TECH WEEKLY: Why Verstappen has never managed to win on the streets of Singapore
F1 technical expert Mark Hughes looks into what has stopped Max Verstappen from claiming victory at the Singapore Grand Prix during his time with Red Bull.


Singapore is the only track on the calendar at which Max Verstappen has never won. The technical problems which have caused this to be a bogey track for his Red Bulls have been many and varied. Here’s a look at how the Dutchman’s races at Marina Bay have gone over the years…
2016
Verstappen's first Singapore race for Red Bull and, after qualifying the car fourth (behind the Mercedes of poleman Nico Rosberg, Verstappen’s team mate Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes), he suffered a major clutch problem as the lights went out for the race start.
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