‘Ferrari should be very competitive in Sochi if they can get their tyres to work’ – Sky F1’s Karun Chandhok. Chandhok looks back on the Singapore GP and previews the next race.

Sky F1’s Karun Chandhok looks back on a strange Singapore GP as Ferrari steal the show with their pace, and strategy. The Indian racing driver and the television presenter also previews the next round, the 2019 Russian Grand Prix:

“The Singapore Grand Prix has fast become one of the favourite races of the year for the whole F1 paddock. The whole event is something of a blueprint for how cities can use Formula 1 to show themselves off to the world. There’s no question that if you’re someone sitting in Europe or America and watching the race, you would be thinking “that place looks cool”, which is exactly what they want and what all host cities should be doing! This was a very important weekend for Sebastian to bounce back after a run of seven consecutive weekends where he’s been outpaced by his young team-mate and made a couple of errors on track. He’s exceptionally good around the Marina Bay circuit and threw down the gauntlet during his first run in Q3. To see Charles rise to the challenge and take pole was very impressive indeed. It was a very attacking lap, and looked like an accident waiting to happen on several occasions but he got away with it. When you look at his lap delta on the steering wheel, it was evident that he probably had the potential to find another 2-3 tenths so clearly the Ferrari update package was working very well.

The win clearly meant a lot to Sebastian, who looked quite emotional on the podium. It’s been a tough 15 months for the quadruple World Champion and I would be interested to see if he can re-discover his mojo between now and Abu Dhabi. Sochi is quite a power-sensitive track and therefore the Ferrari’s should be very competitive there if, and it’s a big IF, they can get their tyres to work. It’s quite cool in Sochi at this time of the year and the circuit is very low grip which means that the Ferrari’s may struggle to energise the tyres as much as they need. If they can get the tyres to light up, it should be a great battle between the two teams!” – Karun Chandhok wrote for skysports.com