Red Bull believed the bumpy Singapore Grand Prix would be its toughest test of 2023, and so it proved
The simulator had already suggested that Singapore was going to be the most difficult circuit on the calendar for the Red Bull RB19. What wasn’t anticipated was just how much of a struggle it turned out to be, with the previously unbeaten car not even making Q3, Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez complaining of oversteer, bottoming out, locking brakes and lack of tyre temperature. Inevitably such symptoms are interlinked and it became clear as the weekend went on that the underlying car traits which made the track difficult were exacerbated by some key set-up decisions taken as the team tried to get around the basic limitations.