Paddy Lowe has his fingers crossed for another Mercedes one-two in Singapore, just like they achieved last weekend in Italy, but he’s hoping it comes without the drama.
The battle between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton has been the source of much controversy and several conspiracy theories and that’s something Lowe, despite being pleased with the result, wants to avoid in future races.
“As a team we were incredibly happy with the result in Monza,” he said of the one-two they achieved when Hamilton took advantage of Rosberg’s mistake at the chicane.
“It’s one of the great circuits of the season and a challenging one to take a win, let alone achieve a one-two finish, so that was extremely satisfying.”
But a more satisfying result according to Lowe would be a straight-forward win and second place without the need to fend off questions from the media and fans about team-orders.
“It’s always an action-packed, incident-filled race [in Singapore], with the nature of the track and the heat playing a role in retirements – both mechanical and by human error.
“We’ll be aiming to steer clear of any drama and come away with another strong result as the season enters its final third.”
