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2019 Singapore Grand Prix
Mercedes maintains a 33-point lead over Ferrari with 6 races remaining in the season.
Discover the analysis of the Singapore GP carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2235 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.
Lewis Hamilton will arrive next weekend in Sochi (Russia) with a 65-point lead over Valtteri Bottas. Charles Leclerc and tied on points with Max Verstappen, being 31 units behind the Finn. Sebastian Vettel came back to 6 points behind his teammate.
Vettel becomes the biggest winner of the Singapore GP with 5 victories against 4 for Hamilton.
Vettel signs his 53rd victory in F1 and becomes the 5th winner this season.
Vettel was voted Driver of the Day by fans of the discipline.
Albon takes 6th place ahead of Norris. Gasly finished 8th ahead of Hülkenberg and Giovinazzi. Grosjean fails at the points gate.
Vettel wins the Singapore GP and signs his first success since the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix. Ferrari achieves the double with Leclerc while Verstappen completes the podium ahead of the Mercedes of Hamilton and Bottas. The Prancing Horse has been undefeated for 3 races.
The drivers begin the final lap of the Grand Prix.
T59 – Magnussen temporarily deprives Bottas of the bonus point for the best lap in the race.
T59 – Bottas takes the fastest lap in the race while Hamilton remains threatening Verstappen.
T58 – Vettel now has more than 2 seconds ahead of his teammate Leclerc after a slight error from the Monegasque.
T58 – Kvyat improves the fastest lap in the race and temporarily takes away the bonus point from Vettel.
T57 – Magnussen makes one last stop and comes out in last place.
T57 – Positions are stable 5 laps from the finish. If the race is no longer interrupted, the race can continue to its end.
T56 – Vettel takes the fastest lap in the race while his teammate Leclerc is more than a second behind.
T54 – Magnussen continues to block Stroll and Kvyat, but the Canadian manages to take 14th place after being patient.
T54 – Vettel maintains a lead of one second over his teammate Leclerc. Verstappen follows at a distance in front of the Mercedes.
T53 – While Magnussen falls in the standings, his teammate Grosjean returns to the points gate by pointing behind Giovinazzi.
The stewards will investigate the accident between Räikkönen and Kvyat after the race.