Rosberg caps off dominant weekend with Singapore GP win

Nico Rosberg capped off his strong showing in Singapore with a wire-to-wire victory at the 2016 Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton.

In keeping with the trend of having a safety car at every Singapore race, the 2016 Singapore GP started in chaotic fashion. Within seconds of race start, Nico Hulkenberg made contact with a Toro Rosso and spun on the start/finish straight, crashing into the barriers right in front of the pit lane.

This immediately brought out the yellow flags and the safety car. Jenson Button got caught in the initial melee, which resulted in his front wing being clipped. He would eventually retire with mechanical problems. Max Verstappen had a sluggish start (the intitial cause of the mess), but it turned out to be a stroke of fortune as he narrowly missed crashing into Hulkenberg's barrelling car.

Ahead of the field, Rosberg continued to set the pace, with Ricciardo continually chasing him throughout the race. Rosberg eventually managed to hold off Ricciardo's late charge, finishing just under 0.5 seconds ahead of the Red Bull. Behind them, the battle for third and fourth was a tense affair, with Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen jostling for position. Hamilton narrowly prevailed, finishing just ahead of the Finn. Meanwhile, last year race winner Sebastien Vettel finished an impressive fifth, after starting the race at the very back of the grid. 

With tonight's win, Rosberg reclaims the top spot on the driver's standing, ahead of teammate Hamilton. 

Pos	Points		Driver	Team					Race Time	Qualifying		Fastest Lap
1	25		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes					1:55:48.950	1	1:42.584
2	18		Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing Tag Heuer					+0.488	2	1:43.115	1	1:47.187	(49)
3	15		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes					+8.038	3	1:43.288
4	12		Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari					+10.219	5	1:43.540
5	10		Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari					+27.694	22	1:49.116
6	8		Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Tag Heuer					+71.197	4	1:43.328
7	6		Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda					+1:29.198	9	1:44.553
8	4		Serdio Perez	Force India Mercedes					+1:51.062	10	1:44.582
9	2		Daniiel Kyvat	Toro Rosso Ferrari					+1:51.557	7	1:44.496
10	1		Kevin Magnusson	Renault					+1:59.952	17	1:46.825
11			Esteban Gutierrez	Haas Ferrari					+1 lap	14	1:45.593
12			Felipe Massa	Williams Mercedes					+1 lap	12	1:44.991
13			Felipe Nasr	Sauber Ferrari					+1 lap	18	1:46.860
14			Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso Ferrari					+1 lap	6	1:44.197
15			Jolyon Palmer	Renault					+1 lap	19	1:47.323
16			Pascal Wehrlein	MRT Mercedes					+1 lap	20	1:47.667
17			Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari					+1 lap	16	1:47.827
18			Esteban Ocon	MRT Mercedes					+2 lap	21	1:48.296
Retirement
--			Jenson Button	McLaren Honda					DNF	13	1:45.144
--			Valtteri Bottas	Williams Mercedes					DNF	11	1:44.740
--			Nico Hulkenberg	Force India Mercedes					DNF	8	1:44.479
--			Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari					DNS	15	1:45.723