On this episode of Nailing The Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by ESPN F1's, Laurence Edmondson to get you ready for the Singapore GP. During Thursday’s press conference Max Verstappen responded to Toto Wolff’s comments post Italy igniting a war of words between the two teams (7:57). A conversation that has been doing the rounds is if anyone can catch up with Red Bull Racing for 2024 leading to the discussion of introducing balance of performance (15:35). Few weeks ago 80 year old Helmut Marko made discriminatory comments towards Red Bull Racing driver Sergio Perez, Marko eventually issued an apology, Sergio Perez spoke for the first time about it on Thursday in Singapore (24:30). Zhou Guanyu on Thursday announced that he would be back with Alfa Romeo/Sauber for 2024, but what happens to the Alfa Romeo, Sauber relationship (27:40). With Zhou locked up for 2024, that leaves three seats available for next season, two at AlphaTauri, and one at Williams, and who takes those seats (31:30). Haas hasn’t had the best of seasons so far, on Thursday they announced that they will ditch their current car concept by the USGP, and go in a different direction (36:28). Are the FIA and F1 on a collision course with each other over the new teams process that would issue in two new F1 teams under the current Concorde agreement (42:56). Last week the FIA issued the results from the 2022 cost cap where all teams passed, and just how important was it for Formula 1 that all teams had complied (52:33).

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