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.
Lewis Hamilton won the race from pole position to further extend his championship lead, ahead of Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel.
Background Championship standings before the race 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.
Tyres The tyre compounds provided for this race were the hypersoft, ultrasoft and soft.
Qualifying DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3144 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:39.4031:37.3441:36.0151233 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:38.7511:37.2141:36.334235 Sebastian VettelFerrari1:38.2181:37.8761:36.6283477 Valtteri BottasMercedes1:39.2911:37.2541:36.702457 Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:38.5341:37.1941:36.794563 Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:38.1531:37.4061:36.9966711 Sergio PérezRacing Point Force India-Mercedes1:38.8141:38.3421:37.985788 Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:38.6851:38.3671:38.3208931 Esteban OconRacing Point Force India-Mercedes1:38.9121:38.5341:38.36591027 Nico HülkenbergRenault1:38.9321:38.4501:38.588101114 Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:39.0221:38.641111255 Carlos Sainz Jr.Renault1:39.1031:38.716121316 Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:39.2061:38.74713149 Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:39.3661:39.453141510 Pierre Gasly1:39.6141:39.691151620 Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:39.644161728 Brendon HartleyScuderia Toro Rosso-Honda1:39.80917182McLaren-Renault1:39.864181935 Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:41.263192018 Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:41.33420 107% time: 1:45.023 Source:
Race 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 Pérez, bringing out the Safety Car. Kevin Magnussen achieved his first fastest lap, the first for a Danish driver and for his team, Haas.
Race classification DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints144 Lewis HamiltonMercedes611:51:11.611125233 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer61 +8.96121835 Sebastian VettelFerrari61 +39.945315477 Valtteri BottasMercedes61 +51.93041257 Kimi RäikkönenFerrari61 +53.00151063 Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer61 +53.98268714 Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault61 +1:43.011116855 Carlos Sainz Jr.Renault60 +1 lap124916 Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari60 +1 lap1321027 Nico HülkenbergRenault60 +1 lap101119 Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari60 +1 lap14122McLaren-Renault60 +1 lap181310 Pierre Gasly60 +1 lap151418 Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes60 +1 lap20158 Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari60 +1 lap81611 Sergio PérezRacing Point Force India-Mercedes60 +1 lap71728 Brendon Hartley60 +1 lap171820 Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari59 +2 laps161935 Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes59 +2 laps19 31 Esteban OconRacing Point Force India-Mercedes0 Collision9Source: Notes – Romain Grosjean received a 5-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Lewis Hamilton 2812 Sebastian Vettel 2413 Kimi Räikkönen 1744 Valtteri Bottas 1715 Max Verstappen 148Source:
Constructors' Championship standings ConstructorPoints1 Mercedes 4522 Ferrari 4153 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 2744 Renault 915 Haas-Ferrari 76Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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