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Singapore Grand Prix: Race team notes - Red Bull

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05/10/2025

Max Verstappen: "We had a difficult start to the race, having little grip on our side of the grid. We opted for the Soft compound for a better launch and to try and get to P1 but it didn't happen for us unfortunately.

"The car wasn't where we wanted in terms of the set up and it isn't a mystery what went wrong but just need to analyse this later. The biggest problems were the downshifts and upshifts: this was giving me a lot of pushing in the braking which is not what you want on a street circuit and it was not easy to drive around the track. However, it didn't matter as, even if the balance was perfect, it is hard to pass round here so I think second is the best result we could have achieved. I think my tyres were older for the final stint, so it was difficult to manage, but we were able to keep Lando behind which is what mattered. Well done to McLaren on the Constructors' Championship, they fully deserve that title, and I am very happy for them. Overall, we can still be very satisfied with the weekend, Singapore is not our favourite layout and we maximised our result today. We do understand the car a lot better, we have definitely improved in the last few races, we just need to analyse and hopefully next weekend we can do a little better."

Yuki Tsunoda: "Today's first lap was the worst one that I have ever had. I lost so many positions and just didn't have any space to move, every time I tried there was another car there which left no room for me. It was the same at every corner on that first lap when I was trying to overtake. What is really frustrating is that my pace today was really really good, the best that I have had since being with the Team, and definitely enough to put me in the points. The long and short run is feeling so great which was the complete opposite before Baku, and even with a little bit of damage to the car today it still felt competitive which is very positive. Towards the end there was an opportunity to pass Isack but Max was fighting for P2 from behind me, so I moved aside as I didn't want to hold him up which was definitely the right decision for the Team. Looking forward to the rest of the season I will be focusing on bringing together all of the improvements that we have made in the last few races, consistency and extracting grip from the one lap pace will be key."

Laurent Mekies: "Firstly, congratulations to McLaren on their Constructors' title, we know how hard it is to win championships, so a big well done to everyone there. From our side, Max had a very strong race and was quick enough today to stay in contact with George and hold off the McLarens. We tried everything we could to win the race, we started on the Soft tyre to try our best chance at the start when the conditions were tricky. It was an aggressive decision and a risk we chose to take. After that there was very little possibility to do anything else with the race. It was very tough out there and, after pitting early, Max did an amazing job defending from McLaren to keep the car in second place. It is good to be fighting at the front today, that's a huge testament to all the hard work that has and is being done back at Milton Keynes and at track. Having increased performance on a track like this gives us confidence that we will be able to fight better at other circuits and it is a good indication of the progress we have made. Yuki had a difficult day, he really suffered on the first lap and dropped back, but from that point on he did a very decent job, worked hard to get back through the order and nearly had a shot at the points. It had not been a good Saturday for him but he is working incredibly hard and we will continue to work with him to improve together."

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