| 2018 Singapore Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 15 of 21 in the2018 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 16 September 2018 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 2018Singapore AirlinesSingapore Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay,Singapore | ||||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 5.063 km (3.146 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 61 laps, 308.706 km (191.821 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Clear | ||||
| Attendance | 263,000[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:36.015 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:41.905 on lap 50(lap record) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2018 Singapore Grand Prix (officially theFormula 1 2018 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was aFormula One motor race held on 16 September 2018 at theMarina Bay Street Circuit inMarina Bay, Singapore. The race was the 15th round of the2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 19th running of theSingapore Grand Prix and the 11th time the race had been held at Marina Bay.
Lewis Hamilton won the race from pole position to further extend his championship lead, ahead ofMax Verstappen andSebastian Vettel.
Mercedes driverLewis Hamilton entered the round with a 30-point lead overSebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes ledFerrari by 25 points.
The tyre compounds provided for this race were the hypersoft, ultrasoft and soft.
Lewis Hamilton won the race to further strengthen his lead in the Championship after Vettel finished 3rd, thus losing further ground to Hamilton, Max Verstappen managed 2nd place. On the first lap with the two Force India cars colliding with Esteban Ocon ending up in the wall after hitting his teammate Pérez, bringing out the Safety Car.[4]Kevin Magnussen achieved his first fastest lap, the first for a Danish driver and for his team,Haas.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 61 | 1:51:11.611 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 61 | +8.961 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 61 | +39.945 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 61 | +51.930 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 61 | +53.001 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 61 | +53.982 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 61 | +1:43.011 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 60 | +1 lap | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 60 | +1 lap | 13 | 2 |
| 10 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 60 | +1 lap | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 60 | +1 lap | 14 | |
| 12 | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 60 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| 13 | 10 |  Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 60 | +1 lap | 15 | |
| 14 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 60 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 60 | +1 lap1 | 8 | |
| 16 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 60 | +1 lap | 7 | |
| 17 | 28 |  Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 60 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 59 | +2 laps | 16 | |
| 19 | 35 |  Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 59 | +2 laps | 19 | |
| Ret | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 0 | Collision | 9 | |
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