How Ferrari went from favourite to nowhere in Singapore
A crash in practice and a poor strategy choice were obvious factors in Ferrari's shock SIngapore Grand Prix defeat, but there were further underlying reasons why Sebastian Vettel left Marina Bay reduced to title outsider status.
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Where did the speed go? That was the question Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari would not, or could not, answer after a chastening, emphatic defeat in the Singapore Grand Prix at a track where it was expected to set the pace.
Until qualifying started, everything was going more or less to plan. Vettel had half a second in hand over Lewis Hamilton in free practice three, but from the moment Q1 started Ferrari was a step behind Mercedes and under serious pressure from the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. The caveat was an incident that was superficially only a footnote to the weekend but that can't help but have contributed to what happened.
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