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This weekend's Singapore Grand Prix is set to be the most physical event of the year.
The intense heat, the none stop nature of the circuit, and the city location make this event the toughest one for the drivers, more so than the likes of Monaco and the usually sweltering Malaysia Grand Prix.
"I think it’s for sure the hardest race of the year," said Marcus Ericsson. "It’s probably similar heat and humidity to Malaysia but just the fact it’s a street circuit and not many places to rest makes it the hardest one."
Ericsson's Sauber team mate agreed, saying: "Really it’s an endless track, you’re just doing corner by corner and to get everything precisely correct, it’s a challenge."
Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez touched on the mental pressures of the race, with the Williams driver comparing the Marina Bay circuit to Monaco, saying that the mental pressure that the Singapore Grand Prix brings is similar to the race in the Principality.
"It is, at least physically at least it is the toughest," said Bottas. "Mentally, I think it feels a bit like Monaco. It’s very intense and needs to be zero mistakes during the race."
"The last ten laps, twenty laps, you’re really praying for a safety car because it’s just really hard to finish the race, physically, and mentally as well," added Force India's Sergio Perez. "Mentally it’s a very big challenge because every corner, most of the corners, if you do a mistake you just touch the wall and it’s a puncture or something like that. I would say for me it’s definitely the most demanding race of the year.
Daniel Ricciardo meanwhile said that the toughest challenge comes from the heat.
"It’s similar heat and humidity to Malaysia but you’re surrounded by just the city and a lot of concrete, so it’s the one race I feel where you open your visor to get some air and you’re not getting any reward for that," said the Red Bull driver. "It’s just heat and stale air. In Malaysia there’s a bit of circulation: even though it’s hot you get a bit of a breeze but here, no."
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