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The beautiful night race in Singapore! Intense heat, humidity and a grinding course make this a real test of stamina. The smog from the burning Malaysian rain forests will add to the test.

The championships are won but Singapore has interest for the dedicated fan. Will Hamilton be able to win his 41st and to match Senna's record (not quite as quickly as Vettel but still a big achievement)?, Will Rosberg try to challenge and shake his #2 driver status?, Can Merc 'remember' to keep their tire warmers plugged in? Will Red Bull and Mclaren do better? Do the course changes mean overtaking now is possible?

A safety car could create an exciting surprise winner to defeat the Mercedes engine monotony, so lots to watch for.

[vaptin]

Awesome pictures.

[darwin dali]

Awesome pictures.

This is the reality...

[stonemonkey]

Ooh, F1 meets silent hill. That's going to be interesting under the floodlights.

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Red Bull and Ferrari are looking good ahead of the Mercedes although Merc probably have their super engines turned down. And the McLaren seems to like this track.

FP2 RESULT

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m46.142s - 34
2 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m46.181s 0.039s 34
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m46.256s 0.114s 29
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m46.479s 0.337s 33
5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m46.487s 0.345s 35
6 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m46.659s 0.517s 30
7 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m46.781s 0.639s 34
8 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m46.959s 0.817s 26
9 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m47.294s 1.152s 35
10 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m47.427s 1.285s 32
11 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m47.684s 1.542s 28
12 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m47.755s 1.613s 26
13 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m47.795s 1.653s 33
14 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m47.888s 1.746s 28
15 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m48.012s 1.870s 23
16 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m48.096s 1.954s 32
17 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m48.118s 1.976s 28
18 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m50.094s 3.952s 30
19 Alexander Rossi Marussia/Ferrari 1m56.739s 10.597s 9
20 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m59.932s 13.790s 3

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Vettel pole, Ricciardo then Raikkonen.



2015 Singapore Grand Prix grid
2015 Singapore Grand Prix

1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1’43.885
2 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1’44.428
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1’44.667
4 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 1’44.745
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’45.300
6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1’45.415
7 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1’45.676
8 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 1’45.798
9 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1’46.077
10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 1’46.413
11 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1’46.305
12 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1’46.328
13 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1’46.385
14 Carlos Sainz Jnr Toro Rosso-Renault 1’46.894
15 Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 1’47.019
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 1’46.965
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1’47.088
18 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 1’47.323
19 Will Stevens Manor-Ferrari 1’51.021
20 Alexander Rossi Manor-Ferrari 1’51.523

[darwin dali]

Yup, a stunner and a shocker for Mercedes fans...

[sagi58]

Probably a shocker for anyone who follows F1!!


Woohoo!!! Vettel!!! Woohoo!!! Kimi!!! Woohoo!!!

OK, so the race hasn't even started; but, it's great
to see a glimmer of light at the end of this tunnel!!

[Stephen]

This has shown me one thing, Hamilton isn't as good as he believes he is. In any car but the fastest he's only ever slightly better than Rosberg. Seriously though, can someone explain why the Merc troop aren't on top?

[darwin dali]

Merc now have to follow new PSI rules and don't get enough grip with the soft and supersofts, so less traction, more deg = sh!tty quali and probably race as well.

[sagi58]

You took these words right off my keyboard

Merc now have to follow new PSI rules...

and, these straight from my heart

...sh!tty quali and probably race as well.

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Good result in Singapore for Ferrari with two on the podium! A breath of fresh air from the Merc strangle hold. Vettel really deserved the win as he had mastered the track unlike any other driver and virtually had a perfect week end. His qually lap was amazing and truly Senna like. And moving past (in fewer races) Senna in the all time win column with 42 is a remarkable career achievement. Next is Prost at 51.

The racing though was so tedious just showing how much the formula needs to move away from this current form. The cars are just so slow and the first stint almost 10 secs off the qually pace! Merc will fight this but it must happen. The lack of engine development and testing has really hurt F1.

[darwin dali]

2013 Pole: SV 1'42.841
2014 Pole: LH 1'45.681
2015 Pole: SV 1'43.885
2013 Fastest Lap: SV 1'48.574
2014 Fastest Lap: LH 1'50.417
2015 Fastest Lap: DR 1'50.041
SV this year didn't need to push hard anymore towards the end or he may have gotten the fastest lap under 1'50.
Bottom line: 1 second slower in quali, 1.5 slower for fastest lap during the race compared to pre-V6. Not that bad anymore especially compared to last year.