One-two end for Ferrari at 2019 Formulation One Singapore Grand Prix

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has ended his Formulation One dropping streak by profitable his first race in additional than a 12 months. A superb piece of technique on lap 19 of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix noticed the four-time world champion cross teammate Charles Leclerc to maneuver into the lead spot and maintain it from there.

Leclerc completed second roughly 2.6 seconds again whereas Aston Martin Crimson Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen completed third roughly three.eight seconds behind the winner.

Leclerc began the race on pole and was comfortably within the lead going into the primary sequence of corners, with Mercedes-AMG’s Lewis Hamilton and Vettel trailing. Then Ferrari made the decision to pit Vettel on the finish of lap 19 to keep away from an undercut from Verstappen who was in fourth on the time and about to pit.

2019 Formulation One Singapore Grand Prix

Vettel got here out of pit lane to search out an empty monitor forward of him which meant he was capable of push arduous instantly, with out having to take care of site visitors. When Leclerc pitted on the subsequent lap, he got here out behind Vettel. Hamilton made his personal pit cease a number of laps later and returned behind Vettel, Leclerc and Verstappen. The order was now set, with every driver doing their finest to take care of the tires so they might final the rest of the race.

On lap 35, the security automobile got here out for the primary time following an incident between Williams’ George Russell and Haas’ Romain Grosjean, with Russell compelled to retire. There have been two extra security automobile intervals, one when Racing Level’s Sergio Perez stopped on monitor and one other when Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen needed to do the identical. The slower laps allowed the lead drivers to avoid wasting their tires in order that they have been capable of comfortably make it to the end, with the chequered flag being waved virtually on the regulation two hour mark.

Following Sunday’s race, Hamilton nonetheless leads the 2019 Drivers’ Championship with 296 factors. Fellow Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas is second with 231 factors and Leclerc and Verstappen are tied for third with 200 factors every. Within the Constructors’ Championship, Mercedes leads with 527 factors versus the 394 of Ferrari and 289 of Crimson Bull. The subsequent race on the calendar is the Russian Grand Prix on this coming weekend.

Ferrari on the 2019 Formulation One Singapore Grand Prix

Under are the complete outcomes from the 2019 Formulation One Singapore Grand Prix:

1) Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari
2) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +2.641 seconds
three) Max Verstappen, Aston Martin Crimson Bull Racing +three.821 seconds
four) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG +four.608 seconds
5) Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes-AMG +6.119 seconds
6) Alexander Albon, Aston Martin Crimson Bull Racing +11.663 seconds
7) Lando Norris, McLaren +14.769 seconds
eight) Pierre Gasly, Toro Rosso +15.547 seconds
9) Nico Hulkenberg, Renault +16.718 seconds
10) Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo +27.855 seconds
11) Romain Grosjean, Haas +35.436 seconds
12) Carlos Sainz, McLaren +35.974 seconds
13) Lance Stroll, Racing Level +36.419 seconds
14) Daniel Ricciardo, Renault +37.660 seconds
15) Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso +38.178 seconds
16) Robert Kubica, Williams +47.024 seconds
17) Kevin Magnussen, Haas +86.522 seconds
Ret) Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo
Ret) Sergio Perez, Racing Level
Ret) George Russell, Williams