On a circuit requiring as much aerodynamic downforce as Singapore, Manor was clearly not in its comfort zone and expected a difficult weekend. Thus, the team was not able to fight for a place in Q2, unlike previous races.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Pascal Wehrlein was satisfied to have been able to stay ahead of Marcus Ericsson, despite having a clearly less performing car, at the end of a very difficult race: \u00ab It was clearly the most difficult race of the season. I pushed from start to finish, but especially after mid-race to ensure I stayed ahead of Ericsson. Given our performance during the weekend, we did not expect to have the pace to do it. I was able to do 26 laps on ultra-softs in the last stint. I had to make sure it worked and I succeeded. I am very happy.<\/i> \u00bb<\/p>\n
For Esteban Ocon, the race was much more complicated right from the start: “At the start, I avoided the debris from H\u00fclkenberg’s accident but, after that, I received a penalty for overtaking under the safety car.” However, the Frenchman believed he had already overtaken Felipe Nasr’s Sauber before the yellow flag was deployed.<\/p>\n
The situation was further complicated with a very problematic pit stop: \u00ab I served my penalty during my first stop, but the stop was even more problematic because of an issue with fitting a wheel. I lost so much time and it was very frustrating because there wasn’t much I could do other than finish the race.<\/i> \u00bb<\/p>\n
The Frenchman’s troubles did not stop there as his second pit stop was also complicated: \u00ab There then was a second difficult stop. It was hard to be so far away.<\/i> \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Singapore is not a circuit that suits Manor’s characteristics. Pascal Wehrlein was therefore satisfied to finish 16th, ahead of Marcus Ericsson, while Esteban Ocon was not helped by the elements, with a penalty and pit-stop problems. As a result, he could do no better than 18th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":38874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[92,1472],"class_list":["post-12038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-bilan","tag-singapour-city"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n