Bianchi Untouchable on Streets of Singapore

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	62	Jules Bianchi		1:42.867
2	1	Sebastian Vettel		1:42.922
3	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		1:43.268
4	29	Pastor Maldonado		1:43.414
5	34	Valtteri Bottas		1:43.500
6	30	Dean Stoneman		1:43.684
7	2	Lewis Hamilton		1:43.925
8	33	Einar Ármannsson		1:44.134
9	27	Dave Cassidy		1:44.268
10	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1:44.527
10	28	Daniel Melrose		1:44.725
11	23	Pierre Gasly		1:45.592
12	24	Kevin Magnussen		1:45.594
13	66	Pascal Wehrlein		1:45.832
14	22	Jordan Davies		1:46.116
16	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1:46.162
17	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1:47.010
18	119	Felix Rosenqvist		1:47.042
19	55	Artem Markelov		1:47.135
20	91	Max Verstappen		1:46.407*
21	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1:47.239
22	6	Santiago Urrutia		1:47.246
23	56	Sergey Sirotkin		1:47.466
24	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1:48.167

* demoted three places for causing an avoidable accident

Report:

Rain was announced for Saturday as F1 moved on to Singapore, one of the most beautiful cities in the world today. It went away just before sunset, but was around to affect qualifying significantly, allowing Sebastian Vettel to make up for his slight lack of pace, starting second.

He started well on the dry track and dashed out in front into the first corner. Regrettably, he was not in contention for the win. Once polesitter Jules Bianchi had made up for his awful start and passed the three cars in front of him, Vettel could not resist much longer either.

Behind Bianchi, the two Saubers battled with Vettel for second. In the end, the boys in blue came out on top; Maldonado proceeded to outperform his teammate and once more extend his lead in the championship with exactly seven races left in the 2019 Formula One season.

In the midfield, stories were split: Stoffel Vandoorne failed to capitalise on a Q3 appearance in his first race back from a severe injury. The intra-Ferrari fight looked to go to Cassidy, until the American ran out of fuel on the final lap, at least still inheriting the point for 10th position.

 

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	62	Jules Bianchi		55:57.973	15
2	29	Pastor Maldonado		+11.200	12
3	30	Dean Stoneman		+14.057	10
4	63	Diego Álvarez Torrente		+16.053	8
5	1	Sebastian Vettel		+18.432	6
6	34	Valtteri Bottas		+67.333	5
7	28	Daniel Melrose		+75.466	4
8	22	Jordan Davies		+92.613	3
9	24	Kevin Magnussen		+98.375	2
10	27	Dave Cassidy		Fuel	1
11	23	Pierre Gasly		1 Lap	0
12	66	Pascal Wehrlein		1 Lap	0
13	91	Max Verstappen		1 Lap	0
14	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1 Lap	0
15	118	Carlos Sainz Jr		1 Lap	0
16	56	Sergey Sirotkin		1 Lap	0
17	5	Marvin Kirchhöfer		1 Lap	0
18	6	Santiago Urrutia		1 Lap	0
19	67	Mike Rockenfeller		1 Lap	0
20	33	Einar Ármannsson		Throtte	0
DNF	119	Felix Rosenqvist		Accident	0
DNF	90	Daniel Ricciardo		Engine	0
DNF	55	Artem Markelov		Engine	0
DNF	2	Lewis Hamilton		Collision	0

Fastest Lap:

Pastor Maldonado – 1:42.244

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Sebastian Vettel – thanks to him, Caterham looked like contenders for the first time in weeks.

Reject Of The Race:

Lewis Hamilton – retired in the run to the first corner, a legend like him should know better.