It was the same old, same old in Formula One racing this weekend at Marina Bay as Mercedes won yet another race – the only difference this time was that only one of their cars made it to the finish line unscathed – as Mercedes retained their dominance on the circuit with a convincing victory from Lewis Hamilton while his teammate Nico Rosberg was saddled with electrical issues that prevented him from finishing the race. Hamilton’s easy victory was rarely in doubt and even a mandatory tire change in the last few laps failed to bring any drama as he made the change to a required set of tires and then easily passed four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel to regain the lead and jet off for a 13.5 second win.
Vettel finished second for the second time this year and his teammate, Daniel Ricciardo notched a third place finish, putting two Red Bull drivers on the podium for only the third time this season.
In the season point standings, Hamilton vaults above Rosberg with 241 points to Rosberg’s 238 followed by Ricciardo in third with 181 points.
The 2014 Formula One racing season continues with the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on October 5, 2014.
2014 Singapore Grand Prix Results
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 60 2:00:04.795 1 25
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 60 +13.5 secs 4 18
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 60 +14.2 secs 3 15
4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 60 +15.3 secs 5 12
5 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 60 +42.1 secs 6 10
6 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 60 +56.8 secs 12 8
7 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 60 +59.0 secs 15 6
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 60 +60.6 secs 7 4
9 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 60 +61.6 secs 13 2
10 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 60 +62.2 secs 9 1
11 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 60 +65.0 secs 8
12 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 60 +66.9 secs 18
13 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 60 +68.0 secs 16
14 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 60 +72.0 secs 10
15 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 60 +94.1 secs 22
16 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 60 +94.5 secs 19
17 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 59 +1 Lap 21
Ret 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 52 +8 Laps 11
Ret 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 40 +20 Laps 17
Ret 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 17 +43 Laps 14
Ret 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 13 +47 Laps 2
DNS 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 0 DNS 20