2024 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix Highlights

Daniel Ricciardo may have finished 18th behind Visa Cash App RB teammate Yuki Tsunoda in 12th. However, the Australian was named F1 Driver Of The Day after clocking the fastest lap of the race.

Daniel Ricciardo

It was a tough race. After qualifying out of position yesterday, we knew we had to try something with our strategy. We went aggressive at the start on the soft tyre and looked for an opportunity. It was a difficult race to overtake; not many people were carving through the field. Ultimately, we weren’t quite quick enough, with Yuki also finishing outside of the points. We were in a position to go for the fastest lap at the end, and it was nice to secure this. It also felt really special to be voted Driver of the Day by my fans today.

Yuki Tsunoda

I was very frustrated with the start of the race, as unfortunately, I got past by some cars and I lost important positions. We went as long as we could with the first stint, and it was pretty tough going until Lap 33 with medium tyres. In that situation, we were just waiting for a Safety Car, which maybe could have been a good opportunity for us, but it didn’t happen as it was a clean race. Then we changed to fresher tyres, putting on the softs. That last run was pretty good, and I felt better than the one on mediums, but the bad start was our main problem today, which deprived us of scoring points.

Laurent Mekies – Team Principal

This was a better performance overall than in recent races, but not good enough for points. We did, however, look competitive right from Friday with both Daniel and Yuki. Yuki then produced a strong qualifying score for Q3, which was a very encouraging result. Lining up eighth on the grid, we were hoping for points. Unfortunately, Yuki dropped three places off the line and from then on, it was always going to be very difficult to pass. Our starts have not been good enough this season, and this is something we are working very hard to improve. In a tight field like ours, it means the difference between points or not. On the positive side Yuki produced a solid final stint on the soft tyre, it was a daring call to put him on that soft compound for so many laps, but it worked and gave us a good pace advantage, even if that was not enough to get back into the points. Starting from further back, we really needed a Safety Car opportunity for Daniel to get back into the fight for points. Dan was on an aggressive strategy starting on Softs and has put in some very good laps through the race, but had effectively no chance to get back into the good positions from so far back. He never gave up and fought all race long. 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. We now have a few weeks to prepare our last push for the final part of the championship and the 2 incoming triple headers. Competition is tighter than ever, and we will give it our very best shout.

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