his broken hand.

Rain has been a major factor in recent Singapore Grands Prix, but this year the night sky should stay clear.

But no matter the weather, it will remain one of the toughest torture tests for the drivers with up to two hours of pushing the limits in a 30-plus degree sauna.