Singapore: Thankfully for world champion Sebastian Vettel the Singapore Grand Prix is a marathon and not a sprint as the German overcame a self-perceived lack of pace in his Red Bull to claim the two-hour night race.
A poor final qualifying session meant Vettel started Sunday's race in third place, but he slipped past Pastor Maldonado's Williams by Turn 2 before benefiting from the gearbox failure of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren to stride to victory in Singapore for the second consecutive year.
"It was great to win last year but to repeat is even greater this year so I'm very happy especially with this year's championship being very tight," the 25-year-old told reporters after the 23rd victory of his Formula One career.
"We didn't have the fastest package this weekend but still we won the race so I'm very happy."...
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09:07 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Singapore: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel positioned himself as the main challenger to Fernando Alonso's Formula One title chances by earning his second straight Singapore Grand Prix win on Sunday, jumping up to second place in the drivers' championship. Vettel inherited the lead from pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, who led the race until he suffered a gearbox failure on lap 23 of 59 and had to retire. It was...
07:53 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Singapore: Bruno Senna has been given a five-place grid penalty for the Singapore Grand Prix after his Williams team changed his gearbox ahead of Sunday's race. The Brazilian, who damaged the gearbox when he hit a wall in qualifying on Saturday, will now start 22nd on the grid for the 14th race of the Formula One season. Senna's team mate, Pastor Maldonado, will start second on the grid alongside McLaren's...
05:09 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Singapore: The controversial 'Singapore Sling' chicane at the Marina Bay Street Circuit remains one of the most dangerous in Formula One with further modifications required, world champion Sebastian Vettel said on Saturday. The high kerbs on the 10th turn of the track have been toned down since Kimi Raikkonen went airborne late in the inaugural race in 2008, but the trickiness of the sharp left, then right by the old...
11:44 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Singapore: Paul di Resta matched his career-best qualifying position on Saturday when he claimed the sixth place on the grid for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix even as his Sahara Force India teammate Nico Hulkenberg missed out on top-10. Resta clocked his best lap in 1m 47.241 while Hulkenberg's timing of 1:47.975 was good enough for only 11th place as he could not get into Q3. It was 2012 season's best...
08:22 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Singapore: McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton maintained his team's improved form by claiming pole position on Saturday for the Singapore Grand Prix, and with a handy buffer to his Formula One championship rivals. Hamilton gave McLaren its fourth consecutive pole position for the first time since 1999, and his victory chances in Sunday's race were boosted by Williams' Pastor Maldonado snatching a surprise second place in qualifying. "We have put ourselves...
08:10 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Singapore: HRT driver Pedro de la Rosa will be handed a five-place penalty on the starting grid for the Singapore Grand Prix after his team performed an unscheduled gearbox change ahead of the final free practice on Saturday. The 41-year-old finished the Italian Grand Prix in Monza in 18th place two weeks ago but his team discovered a problem with his gearbox and the change does not conform with regulations...
07:08 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Singapore: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has set the fastest time in Saturday's pre-qualifying practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix, bettering McLaren's Lewis Hamilton by a third of a second. Vettel made it a sweep of all three practice sessions at Marina Bay to be well positioned to chase pole position later Saturday. Championship leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was third fastest, two thirds of a second behind Vettel,...
05:07 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Singapore: Sahara Force India's Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg finished in the top 10 in both opening practice sessions for the Singapore Grand Prix, here on Friday. Hulkenberg was seventh in the first free practice with a timing of 1:51.658 while Di Resta finished a place behind after clocking 1:51.943, two days ahead of Sunday's floodlit race. The German pair of Resta and Hulkenberg were sixth and seventh fastest...
10:24 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Singapore: Red Bull signalled it was ready to resume its fight for the Formula One title with a strong performance in Friday's practice for the Singapore Grand Prix. Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel topped the time sheets in both sessions, while team-mate Mark Webber was fourth in the second practice. Neither driver had finished their previous race, the Italian Grand Prix on September 9. "Overall we can be happy with...
06:00 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Singapore: Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso will focus his attention on nearest rival Lewis Hamilton at this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix as the Spaniard knows it is impossible to watch everyone. Ferrari's Alonso leads Hamilton by 37 points with seven rounds remaining but the Briton has hauled himself into contention by winning two of the last three races to loom large in the Spaniard's wing mirrors. McLaren's Hamilton sits...
06:55 PM, Sep 20, 2012
Singapore: Formula One title chaser Kimi Raikkonen says he is happy at Lotus - for now - even as speculation swirls around possible vacancies at the 2007 world champion's previous teams Ferrari and McLaren. The taciturn 32-year-old's consistent displays in his comeback season after two years in rallying have lifted him to third in the standings with seven races remaining. Raikkonen arrived in Singapore on Wednesday to pursue his long-shot...
05:37 PM, Sep 19, 2012
London: Williams want penalty-prone Pastor Maldonado to stay with them next season but Bruno Senna's future with the Formula One team is less certain, influential shareholder and executive director Toto Wolff indicated on Tuesday. The Austrian, increasingly cast as the eventual successor to team principal and founder Frank Williams, told the official Formula One website (www.formula1.com) ahead of Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix that a decision on drivers for 2013 was...
05:58 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Singapore: Singapore Grand Prix organisers have refuted comments by the sport's supremo Bernie Ecclestone that the city-state had essentially agreed to extend its hosting rights for a further five years. Ecclestone had been quoted to say that "all obstacles preventing the deal from going through have been resolved" and that a new five-year agreement was ready to be signed. However, Singapore GP said that while it has received a formal...
02:15 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Formula One has agreed terms with Singapore to extend the country's grand prix contract for five years after September's race, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone was quoted as saying on Wednesday. The 81-year-old Briton told Singapore's Today newspaper that the timing of the official announcement of the renewal would be decided by the Singapore government. "Everything that was in the way of the Singapore Grand Prix continuing for another five years...
04:33 PM, Jul 11, 2012
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Sebastian Vettel produced yet another dominating display to comfortably win the Singapore GP, one of the toughest races of the calendar. He is now just ...
05:32 PM, Sep 26, 2011
Singapore: Ferrari driver Felipe Massa has lashed out at Lewis Hamilton after a collision in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix, accusing the Briton of trying "to be Superman" and endangering fellow drivers. McLaren driver Hamilton ran into the back of the Ferrari on lap 12, forcing Massa to pit with a shredded tyre. Hamilton stopped soon after for a new front wing and then had to serve a pit drive-through penalty....
09:45 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Singapore: Paul di Resta finished a career-best sixth while Adrian Sutil ended at eighth as Force India recorded its best result of the Formula One season with the team collecting 12 points at the Singapore Grand Prix here on Sunday. It was only the second double points finish for Force India (46), which consolidated its sixth position in the constructors' championships, opening up a 12-point gap with Sauber (36). Before...
08:29 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Singapore: World championship leader Sebastian Vettel took the pole position on Saturday for the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver clinched his 11th pole of the season " becoming the sixth man in F1 history to achieve that feat " by setting a time more than three-tenths of a second faster than his teammate Mark Webber. The German can claim the championship this weekend if he gets...
09:07 PM, Sep 24, 2011
