2013 Singapore Grand Prix (Sep 20-22)

[Wouter Melissen]

In a weekend dominated talk of Raikonen's return to Ferrari and the possible implications for Alonso and the rest of the drivers, it was business as usual for Vettel who claimed pole in Singapore ahead of Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean:

Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m42.841s
2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m42.932s +0.091s
3. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m43.058s +0.217s
4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m43.152s +0.311s
5. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m43.254s +0.413s
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m43.890s +1.049s
7. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m43.938s +1.097s
8. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m44.282s +1.441s
9. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m44.439s +1.598s
10. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari No time set
Q2 cut-off time: 1m44.555s Gap **
11. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m44.555s +1.650s
12. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m44.588s +1.683s
13. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m44.658s +1.753s
14. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m44.752s +1.847s
15. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m45.185s +2.280s
16. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m45.388s +2.483s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m45.982s Gap *
17. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m46.121s +1.925s
18. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m46.619s +2.423s
19. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m48.111s +3.915s
20. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m48.320s +4.124s
21. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m48.830s +4.634s
22. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m48.930s +4.734s

Singapore GP: Sebastian Vettel escapes late scares to take pole - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

[pimento]

And the race is BAU as well at the moment, with Vettel just steaming away from that safety car restart.

[pimento]

...And BAU for Webber's luck.

[Ferrer]

Alonso and Raikkonen great races.

Vettel, boring.

[Revo]

I saw Vettel's future today: on the billboard, advertising "uncompromised quality garage doors from Germany"

Actually, today it was Michael Schumacher's face up there on the billboard. But soon he will be replaced with Vettel - both as the most boring champion ever and as an ambassador for hinged garage doors.

[pimento]

This seems like another dumb penalty. Frankly, giving Webber a lift showed good sportsmanship and was a positive for the sport, I reckon. Also it's hardly the first time it's been done before. Not sure to what extent the mercs had to avoid Alonso though.

[RacingManiac]

Analysis: why Webber and Alonso were punished for 'taxi' ride - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

Looks like there was more deal with the penalty than just the lift itself...

About Vettel, if today it was Hamilton or Alonso or really anyone else in his position people would be booing and say its boring....people don't like dominating victors...

[Ferrer]

About Vettel, if today it was Hamilton or Alonso or really anyone else in his position people would be booing and say its boring....people don't like dominating victors...

The problem for me isn't so much having a dominating victor (that's one of the problems). The problem for me is the way Vettel wins, easily lapping two seconds a lap faster than the best of the rest.

If we agree that F1 isn't the most interesting motorsport out there, having someone that is so fast, that even if losing all the advantage it had halfway the race, was able to regain so much of it on the following laps that he could still pit and enter the track in first place isn't going to make any more interesting.

[RacingManiac]

So whats the solution? Do we stop Bolt from running 100m because he is too fast?

Its also quite hilarious that he Vettel is probably the fastest driver that doesn't get any credit.....

[Ferrer]

Well being (virtually) a 4-time world champion is some credit, isn't it?

Also, can we double check his Red Bull doesn't have a 3 litre engine under the engine cover. Just, you know, to be on the safe side.