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Originally Posted by Artemis
We will never know, but based on how fiercely Sainz defended his P1 track position when Verstappen was trying to overtake him in Monza + how hard Sainz and Norris/Russell/Hamilton lusted for the victory in Singapore, chances were considerable that contact would have been made at Singapore. I doubt that Sainz would have let anyone pass in the final laps - he would have gone elbows out to keep the golden ticket. The driver who would have managed to pass Sainz, would have sustained car damage in some shape or form.
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NOR had no intention of going for the lead, he caught on quick that SAI was actually helping him (with the DRS gap) from the Merc threat and unless SAI had a problem that would slow him that's where he was staying.