Lewis Hamilton scores comfortable victory at the Singapore GP

After a blistering qualifying lap on Saturday, Lewis Hamilton steered clear of trouble and ran a faultless race to take victory in the 2018 Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix. It is a stunning result for the Mercedes driver who did not expect to excel on a Singapore track that tradtionally favours the Ferrari and Red Bull cars. 

Hamilton got a good start off the line at the start of the race, while Vettel managed to overtake Verstappen just as two Force Indias collided futher down the pack, bringing out the safety car.

Once the safety car pitted, Hamilton continued his fine form and ran a trouble-free race to take victory. Verstappen regained his second place after undercutting Vettel on his pit stop strategy, and Vettel finished the race in third position. There was certainly more action further down the field.

Sergio Perez, having earlier collided with teammate Esteban Ocon and sent him crashing into the barriers, turned into Sirotkin in front of the Bay Grandstand. The stewards deemed it intentional contact, and handed Perex a five-second time penalty. However, beyond the crash on the first lap that brought out the safety car, it was largely a clean race, with just the one retirement from Ocon. 

With his fourth win in Singapore, Hamilton goes 40 points clear at the top of the Driver's Championship, while Mercedes further consolidates its lead atop the Constructor's Championship, clear of Ferrari by 25 points. 

Pos	Points		Driver	Team					Race Time	Qualifying		Fastest Lap
1	25		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes					1:51:11.611	1	1:36.015
2	18		Max Verstappen	Red Bull					+8.961	2	1:36.334
3	15		Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari					+39.945	3	1:36.628
4	12		Valteri Bottas	Mercedes					+51.930	4	1:36.702
5	10		Kimi Raikonnen	Ferrari					+53.001	5	1:36.794
6	8		Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull					+53.982	6	1:36.996
7	6		Fernando Alonso	McLaren					+103.011	11	1:38.641
8	4		Carlos Sainz Jnr	Renault					+1 lap	12	1:38.716
9	2		Charles Leclerc	Sauber					+1 lap	13	1:38.747
10	1		Nico Hulkenberg	Renault					+1 lap	10	1:38.588
11			Marcus Ericsson	Sauber					+1 lap	14	1:39.453
12			Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren					+1 lap	18	1:39.864
13			Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso					+1 lap	15	1:39.691
14			Lance Stroll	Williams					+1 lap	20	1:41.334
15			Romain Grosjean	Haas					+1 lap	8	1:38.320
16			Sergio Perez	Force India					+1 lap	7	1:37.985
17			Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso					+1 lap	17	1:39.809
18			Kevin Magnussen	Haas					+2 lap	16	1:39.644	1	1:41.905	(50)
19			Sergey Sirotkin	Williams					+2 lap	19	1:41.263
Retirement
--			Esteban Ocon	Force India					DNF	9	1:38.365