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2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
qualifiyng results
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.683 1:37.569 1:37.202
2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.574 1:37.824 1:37.420
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.138 1:37.840 1:37.464
4 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.065 1:38.076 1:37.531
5 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.418 1:38.031 1:37.679
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.520 1:37.978 1:38.038
7 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.884 1:38.295 1:38.223
8 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.427 1:37.913 1:38.237
9 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.725 1:38.327 1:38.405
10 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:38.341 1:38.181 1:38.822
11 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.049 1:38.362
12 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.882 1:38.365
13 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:38.525 1:38.417
14 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:38.988 1:38.431
15 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:39.185 1:38.718
16 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:39.075 1:38.781
17 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:39.470
18 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.987
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:40.864
20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.871
21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.169
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.322
Q1 107% Time 1:45.224

Result of the 3rd practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:37.881 -
2. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing - 1:38.018 + 0.137
3. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:38.318 + 0.437
4. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:38.332 + 0.451
5. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:38.486 + 0.605
6. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:38.701 + 0.820
7. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:38.816 + 0.935
8. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus - 1:38.857 + 0.976
9. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber - 1:38.961 + 1.080
10. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:39.114 + 1.233
11. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:39.128 + 1.247
12. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 1:39.196 + 1.315
13. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 1:39.204 + 1.323
14. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 1:39.274 + 1.393
15. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:39.327 + 1.446
16. Paul di Resta - Force India - 1:39.371 + 1.490
17. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:39.665 + 1.784
18. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:40.128 + 2.247
19. Charles Pic - Caterham - 1:41.360 + 3.479
20. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 1:41.614 + 3.733
21. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:41.646 + 3.765
22. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:42.267 + 4.386

Vettel moves ahead in 3rd practice :
Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets during final practice for the Korean Grand Prix on Saturday morning. The Red Bull driver, who clocked an effort of 1:37.881 with the Super Soft tyres, led team-mate Mark Webber by 0.137 seconds, as Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton watched on from third and fourth. Following a season-long trend, the first 45 minutes of the hour-long session was used for Medium-tyre runs. Hamilton, who suffered a slight delay in the early minutes due to vibrations on his brake pedal, was again the man in charge during this race preparation phase, continuing the form that saw him top both outings on Friday.
But when the switch to Super Softs arrived, Red Bull moved to the fore. Webber was the first of the frontrunners to head out for a timed attempt, initially clocking a 1:38.132 before lowering his benchmark to 1:38.018. Vettel then made his mark, finding an improvement of 1.2 seconds between compounds and breaking the 1m37s barrier. Rosberg and Hamilton thus fell back, the pair over four tenths of a second adrift of the ultimate pace. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Lotus driver Romain Grosjean followed in fifth and sixth, although the latter has more to yield after a mistake in the final sector. Felipe Massa, who ended the Medium tyre period a lowly 15th, enjoyed a better level of performance on the softer rubber, taking seventh position ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. The final top ten positions narrowly went to Nico Hülkenberg and Jenson Button, with the upper midfield battle set to be an extremely close one this weekend. At the tail end of the order, Caterham again demonstrated more pace than key rivals Marussia.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice2
1 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
2 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault
3 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes
.......

Lewis Hamilton stays on top in second F1 practice :
Lewis Hamilton completed a clean sweep of fastest times in Korean Grand Prix Friday practice as Mercedes again took the fight to Red Bull. In another strong hint that the champion team will face tougher opposition this weekend than of late, Hamilton not only set the outright pace with a 1m38.673s, but was also very positive about tyre life over later long runs. Sebastian Vettel was 0.108 seconds down on Hamilton in second place. The runaway world championship leader, chasing a fourth consecutive Formula 1 race win this weekend, waited much longer than anyone else to move to super-soft tyres, jumping to second when he did so. That denied Mercedes a one-two, with Vettel edging Nico Rosberg by 0.016s. Mark Webber had been Hamilton's main rival early on, as the pair swapped first place several times. The second Red Bull ended up back in fourth, but was within 0.063s of its sister car. Felipe Massa was Ferrari's pacesetter in fifth, two places ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso. Romain Grosjean's Lotus was in between them.
The second Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen got straight back out after its morning crash and went eighth. Despite a cockpit niggle, Jenson Button was ninth for McLaren, ahead of very-closely matched Force India duo Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta, who were just 0.001s apart. No one repeated Raikkonen's trip into the wall, but both Caterham's Charles Pic and Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez had spins during the afternoon while Alonso visited the grass on his final lap.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice1
1 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1:39.630
2 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault
3 : Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault
.........

Lewis Hamilton sets FP1 pace as Raikkonen crashes :
Lewis Hamilton set the pace in opening practice for the Korean Grand Prix as Kimi Raikkonen suffered a big crash at the end of the session. Mercedes driver Hamilton posted a lap of 1m39.630s to beat championship leader Sebastian Vettel by 0.037s, although the Red Bull driver had all the fastest sectors of the session. Team-mate Mark Webber was third quickest and the only other man to lap in the 1m39s. Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes was fourth ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button and Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso. Romain Grosjean was seventh ahead of Raikkonen, who ended the session with a heavy crash. As the session was coming to a close, Raikkonen lost control of his Lotus and crashed heavily at the final corner, causing substantial damage to his car.
The Finn was able to walk away from the crash, but the team faces a race against the time to have the car ready for second practice.
Although perfect weather conditions welcomed the drivers at the start of the session, it took over 15 minutes before the first lap time was set by Rodolfo Gonzalez. The Marussia driver had the track basically to himself for the first half hour, but that did not stop him from enduring drama, the Venezuelan losing control of his car and crashing against the barriers at Turn 13. He lost his front wing and returned to the pits, leaving the circuit empty for several more minutes. McLaren's Sergio Perez and Button joined Gonzalez in the timesheets with over 35 minutes of the session gone as the action finally began to pick up. Perez was the pacesetter for several minutes as most of the frontrunners continues to wait in their garages for the track conditions to improve. Mercedes' Rosberg relegated Perez to second at the 50-minute mark, the German posting a 1m41.498s that was soon bettered by less than a tenth by Alonso. Rosberg fought back seconds later to regain the top spot, the Mercedes driver followed by Vettel and Raikkonen, all of them lapping in the 1m40s. Hamilton became the first man to lap in the 1m39s with half an hour left, the Briton outpacing his team-mate by nearly half a second as Webber jumped up to second behind the Briton. Hamilton's time would remain unbeaten until the end, although Vettel moved up to second with a minute of the session left. Apart from Gonzalez's and Raikkonen's crashes, the session included spins from James Calado and Hamilton, as well as several offs without further consequences.
Felipe Massa's session was curtailed by a puncture that meant the Brazilian spent most of the 90 minutes in the pits, the Ferrari driver completing his first timed lap with just 12 minutes to go.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice2
1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.673 31
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.781 0.108 30
3 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.797 0.124 32
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.844 0.171 35
5 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.114 0.441 30
6 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.226 0.553 34
7 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39.444 0.771 31
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:39.757 1.084 33
9 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.774 1.101 29
10 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:40.006 1.333 34
11 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:40.007 1.334 34
12 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.152 1.479 31
13 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.186 1.513 33
14 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.210 1.537 34
15 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:40.446 1.773 30
16 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:40.552 1.879 26
17 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:41.117 2.444 35
18 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:41.289 2.616 34
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:42.461 3.788 36
20 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:42.798 4.125 35
21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:43.108 4.435 31
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:43.441 4.768 29

2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX
practice1
1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:39.630 20
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.667 0.037 20
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.816 0.186 19
4 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:40.117 0.487 20
5 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.215 0.585 22
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.374 0.744 18
7 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:40.396 0.766 19
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:40.677 1.047 15
9 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.860 1.230 20
10 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.880 1.250 13
11 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.899 1.269 20
12 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:41.432 1.802 18
13 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:41.482 1.852 22
14 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.626 1.996 21
15 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:41.924 2.294 19
16 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:42.002 2.372 20
17 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:42.043 2.413 18
18 14 James Calado Force India-Mercedes 1:43.008 3.378 21
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:43.660 4.030 20
20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:43.883 4.253 19
21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:44.100 4.470 14
22 22 Rodolfo Gonzalez Marussia-Cosworth 1:46.810 7.180 10

A little reminder for this weekend :

brudgon wrote:2013 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX

Fri 04 October 2013
Practice 1 : 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 : 07:00 - 08:30

Sat 05 October 2013
Practice 3 : 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying : 07:00

Sun 06 October 2013
Race : 08:00

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

The South Korean Grand Prix(14th round of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship)
Yeongam circuit – (4 - 5 and 6 October)
It will be the 4° edition of this race, but despite a provisional date already scheduled, for next year, the Korean GP could be at risk of dropping off the calendar. In my opinion, it would not be a serious loss. The Yeongam circuit runs anti clockwise and consists of 11 left turns and 7 right turns. The first sector has three straights with two slow corners in between. The second sector offers medium and high-speed corners, before a quite twisty final sector. The tarmac is not abrasive but the surface tends to be slippery, with a wide variety of corners and some heavy braking areas The Pirelli tyre compounds will be medium(white stripe) and super soft(red stripe). Probably there will be a significant difference in lap time between the two compounds. The Korean GP will see the same compounds chosen for Singapore. Two DRS zones: the first on the start-finish straight; the other between the curves 2 and 3 on a long 1.2 km straight.
Winners, Podium and pole position (last 3 editions)
2010: 1° Alonso – Ferrari (2° Hamilton and 3° Massa) – fastest lap: Alonso – pole: Vettel, time 1m 35.585
2011: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Hamilton and 3° Webber) – fastest lap: Vettel – pole: Hamilton, time 1m 35.820
2012: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Webber and 3° Alonso) – fastest lap: Webber – pole: Webber 1m 37.242

The stats of this season(2013) after 13 races.
Winners: Vettel(7 times) Alonso and Rosberg(2); Raikkonen and Hamilton (1)
Second place: Raikkonen and Alonso(5); Webber(2) and Vettel(1)
Third place: Hamilton(4); Vettel Webber and Grosjean(2) Raikkonen Alonso and Massa(1)
Total Podium: Vettel(10); Alonso(8); Raikkonen(7); Hamilton(5); Webber(4); Rosberg and Grosjean(2); Massa(1).
Pole position: Hamilton and Vettel (5 times) – Rosberg (3)

Mark Webber will get a 10-place grid penalty for the Korean Grand Prix. He was reprimanded after the Singapore race. Fernando Alonso gave Webber a lift back to the pits on the side of his Ferrari at the end of the race, because Webber's Red Bull failed on the last lap. That was Webber's third reprimand of the year, and so he received an automatic 10-place grid penalty. Alonso was also given a reprimand, but it is only the second in this season.

A typhoon named Fitow is moving to Korea and will certainly hit the city of Yeongam, where on Sunday is planned the GP
Organizers said "For sure there will be consequences, but we are planning all the security measures"
In 2010 race has been already stopped after few laps due to weather bad conditions.

28//09/1968 mika hakkinen former finnish f1 driver
[Verstecktes Bild - Registrierung notwendig]

2014 calendar

16 March: Australia (Melbourne)

30 March: Malaysia (Sepang)

6 April: Bahrain (Sakhir)

20 April: China (Shanghai)

27 April: Korea (Korea International Circuit)*

11 May: Spain (Barcelona)

25 May: Monaco (Monaco)

1 June: Grand Prix of America (New Jersey)*

8 June: Canada (Montreal)

22 June: Austria (Red Bull Ring)

6 July: Britain (Silverstone)

20 July: Germany (Hockenheim)

27 July: Hungary (Budapest)

24 August: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)

7 September: Italy (Monza)

21 September: Singapore (Marina Bay)

5 October: Russia (Sochi)*

12 October: Japan (Suzuka)

26 October: Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

9 November: USA (Austin)

16 November: Mexico (Mexico City)*

30 November: Brazil (Interlagos)

* Subject to the circuit approval

FIA council approved today in Dubrovnik the 2014 calendar : there will be 22 GPS, first in Australia (March 16),
last in Brazil (November 30); Mexico and Austria will return, New Jersey and Russia will make their debut;
Italian GP will be September 7.

last year gp korea results
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 1:36:28.651
2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 +8.2 secs 1
3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +13.9 secs
pole position
1 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:37.242

Kimi Raikkonen will suffer a back operation at the end of this championship,
due to an inflamed nerve, that sometimes causes him pain.
The problem date back to 2001, when he had a crash in his debut season
driving a Sauber.

The result of the ( boring ) Singapore race :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing 1:59:13.132
2. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari + 32.6 61
3. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus + 43.9 61
4. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP + 51.1 61
5. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP + 53.1 61
6. Felipe Massa - Ferrari + 1:03.877
7. Jenson Button - McLaren ++1:23.354
8. Sergio Perez - McLaren +1:23.820
9. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber + 1:24.261
10. Adrian Sutil - Force India + 1:24.668
11. Pastor Maldonado - Williams + 1:28.479
12. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber + 1:37.894
13. Valtteri Bottas - Williams +1:45.161
14. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso +1:53.512
15. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing + 1 lap
16. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham + 1 lap
17. Max Chilton Marussia F1 Team + 1 lap
18. Jules Bianchi Marussia F1 Team + 1 lap
19. Charles Pic Caterham + 1 lap
Did Not Finish :
20. Paul di Resta - Force India
21. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 0
22. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso

Fastest Lap : Vettel - 1:48.574
Pitstop Valtteri Bottas : 3 ( lap - 13 , lap - 24 , lap - 42 )
Bat. 2 Teams : Lewis Hamilton > Mark Webber
Grid Pos. Jean-Eric Vergne : 14th place

Vettel crushes the field to win at Singapore :
Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore Grand Prix tonight from pole position in his Red Bull-Renault was 32.6 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari in second place. Kimi Raikkonen in the Lotus-Renault finished 43.9 seconds behind the winner in third place. The win is Vettel's 33rd on his career, going ahead of Alonso with 32 wins, and his seventh on the 2013 season, and third in a row. Vettel has now won in Singapore the past three seasons. Nico Rosberg (51.1s) was fourth in the Mercedes, followed by his team mate Lewis Hamilton (53.1s) in fifth place, Felipe Massa (63.8s) in the second Ferrari was sixth, Jenson Button (83.3s) in the McLaren-Mercedes was seventh, his team mate Sergio Perez (83.8s) was eighth, Nico Hulkenberg (84.2s) in the Sauber-Ferrari was ninth and Adrian Sutil in the Force India-Mercedes was in the final points position in tenth. Vettel took off from the field at the start and held a commanding lead into the second stint. The safety car came out on lap 24 when Daniel Ricciardo hit the wall. The first four runners stayed out behind the safety car while most of the rest of the runners, led by Alonso dived into the pits. Vettel once again took off from the field, and one by one the other top four runners (Rosberg, Hamilton and Webber) all made their second stops. When Vettel finally made his second stop he came back still in the lead. Alonso, Button and Raikkonen had all leap-frogged the others and ran all the way to the finish on the same set of tyres. Near the end Button's tyres gave up and he slipped down the order - Alonso and Raikkonen finishing second and third. Vettel on 247 points now leads Alonso (187) in the Drivers' Championship by 60 points - ahead of Hamilton (151), Raikkonen (149), Mark Webber (130), Rosberg (116) and Massa (87 points). In the Constructors Championship Red Bull-Renault (377) leads Ferrari (274), Mercedes (267), Lotus-Renault (206) and McLaren-Mercedes (76 points).
Before the start, Vettel starts on pole, with Rosberg alongside - for an all-German front row. Romain Grosjean starts from third.
Championship contender Alonso starts all the way back in seventh. All the drivers start on Pirelli's supersoft tyre, except for Sutil who starts on medium tyres. The supersoft tyres are reckoned to be two seconds a lap faster than the medium compound tyres.
Every year of the Singapore GP has had a safety car period, so the teams try to prepare their strategies around the possibility.
At the start Rosberg draws alongside Vettel and goes into the lead, but over does the first series of corners and Vettel comes back and retakes the top spot. Alonso makes a fantastic start, diving down the outside into the first corner and jumps up to third. Hamilton runs wide on the first chicane to pass Massa, and is told by the team to give him back the place. At the end of the first lap Vettel leads Rosberg by 1.9 seconds, followed by Alonso, Webber, Grosjean, Hamilton, Massa Button, Hulkenberg and Perez in tenth.
By lap 2 Vettel stretches to a 4.1 second lead, and sets fast lap at 1m52.8s. On lap 3 Raikkonen is challenging Esteban Gutierrez for 11th. On lap 5 Vettel increases his lead to 6.2 seconds over Rosberg, Alonso is a further 2.8 seconds behind. Raikkonen passes Gutierrez for 11th. On lap 6 Webber's engineer tells the Australian to maintain a two second gap to Alonso in order to make his tyres last for the first stint. At lap 10, Vettel leads Rosberg by 7.1 seconds, followed by Alonso (10.8s), Webber (13.5s), Grosjean (14.9s), Massa (17.3s), Hamilton (18.7s), Button (21.1s), Hulkenberg (23.0s) and Perez (24.3s) in tenth place. On lap 11 Raikkonen is the first to pit, along with Jules Bianchi, both taking more supersoft tyres. On lap 12 Gutierrez, Jean-Eric Vergne, Charles Pic and Max Chilton all pit. Alonso sets fast lap at 1m52.8s. On lap 13 Massa and Sutil pit, Massa switching to medium tyres. Sutil switches to supersofts. Raikkonen passes Valtteri Bottas for 15th. Webber complains about his rear tyres going off. Vettel sets fast lap, then is surpassed by Gutierrez with a 1m52.2s on new tyres. On lap 14, Webber, Button, Hulkenberg, Guido Van der Garde and Bottas all pit. On lap 15 Alonso and Perez pit, Alonso switching to medium tyres. On lap 16 Rosberg, Grosjean and Hamilton all pit. Rosberg and Hamilton switch to mediums, Grosjean stays on supersofts. Raikkonen sets fast lap at 1m51.7s. Ricciardo pits as well.
Lotus tells Raikkonen that they are having a KERS problem. Pastor Maldonado, Hulkenberg and Perez battle over 11th place.
On lap 18 Vettel pits from the lead and changes over to medium tyres, rejoins in the lead. Alonso and Webber are stuck behind Paul di Resta in third place - the only driver yet to pit. On lap 18 Hulkenberg gives 11th back to Perez after race control informs the team that he left the track to get by him. Di Resta running 1m54s continues to hold up Alonso and Webber, Vettel and Rosberg running 1m52s. On lap 20 Hamilton complains that his tyres feel "terrible". On lap 21 Di Resta finally makes his first pitstop from third place, taking another set of supersoft tyres. At lap 21, Vettel maintains his lead over Rosberg by 9.0 seconds, followed by Alonso (17.1s), Webber (18.8s), Grosjean (19.6s), Hamilton (20.6s), Massa (24.0s), Button (25.5s), Raikkonen (26.3s) and Perez (32.5s) in tenth place. On lap 22 Raikkonen complains of a problem, but the team tells him that they can't see it in the telemetry data from the car. Grosjean and Hamilton are closing on Webber in fourth place. Red Bull tells Vettel that he should use more of the KERS through the lap - he leads the field by almost 11 seconds. On lap 25 Vergne and Bianchi pit. On lap 26, Ricciardo hits the barricades and sits in the racing line. The safety car is deployed. Bottas pits. Alonso, Grosjean, Massa, Button, Raikkonen, Perez, Hulkenberg, Gutierrez, Sutil and Maldonado all pit. Vettel, Rosberg, Webber and Hamilton have all stay out behind the safety car. Behind the safety car - with his 10 second lead erased - Vettel leads Rosberg, Webber, Hamilton, Alonso, Grosjean, Di Resta, Massa, Button, Raikkonen, Perez, Hulkenberg, Vergne, Gutierrez, Sutil, Maldonado, Bottas, Van der Garde, Pic, Chilton and Bianchi. On lap 27 lapped cars are waved around the safety car. Red Bull reminds Vettel that because of the slow laps behind the safety car, he can use more fuel when the race is resumed. At the end of lap 30 the safety car pulls in and the race resumes with Vettel streaking away from Rosberg and the field. The top four runners having not pitted. On lap 31 Vettel pulls out a 3.2 second lead. Red Bull tells Vettel to push and use the tyres, as he will need to pit again. On lap 32 Vettel sets fast lap at1m50.6s. Hamilton says he ran over debris, and asks the team to monitor his tyre pressure. On lap 33 Vettel set another fast lap at 1m50.4s, the runners behind running 1m52s laps.
On lap 34 Renault calls Grosjean in from fourth place, for a problem with the pneumatic valve system, that they need to recharge. After a long stop Grosjean rejoins in 21st place. On lap 36 Vettel continues to set fast laps, now down to 1m50.1s. He now leads Rosberg by 14.3 seconds. Rosberg seems to be trying to preserve his tyres. On lap 37 Gutierrez runs wide and loses a place but continues. Marussia is telling Bianchi to pass his team mate Chilton. On lap 38 Mercedes tells Rosberg that they believe that some rubber stuck in the front wing is losing front downforce on the car. Grosjean pits again and retires. Vettel sets another fast lap at 1m50.1s. On lap 40 Vergne pits. On lap 41 Webber and Sutil both pit. Webber stays on medium tyres and Sutil stays on supersofts. Vettel sets another fast lap at1n50.0s. On lap 42 Rosberg pits from second place taking another set of medium tyres, and comes out behind Webber, the Red Bull jumps ahead on the pit sequence. On lap 43 Di Resta, Massa and Bottas pit. Mercedes tells Rosberg to push, as other cars have not pitted yet. On lap 44 Hamilton pits from second place for medium tyres. Sutil sets fast lap at 1m49.6s.
On lap 45 Vettel pits with a 30 second lead over Alonso, changes to supersoft tyres, and comes out still in the lead. Red Bull tells Vettel that all he needs to do to win is to look after the car. At lap 45 Vettel leads Alonso by 4.8 seconds, followed by Button (10.3s), Raikkonen (11.1s), Perez (13.4s), Hulkenberg (14.6s), Gutierrez (19.8s), Webber (26.1s), Rosberg (27.1s) and Hamilton (27.7s) in tenth place. On lap 47 Vettel resets fast lap at 1m48.5s. Vettel is told to look after his brakes. Can the runners who pitted during the safety car (Alonso, Button, Raikkonen, Perez and Gutierrez) run the rest of the race without pitting for tyres again? Mercedes tells Rosberg and Hamilton to push to pass Webber. On lap 49 Webber passes Gutierrez for seventh place in the DRS zone. Rosberg and Hamilton passes Gutierrez later in the lap. On lap 50 Di Resta passes Gutierrez, and then Massa does as well. In the space of two laps the Mexican driver is now out of the points in 12th. Vettel continues to lead Alonso by 11.9 seconds. On lap 52 Raikkonen chases Button in a battle for the last podium spot. Webber closing on Hulkenberg in sixth place. On lap 54 Webber finally passes Hulkenberg and runs sixth. On lap 55 Raikkonen dives down the outside of Button and runs side-by-side, then taking third place from the British driver. Rosberg passes Hulkenberg, while a few places back Di Resta noses into the wall at turn 7 and his day is done. Yellow flags are out. Webber passes Perez and Hamilton passes Hulkenberg. At lap 55 Vettel leads Alonso by 20.0 seconds, followed by Raikkonen (35.9s), Button (42.3s), Webber (42.4s), Perez (45.2s), Rosberg (45.4s), Hamilton (45.8s), Massa (47.7s) and Hulkenberg (48.6s) in tenth place. On lap 56 Webber passes Button for fourth place. Rosberg passes Perez. On lap 57 Rosberg is pushed by his team mate Hamilton, while Massa attacks both. Webber is told to short-shift his Red Bull. On lap 58 Button, on old tyres, is passed by Rosberg for fifth. Hamilton passes Perez. Hamilton passes Button, and Massa passes Perez. On lap 59 Webber is told to use low revs in all gears, the Australian hoping his car will make it to the finish. On lap 60 Rosberg passes Webber. Hamilton passes Webber as well. Smoke comes out of the Red Bull's gearbox.On lap 61 Webber pulls off with flames coming from the Red Bull's gearbox on the last lap. Vettel wins ahead of Alonso and Raikkonen to win the Singapore GP. On the cool down lap Alonso picks up the stranded Webber, and gives him a ride back to the pits. During the podium ceremony Vettel once again hears a sprinkling of boos from the crowd, suggesting that Vettel is winning far too often for their tastes.

The F1 circus continues in two weeks time in South Korea.

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