Ricciardo had a dismal Singapore GP, making a poor start before crashing. Source: James Moy / AAP
Well, that wasn't the Sunday we were after.
Singapore's a great place to come to, I love the city and think the track is great – but that's definitely a Sunday to forget.
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Things started going wrong the moment the lights went out. The car didn't get off the line at all well. We were swamped and back from ninth on the grid to fourteenth as things shook out after the first corner complex. I'm still trying to go over some stuff with the guys about what happened; they've got a few readings from the clutch data that don't match what's supposed to happen, so we'll see where that goes.
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It's a shame to do the work over the weekend and then see it all unravel in a few seconds. That put us on the back foot for the first part of the race – but you take it on the chin and set about trying to recover the position.
I don't think we were particularly quick in that first stint but we weren't particularly slow either. Singapore isn't a track that makes overtaking easy so it was clear that to get back up into the points we'd need something a little exotic. We tried to extend the first stint a bit to make a two-stop strategy work but nothing was going particularly well. The pitstop was a little slow, then the prime tyre was taking a long time to get going. It wasn't a disaster, and our times were definitely starting to improve as the tyres came in – and then I hit the wall.
I was pushing very hard because we were out of the points and didn't particularly have anything to lose. I locked up the left front at the wrong part of the track. There's very little room for escape at Turn 18 and if you go in too deep, it's game over. And it was.
It's disappointing. Of course it is. Despite the position I was getting a hell of a lot out of driving the Marina Bay circuit. Street tracks are great anyway but doing this one under the lights is really cool – and how often to you get to do something like this?
At the same time, it's not something that's going to get me down. When you push on a street circuit you won't always get away with it. There's an acceptable level of risk and this time it got me. It's my first crash for a while, and while it's not something I plan to make a habit of, you're going to have these moments. Had I done it while running in the points, that would be disappointing – but that's not what this was.
The positive to take away from the weekend is the good work we did on Saturday. To get into Q3 again was really good. It's a pat on the back for us that we're making this a regular thing as the season progresses.
Anyway, next stop Europe. We've got a bit of work to do before going out to Korea but basically the world tour continues at pace. Korea's been a good circuit for Toro in the past and we've got high hopes for another good performance because it should suit the car much better than Singapore has. Hopefully Jev and I can both score some points and boost the team's spirits after a pretty poor Sunday here.
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