The 2018 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 September 2018 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in

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. The race was the 15th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 19th running of the Singapore Grand Prix and the 11th time the race had been held at Marina Bay.

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with M ...

won the race from pole position to further extend his championship lead, ahead of

Max Verstappen Max Emilian Verstappen (; born 30 September 1997) is a Dutch and Belgian racing driver who competes under the Dutch flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. Verstappen has won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he w ...

and Sebastian Vettel.

Background

Championship standings before the race

Mercedes driver

entered the round with a 30-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led

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by 25 points.

Tyres

The tyre compounds provided for this race were the hypersoft, ultrasoft and soft.

Qualifying

Race

Lewis Hamilton won the race to further strengthen his lead in the Championship after Vettel finished 3rd, thus losing further ground to Hamilton, Max Verstappen managed 2nd place. On the first lap with the two Force India cars colliding with Esteban Ocon ending up in the wall after hitting his teammate Pérez, bringing out the Safety Car.

Kevin Magnussen Kevin Jan Magnussen (; born 5 October 1992) is a Danish racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for W Racing Team, WRT and the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, RLL as a factory driver f ...

achieved his first fastest lap, the first for a Danish driver and for his team, Haas.

Race classification

;Notes * – Romain Grosjean received a 5-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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