SEB SPARKLES AT THE NIGHT RACE
Car 1 SEBASTIAN VETTEL, Finish Position: WINNER! Start Position: 3rd
Its great to get the win today. Id like to dedicate it to Professor Sid Watkins. Its thanks to all the work he did to bring safety advancements to the sport that we can race on circuits like this. Looking to the race, Lewis had to retire which is a shame for him. I know how it feels and have been in that position before. I think we could have had a tight battle. I felt very good on the harder tyres and we had a lot of pace. I think its very good to get this win here today. We know the next few races will be tough, but thats the challenge.
Car 2 MARK WEBBER, Finish Position: 11th, Start Position: 7th
(Mark finished 10th, but a drive-through penalty was given after the race for leaving the track and gaining an advantage)
I wasnt too bad pace wise. The strategy was going alright, but the second safety car really hurt us and put us to the back of the queue. Around here, fighting and looking after your tyres is a bit of a mess. Its a shame. Sebastian got some good points for the Team, so thats good and Im just looking forward now to the next few races. I like Suzuka, so Im looking forward to that.
CHRISTIAN HORNER, Team Principal: A tremendous result for Sebastian and the Team to win in Singapore. Its a timely win for both Championships. It was unfortunate for Lewis to retire from the lead, we know how that feels and its never a good feeling. Nonetheless Sebastians had tremendous pace all weekend and its a shame in some respects, as Im sure theyd have had a great race over the remainder of the grand prix. With Mark, we elected to go onto a three-stop strategy and it was working reasonably well; there was the first safety car and, having just made a stop we knew we couldnt get to the end on those tyres, so we made a gamble and stayed out. Then his strategy was destroyed with the second safety car, caused by the Schumacher and Vergne incident. We had to pit him from there to get him to the end of the race, which dropped him back. His recovery from there was strong.
CYRIL DUMONT, Renault: It was a good way to recover after the last race result. We had the pace we expected today and it was good to convert the momentum that we had shown in the practice sessions. For Mark, it was a difficult race. Being in traffic is never easy here, but he did some good overtaking. For Sebastianto win here you have to do the perfect race and Seb did it. Now we have to keep the momentum for the final six races.
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 2. Button McLaren-Mercedes 3. Alonso Ferrari 4. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes 5. Rosberg Mercedes 6. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 7. Grosjean Lotus-Renault 8. Massa Ferrari 9. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10 Webber Red Bull-Renault 11 Perez Sauber-Ferrari 12 Glock Marussia-Cosworth 13 Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 14 Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 15 Pic Marussia-Cosworth 16 Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 17 De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 18 Senna Williams-Renault 19. Petrov Caterham-Renault
DNF
Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari Schumacher Mercedes Maldonado Williams-Renault Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Drivers ' Championship standings after Singapore
1. Alonso 194 2. Vettel 165 3. Raikkonen 149 4. Hamilton 142 5. Webber 133
Constructors' Championship standings after Singapore
1. Red Bull-Renault 2982. McLaren-Mercedes 2613. Ferrari 2454. Lotus-Renault 2315. Mercedes 1366. Sauber-Ferrari 1007. Force India-Mercedes 758. Williams-Renault 549. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 14
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