2018 Singapore Grand Prix

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.

2018 Singapore Grand Prix
Race 15 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:36.015
Fastest lap
Driver	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari
Time	1:41.905 on lap 50 (lap record)
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Lap leaders

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				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]

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.^[4] Kevin Magnussen achieved his first fastest lap, the first for a Danish driver and for his team, Haas.

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	61	1:51:11.611	1	25
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	61	+8.961	2	18
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	61	+39.945	3	15
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	61	+51.930	4	12
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	61	+53.001	5	10
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	61	+53.982	6	8
7	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	61	+1:43.011	11	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	60	+1 lap	12	4
9	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	60	+1 lap	13	2
10	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	60	+1 lap	10	1
11	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	60	+1 lap	14
12	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	60	+1 lap	18
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	60	+1 lap	15
14	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	60	+1 lap	20
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	60	+1 lap1	8
16	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	60	+1 lap	7
17	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	60	+1 lap	17
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	59	+2 laps	16
19	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	59	+2 laps	19
Ret	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	0	Collision	9
Source:[5]

Notes

• ^1  – Romain Grosjean received a 5-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 281 2 Sebastian Vettel 241 3 Kimi Räikkönen 174 4 Valtteri Bottas 171 5 Max Verstappen 148 Source:[6]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 452 2 Ferrari 415 3 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 274 4 Renault 91 5 Haas-Ferrari 76 Source:[6]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.