F1: The title race has heated up in the F1 with Lando Norris notching up a victory in the Singapore GP, with Daniel Ricciardo coming to terms with what could be his last race after an 18th place finish.
Daniel Ricciardo produced a moment to savour by recording the fastest lap in what could be his final Formula One race — but his achievement in Singapore has sparked a rules controversy within the paddock.
It opened a can of worms about the ethics of the tactics of Red Bull’s sister racing team, who appeared to clearly act in a way that would benefit Verstappen, and left McLaren team principal Andrea Stella seeing red post-race.“This is a big matter. You know, as soon as you invoke the sportsmanship, I think you need to approach this with a sense of responsibility, that I want to have,” Stella said.
“I was a little surprised that the highest priority of RB racing in Singapore was to go and score the fastest lap of the race. I think we just have to work harder to make sure that this doesn’t come down to a point. Horner’s claim was backed up by RB’s team principal Laurent Mekies who stated that the decision was made to allow Ricciardo to potentially finish his career on a high.“Given this may have been Daniel’s last race, we wanted to give him the chance to savour it and go out with the fastest lap,” Mekies said.
“In much the same way McLaren found an ingenious ‘mini-DRS’ technical loophole, Red Bull has exploited a sporting one in order to minimise the points loss,” Suttill wrote.Dan chats 'weird intimacy' with Max | 02:17
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