2018 Singapore Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 15 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Race details [1] | |||||
Date | 16 September 2018 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 2018 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix | ||||
Location | Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay, Singapore | ||||
Course | Temporary street circuit | ||||
Course length | 5.063 km (3.146 miles) | ||||
Distance | 61 laps, 308.706 km (191.821 miles) | ||||
Weather | Clear | ||||
Attendance | 263,000 [2] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:36.015 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:41.905 on lap 50 (lap record) | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2018 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 September 2018 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. The race was the 15th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 19th running of the Singapore Grand Prix and the 11th time the race had been held at Marina Bay.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 30-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 25 points. Hamilton won the race from pole position to further extend his championship lead, ahead of Max Verstappen and Vettel.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:39.403 | 1:37.344 | 1:36.015 | 1 |
2 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:38.751 | 1:37.214 | 1:36.334 | 2 |
3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:38.218 | 1:37.876 | 1:36.628 | 3 |
4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:39.291 | 1:37.254 | 1:36.702 | 4 |
5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38.534 | 1:37.194 | 1:36.794 | 5 |
6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:38.153 | 1:37.406 | 1:36.996 | 6 |
7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.814 | 1:38.342 | 1:37.985 | 7 |
8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:38.685 | 1:38.367 | 1:38.320 | 8 |
9 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.912 | 1:38.534 | 1:38.365 | 9 |
10 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:38.932 | 1:38.450 | 1:38.588 | 10 |
11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 1:39.022 | 1:38.641 | 11 | |
12 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 1:39.103 | 1:38.716 | 12 | |
13 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:39.206 | 1:38.747 | 13 | |
14 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:39.366 | 1:39.453 | 14 | |
15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:39.614 | 1:39.691 | 15 | |
16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:39.644 | 16 | ||
17 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:39.809 | 17 | ||
18 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 1:39.864 | 18 | ||
19 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 1:41.263 | 19 | ||
20 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1:41.334 | 20 | ||
107% time: 1:45.023 | |||||||
Source: [3] |
Lewis Hamilton won the race to further strengthen his lead in the Championship after Vettel finished 3rd, thus losing further ground to Hamilton, Max Verstappen managed 2nd place. On the first lap with the two Force India cars colliding with Esteban Ocon ending up in the wall after hitting his teammate Perez, bringing out the Safety Car. [4]
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