SINGAPORE GP - RACE - RE-CAP & RESULTS
Starting from pole, Vettel quickly moved to cover a fast starting Max Verstappen, not realizing team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was alongside Verstappen after an amazing start from the Finn. The trio collided, Verstappen pushed into McLaren’s Fernando Alonso who was sent airborne.
Verstappen and Raikkonen retired on the spot. Vettel was able to limp on a little longer but eventually brought his Ferrari to a stop on track. Alonso pitted to retire a few laps later.
Hamilton led Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg in drying conditions after the safety car period. After a tough Friday and Saturday for Mercedes, Hamilton had the pace to keep Ricciardo at bay, even when Ricciardo pitted for fresh intermediate tyres. He eventually finished four and a half seconds ahead of Ricciardo, who took his third Singapore second place in as many years.
Poor pit stops from Renault promoted Valtteri Bottas to third ahead of Carlos Sainz and Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg moved into fourth after the pit stops for slick tyres, but couldn’t keep up with Bottas. The Renault driver retired late in the race after a long stop to solve a hydraulics problem.
Sainz, who spent the second part of the race battling with Sergio Perez, was able to keep the Force India driver at bay to take fourth, his best F1 result to date.
Jolyon Palmer managed a fantastic start after the first safety car to pass Valtteri Bottas. Less than a week after discovering he wouldn’t be racing for Renault next season, the Brit was briefly running second during the pit stop window, but a poor stop dropped him down the order. He finished sixth after battling with Stoffel Vandoorne to take his first points of the season.
Vandoorne took seventh ahead of Lance Stroll and Romain Grosjean.
Esteban Ocon took the final points paying position after a race long battle with Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen, in which Magnussen almost pushed Ocon into the barriers. Ocon and Massa did make contact, but both were able to continue, eventually finishing 10th and 11th. The same couldn’t be said for Magnussen, whose MGU-K died late in the race and he slowed to a stop.
Pascal Wehrlein was the final finisher in 12th. His team-mate Marcus Ericsson lost the rear of his Sauber and hit the barrier late in the race. Daniil Kvyat also ran into the barriers and brought out the safety car after locking up on the end of the back straight not long after the first safety car.
Hamilton leaves Singapore 28 points ahead of Vettel, whilst Bottas closes the gap to second to just 23 points.
RESULTS:
1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 25 Points
2. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia / + 18 Points
3. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland / + 15 Points
4. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain / + 12 Points
5. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico / + 10 Points
6. Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain / 8 Points
7. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Honda / Belgium / 6 Points
8. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada / + 4 Points
9. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France / + 2 Points
10. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France / + 1 Point
11. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil
12. Pascal Wehrlein / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany
RETIRED - Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark / MGU-K
RETIRED - Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany / Hydraulics
RETIRED - Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden / Collision
RETIRED - Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia / Collision
RETIRED - Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain / Collision
RETIRED - Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany / Collision
RETIRED - Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland / Collision
RETIRED - Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands / Collision
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