Review of the fifteenth round of the 2019 F1 season at Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore for Formula 1's only night-time street race of the season, for the Singapore Grand Prix.
The race itself was an entertaining race to watch, Charles Leclerc on pole for Sundays race. On a dry Sunday race, Leclerc took the lead at the start ahead of both Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. By Lap 19 Vettel pitted for Hard tyres while Leclerc pitting for fresh Hard tyres a lap later resulted Vettel the advantage and took the lead when Hamilton pitted for tyres on lap 27. Resulting Sebastian Vettel to win his first Grand Prix on the season to win this seasons Singapore Grand Prix.
While, Charles Leclerc finished in second place in the other Ferrari to complete a Ferrai one-two finish of the season, and a first Ferrari one-two finish since the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix, Leclerc was three seconds behind Vettel at the end.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium, Verstappen was four seconds behind Vettel at the end of the sixty-one lap race.
Now with six races to go, with Vettel winning, Leclerc finishing second, Max Verstappen only managaed a third place; while Lewis Hamilton's only managed a fourth place in Singapore, while Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas only mangering a fifth place finish in Singapore. Lewis Hamilton has improved his lead of the F1 Drivers' Standings from sixty-three points to sixty-five points ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas; while both Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc are third in the standings, ninty-six points behind Hamilton, and Sebastian Vettel is fifth in the standings, a hundred and two points behind Hamilton.
While Mercedes still leads F1 Constructors' Standings, the gap is now reduce from one hundred and fifty-four points to one hundred and thirty-three points for Ferrari who are second in the Constructors' Standings with six races to go.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 6
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (finished fourth)
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished fifth)
Ferrari - 9
Sebastian Vettel - 10 (race win)
Charles Leclerc - 9 (pole, finished second)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished third)
Alexander Albon - 7 (finished sixth)
Renault - 5
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished fourteenth)
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (finished ninth)
Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished eleventh)
Kevin Magnussen - 7 (finished seventeenth, fastest lap)
McLaren - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished twelfth)
Lando Norris - 10 (finished seventh)
Racing Point - 5
Sergio Pérez- 5 (DNF, Oil leak)
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished thirteenth)
Alfa Romeo - 5
Kimi Räikkönen - 5 (DNF, Collision with Kvyat)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 6 (finished tenth)
Toro Rosso - 6
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished fifteenth)
Pierre Gasly - 8 (finished eighth)
Williams - 5
George Russell - 6 (DNF, Collision with Grosjean)
Robert Kubica - 5 (finished sixteenth)
Next stop Sochi Autodrom, Sochi in a weeks time for the Russian Grand Prix.
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