Few would have believed that, in a season so far dominated by Red Bull and Max Verstappen, there would have been room for another team's celebration. Singapore in the mix of unpredictability that the night street circuit offers, between walls, bumpy asphalt, layout changes and conditions that put the physique of the drivers but also of the single-seaters to the test, it gave us a wonderful exception. A competition "of others", which despite its irrelevance for the awarding of the 2023 titles, led everyone to bring out the best and worst in themselves. So let's see who goes up and down in Fanta F1 after the Singapore Grand Prix!
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Carlos Sainz +1: Carlos' victory didn't entirely come out of nowhere. Already in the previous weekend in Ferrari's home race in Monza Sainz achieved an important podium. His feeling with the SF-23 has improved and can be seen in the excellent performances he had throughout the weekend in Singapore, from free practice to Pole up to the victory achieved with his mind and body. Suzuka will be an important test for Ferrari. However, his price at Fanta F1 continues to rise.
Updated value: 26 Masi
Lando Norris + 1: Podium number 3 of the season arrives for Lando. A truly excellent result for a team that started with an incomplete project. McLaren is finding its way race after race. Even in Singapore, Norris reads the race and his opponents perfectly, not attempting improvised attacks but taking home with strategy and intelligence without throwing away a very important second place.
Updated value: 21 Masi
Liam Lawson + 1: In his third weekend in Formula 1, rookie Liam Lawson, who arrived to replace Ricciardo who was still recovering from the accident in Holland, scored the first championship points of his career. Before Ricciardo's arrival, AlphaTauri could only count on Tsunoda to try to get into the points. Japanese has them conquered only 3 though, after 15 Grands Prix. Liam, in his third appearance in F1, earned 2 and not on any track but in Singapore. In qualifying he also knocked out Verstappen and qualified for Q3. The team has not yet decided on the 2024 pair. But if it continues like this, Red Bull's ideas could be clearer.
Updated value: 13 Masi
Who gets off
Esteban Ocon -1: Dear Esteban, have you thought about taking a trip to Lourdes? With the one in Singapore we have 6 retirements out of 15 races. We don't want to rage further but Alpine is the only team to have so many retirements due to reliability that now fielding Esteban - no one knows why everything always happens to him - is almost a certain death sentence. Until his retirement Esteban had led a masterful race, even overtaking Alonso, his former teammate. Could it have been Karma that hit him? It goes down one more credit.
Updated value: 14 Masi
Yuki Tsunoda -1: If on the one hand we are seeing Lawson grow on the other we see Tsunoda who is struggling more and more. This weekend was characterized by a series of slightly too close encounters with Red Bull. In qualifying, Verstappen was prevented, and in the race there was contact with Perez. All situations that only the Japanese driver whose future is in doubt paid for. Once again the Fantasy managers have to deal with a negative balance. Its price therefore drops.
Updated value: 11 Masi
Lance Stroll – 1: The chances of playing the weekend ended on Saturday with the accident which fortunately did not have major consequences on the Canadian. In general Stroll struggles to handle the AMR23, even more so after the modifications. Taking him to Fanta F1 is a risk that many are no longer willing to take. It also drops in price.
Updated value: 13 Masi
