法拉利让维斯塔潘夺得新加坡站杆位
法拉利车手在新加坡大奖赛排位赛中因微弱差距未能阻止维斯塔潘获得杆位，勒克莱尔和汉密尔顿均有机会阻止维斯塔潘，但最终未能成功。
在 Marina Bay Street Circuit 的 Q3 赛段中，维斯塔潘未能改善他的最后一圈成绩，但勒克莱尔的最后时刻冲刺仍不足以逆转局势，而汉密尔顿的速度也比之前慢。
红牛车队终于有一辆赛车，维斯塔潘可以在这条他F1生涯中唯一一条尚未获得杆位或胜利的常规赛道上冲刺到顶端。
不过，不应忽视红牛的明显进步和维斯塔潘自己的出色表现，他对自己的表现描述为'足够获得杆位'是准确的。因为他在这个赛段中并没有最快的赛车，勒克莱尔和汉密尔顿都将哀叹Q3的赛果。
“今天的赛车有夺冠的潜力，但我们没有足够顺畅的练习来完成任务，”勒克莱尔说。 "但马克斯做得更好。"
法拉利车队的两位车手在争夺杆位的过程中都失败了。对于勒克莱尔来说，Q3是在Q1和Q2中挣扎之后的一次巨大救赎，他之所以还能混入其中，唯一的理由是 "我在Q3的最后圈投入了更多"
但可能是那些练习中的刹车问题在他关键时刻困扰了他，因为他承认这 "极大地影响了他的信心"
在13号弯的发夹弯中，他的旋转稍微弱了一些，与汉密尔顿相比失去了近十分之一的时间，以及在16-17号弯的减速弯中过于保守的刹车，这些都是勒克莱尔的败笔。
在16号弯，勒克莱尔在第三部分追回了0.161秒的差距，但在刹车时攻击不够，所以到达时略显不足——正如他在一个理想情况下想要沿着白线滑行通过弯道以最大速度进入并穿过弯道时，前右轮却勾住了内侧的护墙。
但勒克莱尔在中段也并不像汉密尔顿那样强大，因为法拉利的优势在那里无人能敌，所以他并没有在这里追上维斯塔潘，以弥补最后一段的弱势。也许还有进一步的证据表明他在刹车时的不确定性：在几个点上的档位比汉密尔顿高，包括在8号和14号弯时保持在三档，而汉密尔顿则使用了二档。
汉密尔顿看起来在进入弯道时更加从容不迫，Q1和Q2的表现非常出色。他与法拉利非常合拍，真正地发挥了它在刹车和快速进入90度弯道时的出色稳定性。
但尽管他在前两个部分中是最快的，他在Q3中只快了0.033秒。
“Q1和Q2期间，这辆车感觉太棒了，当我完成圈数时，我想，‘她还有更多的潜力’，”他说。
“为了尝试挖掘出这些潜力，唯一的方法就是尝试增加翼片。我认为这让它达到了极限。”
“只是像一个小洞或者类似的东西。之后，这辆车就变得非常敏捷，Q3中的任何一圈都不好。”
“尽管如此，它们加起来还是不错的。汉密尔顿理论上最好的Q3圈速，结合他最好的几个部分，足以获得杆位。”
但是他在第一圈的开局弯角过于松散，在第二圈的最后一个弯角又过于挣扎。
在第一圈，汉密尔顿在第一部分落后于维斯塔潘0.271秒。这是由于他在第一个弯角稍微偏离了极限，然后——这个问题的遗产——在进入第三个弯角之前不得不在第二个弯角收集一小部分时间，随后他猛地锁定了方向盘，导致更大的滑动。
他的中间部分非常出色，比维斯塔潘快了0.273秒。在这个时候，汉密尔顿有望获得杆位，但是他在16号弯稍微过热，这延迟了他切换回动力，以便在第二个弯角的部分重新加速。
在第二次跑道上，一个更整洁的第一部分和一个不错但并不出色的中间部分让他再次进入了最后一部分的比赛，但是他在16号和17号弯的不整洁行驶，以及他在方向盘上的挣扎，使得这一圈比第一圈还要慢。
对于两位车手来说，在另一天或者面对不同的对手，他们的小小失误可能不会让他们失去杆位。但维斯塔潘的实力如此之强，他就像他经常做的那样，很乐意利用其他人的不足。
红牛车队的表现也很好，尤其是在需要更多速度进入的弯道。他的圈速从起点就非常有目的性，前轮在弯道序列的开头非常尖锐，后轮也跟得很紧。但很明显，在中段区域，制动较弱，而且在很多90度慢弯道中，维斯塔潘显然在第七弯道采取了更为谨慎的制动，而在中段区域的其余部分也并不那么令人信服。
在圈速的末尾，这种情况又回到了他身上——在16号和17号弯道，他坚持第三档位，而法拉利的第二档位，这可能暗示了赛车和车手在那里都更加紧密地结合在一起——然后在最后的快速弯道中也表现得稍微更强。
维斯塔潘说：“在整个排位赛中，我们之间的差距非常接近。
“所以，当然，很高兴能站在杆位，因为这正是我想要的。”
“这辆车整个周末都很强劲。当然，总有一些你可以改进的地方，但这对杆位来说已经足够了，所以对此非常满意。”
英文原文
Ferrari's Formula 1 drivers were rightly disappointed to be on the wrong side of a narrow spread in Singapore Grand Prix qualifying as both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton could have denied Max Verstappen pole.
Just over a tenth of a second separated the trio around the Marina Bay circuit in a Q3 session that had the door left open given Verstappen failed to improve on his final lap - but Leclerc's late leap was not enough, and Hamilton went slower than he had before.
Red Bull finally has a car that Verstappen can hustle to the top spot at the only regular circuit from his F1 career he had not scored a pole or won at prior to this weekend.
But, not to detract from Red Bull's obvious progress, and Verstappen's own quality lap, his description of it being "enough for pole" was exactly right. For he did not have the quickest car in this session and Leclerc, and especially Hamilton, will be lamenting how Q3 played out.
"The car had potential for pole today, but we didn't have a smooth enough session in order to do the job," said Leclerc. "And Max just did a better job."
The Ferrari pair's pole bids failed at different points. For Leclerc, Q3 was a huge salvage job after struggling throughout Q1 and Q2, and the only reason he was in the mix at all was "I just committed a little bit more in Q3 on the last lap".
But it was probably the spectre of braking issues in those sessions that haunted him when it counted, as he conceded it was "taking off quite a lot of confidence".
Bleeding time in the Turn 13 hairpin, where he lost almost a tenth compared to Hamilton with slightly weak rotation, and being too conservative braking for the Turn 16-17 chicane were Leclerc's undoing.
For Turn 16, where Leclerc lost the bulk of his 0.161s deficit to Verstappen in sector three, he just did not attack enough under braking so arrived slightly undercooked - as evidenced by hooking his front right wheel over the inside kerb at a corner you ideally wanted to be just gliding past it along the white line to maximum speed into and through the corner.
But Leclerc was also generally not quite as mighty as Hamilton through the middle sector, where the Ferrari's superiority was unchallenged, so he did not quite gain enough on Verstappen here to offset the weaker final sector. There was perhaps further evidence of his uncertainty under braking: holding a higher gear than Hamilton at a few points around the lap, including leaving it in third for Turns 8 and 14, which Hamilton took in second.
Hamilton has looked a lot more comfortable being so aggressive on corner entry, and was electric through Q1 and Q2. He was much more at one with Ferrari and really extracting the most of its impressive poise under braking and sharp front end into the slower, 90-degree corners especially.
But having been quickest in the first two segments he only managed to go 0.033s quicker in Q3.
"The car felt amazing in Q1 and Q2, and when I finished the laps, I was like, ‘she's got more in her'," he said.
"And the only way in order to try and extract that is to try and add wing. I think it just tipped it over the edge.
"It was only like one hole or something like that. After that the car was just snappy, and none of the laps in Q3 are any good."
Combined they were, though. Hamilton's theoretical best Q3 lap, combining his best sectors, would have been good enough for pole position.
But he was too loose through the opening corners of the first lap and too scrappy in the final sector of the second.
On his first lap, Hamilton shipped 0.271s to Verstappen in sector one. This was by virtue of being slightly wide of the apex into the first corner and then - a legacy of this - having to gather up a small moment through Turn 2 before a much bigger slide followed as he cranked the lock on chucking it into Turn 3.
His middle sector was magnificent, 0.273s quicker than Verstappen. At this point, Hamilton was on for pole - but being ever so slightly hot into Turn 16 just delayed him getting back on the power as he switched back for the second part of the chicane.
On the second run, a tidier first sector and a good but not great middle sector had him in the mix again going into the final part of the lap but an untidy run through 16 and 17 again, with Hamilton sawing at the wheel, meant the lap ended up even slower than the first.
For both drivers, on another day or against a different rival, their small imperfections may not have cost pole. But Verstappen was so strong that he - as he often does - gladly took advantage of others not doing as good a job.
And the Red Bull looked good, too, especially through corners that required a bit more speed on entry. His lap started very purposefully with the front end nice and sharp through the opening sequence of corners and the rear keeping up well. But it was clearly weaker braking and getting the front in for a lot of the 90-degree slower corners in the middle sector, with Verstappen evidently more cautious braking for Turn 7 and then never quite as convincing through the rest of the middle sector.
It came back to him at the end of the lap - and holding third gear to the Ferraris' second into Turn 16 and 17 was perhaps a hint at how both car and driver were just more hooked up there - before ending the lap slightly stronger through the fast final corner too.
"The margins are very close between us throughout the whole of qualifying," said Verstappen.
"So, of course, very happy to be on pole because this is the one that I wanted.
"The car has been pretty strong all weekend. Of course, there are always things that you look into that can be better, but it was enough for pole, so very happy with that."
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