The 2018 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix)[1] was the fifteenth race of the 2018 Formula One season, and the eleventh time the Singapore Grand Prix was held. It was held between 14 September and 16 September 2018.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his seventy-ninth pole position, also his fourth pole at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Max Verstappen qualified second to take his fourth front row start, while Sebastian Vettel was third fastest.
In the race, Hamilton kept the lead at the start while Verstappen held off Vettel at the first corner. At the same turn, Sergio Pérez made contact with Esteban Ocon, sending Ocon into the wall, and deploying the safety car just after Vettel overtook Verstappen on Raffles Boulevard. Sergey Sirotkin was also forced to take a late pit stop under the safety car after getting a piece of debris caught on his front wing. After the safety car came in at the end of lap 4, Hamilton, Vettel and Verstappen kept their positions. After Vettel took his pit stop at the end of lap 14, he got caught up behind Pérez, allowing Verstappen to take back second place after pitting at the end of lap 17. Hamilton went on to take his sixty-ninth overall victory and extend his championship lead to forty points over Vettel, while Verstappen and Vettel completed the podium by finishing second and third, respectively.
Background[]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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 McLaren-Renault
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1:45.160 | 20 | 1:41.164 | 16 | 1:40.798 | 15 | |||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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 Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1:39.711 | 1 | 1:39.309 | 4 | 1:39.186 | 5 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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1:39.997 | 3 | 1:40.633 | 9 | 1:38.054 | 1 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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1:40.486 | 4 | 1:38.699 | 1 | 1:38.416 | 2 | |||||
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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 Haas-Ferrari
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1:42.108 | 10 | 1:40.384 | 7 | 1:39.747 | 7 | |||||
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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1:42.408 | 11 | 1:40.812 | 12 | 1:41.953 | 19 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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1:43.240 | 16 | 1:41.615 | 18 | 1:40.686 | 14 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:42.412 | 12 | 1:40.774 | 11 | 1:40.231 | 9 | |||||
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Renault
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1:42.630 | 14 | 1:40.459 | 8 | 1:40.254 | 10 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:42.035 | 9 | 1:41.062 | 14 | 1:40.915 | 16 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:43.849 | 18 | 1:42.141 | 19 | 1:42.220 | 20 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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1:42.452 | 13 | 1:41.154 | 15 | 1:40.559 | 12 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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1:41.105 | 5 | 1:40.668 | 10 | 1:40.450 | 11 | |||||
| 28 |  Brendon Hartley
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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1:43.485 | 17 | 1:41.542 | 17 | 1:41.562 | 17 | |||||
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:43.177 | 15 | 1:40.870 | 13 | 1:40.073 | 8 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1:39.912 | 2 | 1:39.221 | 3 | 1:39.265 | 6 | |||||
| 35 |  Sergey Sirotkin
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:44.036 | 19 | 1:42.181 | 20 | 1:41.884 | 18 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1:41.232 | 6 | 1:38.710 | 2 | 1:38.558 | 3 | |||||
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Renault
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1:41.329 | 7 | 1:40.274 | 6 | 1:40.591 | 13 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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1:41.429 | 8 | 1:39.368 | 5 | 1:38.603 | 4 | |||||
| Source: [2][3][4] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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14 | 1:39.403 | 4 | 1:37.344 | 1 | 1:36.015 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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5 | 1:38.751 | 2 | 1:37.214 | 2 | 1:36.334 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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2 | 1:38.218 | 6 | 1:37.876 | 3 | 1:36.628 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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12 | 1:39.291 | 3 | 1:37.254 | 4 | 1:36.702 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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3 | 1:38.534 | 1 | 1:37.194 | 5 | 1:36.794 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1 | 1:38.153 | 5 | 1:37.406 | 6 | 1:36.996 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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6 | 1:38.814 | 7 | 1:38.342 | 7 | 1:37.985 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari
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4 | 1:38.685 | 8 | 1:38.367 | 8 | 1:38.320 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes
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7 | 1:38.912 | 10 | 1:38.534 | 9 | 1:38.365 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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8 | 1:38.932 | 9 | 1:38.450 | 10 | 1:38.588 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Renault
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9 | 1:39.022 | 11 | 1:38.641 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Renault
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10 | 1:39.103 | 12 | 1:38.716 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
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Sauber-Ferrari
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11 | 1:39.206 | 13 | 1:38.747 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari
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13 | 1:39.366 | 14 | 1:39.453 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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15 | 1:39.614 | 15 | 1:39.691 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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16 | 1:39.644 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 28 | Brendon Hartley
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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17 | 1:39.809 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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McLaren-Renault
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18 | 1:39.864 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin
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Williams-Mercedes
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19 | 1:41.263 | 19 | |||||||
| 20 | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes
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20 | 1:41.334 | 20 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:45.344 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [5] | |||||||||||||
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | |
| Max Verstappen | ______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | |
| Valtteri Bottas | ______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | ______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | |
| Romain Grosjean | ______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | |
| Nico Hülkenberg | ______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | |
| Carlos Sainz, Jr. | ______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | Charles Leclerc | |
| Marcus Ericsson | ______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | |
| Kevin Magnussen | ______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | Brendon Hartley | |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | ______________ | |
| Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
| 20 | Sergey Sirotkin | |
| Lance Stroll | ______________ |
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
- * Grosjean was given a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.[6]
Milestones[]
- Nico Hülkenberg's 150th start (152nd entry).
- Carlos Sainz, Jr.'s 75th entry and start.
- Max Verstappen's 75th entry and start.
- Kevin Magnussen's 75th start (76th entry).
- Sergey Sirotkin's 15th entry and start.
- Charles Leclerc's 15th entry and start.
- Fernando Alonso is on level with Michael Schumacher for the third highest number of entries, and on level with Schumacher and Jenson Button for the second highest number of starts.
- Alonso's final points finish until the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
- Kevin Magnussen and Haas' first fastest lap.
Standings[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 2018 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2018/Singapore.html. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Singapore Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 September 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/993/singapore/practice-1.html. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Singapore Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 September 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/993/singapore/practice-2.html. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Singapore Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 September 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/993/singapore/practice-3.html. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Singapore Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 September 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/993/singapore/qualifying.html. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Singapore Grand Prix 2018 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 16 September 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/993/singapore/race-result.html. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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