Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: Latest as Lewis Hamilton leads Max Verstappen after Red Bull pass Sebastian Vettel
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Your support makes all the difference.Lewis Hamilton started the Singapore Grand Prix from a surprise pole position alongside Max Verstappen after Sebastian Vettel could only manage third in qualifying, despite looking to have the fastest car in the field.
With Hamilton 30 points ahead of Vettel in the drivers’ championship standings, the Mercedes driver knows he will leave Singapore ahead of his Ferrari rival no matter what, but on the tight and twisty streets of the Marina Bay Circuit he stands a great chance of extending hit lead in the race to a fifth world title.
But Verstappen could easily upset the party on a track that favours the Red Bull, although he heads into the start of the race with concerns over how long his Renault engine will last after gremlins emerged during practice. Vettel, starting in third, has Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas alongside him, while Kimi Raikkonen is joined by Daniel Ricciardo on the third row.
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What time does the race start?
The Singapore Grand Prix begins at 1:10pm BST on Sunday 16 September.
Where can I watch it?
The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 from 11:30am BST, and on Channel 4 from 12pm BST.
Starting grid
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 36.015secs
2 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:36.334
3 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:36.628
4 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:36.702
5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:36.794
6 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:36.996
7 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:37.985
8 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:38.320
9 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 1:38.365
10 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:38.588
11 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:38.641
12 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:38.716
13 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.747
14 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.453
15 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:39.691
16 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:39.644
17 Brendon Hartley (Nzl) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:39.809
18 Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 1:39.864
19 Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams 1:41.263
20 Lance Stroll (Can) Williams 1:41.334
Lap 58: The front three looks to be sorted here as Hamilton's lead is out to 6.6s, and Vettel - supposedly in the fastest car - is a whopping 23s behind Verstappen. The battle is still very much on for fourth though.
Lap 59: Ricciardo's been held up slightly by Sirotkin as the trio lapped him for what feels like the 100th time, and that leaves a two-horse race for fourth.
Two laps to go...
Results:
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Daniel Ricciardo
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Charles Leclerc
10. Nico Hulkenberg
Lewis Hamilton on his radio:
What a weekend, all the guys in the factory. Keep pushing, keep pushing, we've got this!
CHEQUERED FLAG: Hamilton takes his time getting out of the Mercedes, but when he does he punches the air with a huge smile on his face.
Lewis Hamilton:
"I'm spent. That was a tough race. I've got such great support here and we had a great start, the team have just never given up believe and faith in myself and in Valtteri, That was just such a long race, one of the toughest of my career and I'm glad it's over. But what a race, what a weekend.
On getting through the backmarkers:
"I think I was a bit unlucky with the traffic and these guys were moving around and were difficult to follow. Max got a bit lucky but eventually I got through it and built the gap back.
On Ferrari:
"They put up a great fight this weekend but I'm not sure where their pace disappeared to."
Max Verstappen:
"It was not bad, shame for the first lap but you could see we missed top speed. We got back into second with good strategy though and tried to chase down Lewis, but he had too much."
On his car troubles:
"It was not a perfect getaway but behind the safety car I was bogging down and missing gears. But a good result."
Sebastian Vettel:
Yeah it’s true, overall we were not fast enough, we didn’t have the pace in the race. But we tried to be aggressive at the beginning and it didn’t work out. After that I was on a different tyre and just lost too much time."
On the 40-point deficit to Hamilton:
"It doesn’t help. Obviously I'm thinking about today's race and the way we race we didn’t have a chance. There might be something else in that we weren't quick enough but I said before the weekend that we can only beat ourselves and we haven’t got the most out of our package."
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