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The Singapore weekend has stood as a particularly big test for Red Bull.

The team arrived after back-to-back wins at Monza and Baku with Max Verstappen — but Singapore is the total opposite to those high-speed, low downforce tracks.

If the RB21 car could perform well here, then it would serve as a big, big sign that it has got back into contention against McLaren at the front — and give Verstappen some added hope for the title.

So far so good, with Verstappen qualifying P2 for today’s grand prix. But it will be today’s race where the true test lies.

In any case, Verstappen was relaxed about talk of the championship at the start of the Marina Bay weekend — recognizing the 69-point gap to Oscar Piastri that makes any late charge a long shot. But it has also taken the pressure off:

💬 “I’m not too stressed about anything. I’m just enjoying what I’m doing, having fun outside of F1, and just trying to do the best I can every single time that I jump in the car.

“Some tracks naturally will be a bit better for us, some probably a bit worse. Maybe this one a bit worse.

“If we win it, we win it, great. If we don’t, we don’t. Life goes on! I’m just not too stressed about anything.”