First of all I predicted that this weekend Ferrari will be on top and not Mercedes. It would have happened if it wasn't for this incident:
So the thing what everybody wants me to say is who's fault was it? -WELL!! It's pretty clear that Sebastian Vettel turned on Max Verstappen who didn't have enough room when he had Kimi Räikkönen on the other side who was next to the wall. Kimi could have avoided the crash if he had braked and let Verstappen and Vettel pass him but that is not an option for a racing driver so it's stupid to even consider. Not Verstappen's fault even though many started by saying that it was his fault. Even Ferrari on their twitter channel!
Räikkönen and Verstappen continued to crash into Fernando Alonso who had to retire also later on due to the damages he got.
Vettel spun and crashed into the wall on the first lap after the crash with Räikkönen and Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton took the lead and after this everybody knew that he was going to win this race after all. BOOOORING!!!
Safety car was deployed and the tyre game was on. It had rained earlier so now they had to decide to use full rains or intermediates. It seemed that the rain tyres worked better at first but later on it was the intermediates that payed off.
Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat slided into the barriers after picking the intermediates. The safety car was deployed again. This time everybody was eyeballing Felipe Massa's and Stoffel Vandoorne's fight behind the safety car. What was the point of this? Vandoorne was ahead but Massa started racing him behind the safety car and even had contact! not very wise.
Marcus Ericsson spun and crashed later on and the safety car was deployed again but it didn't stop Hamilton. He took his 60th win of his career and his teammate Valtteri Bottas took his 10th podium of the year. He got the same amount of podiums from the whole time at Williams. Must feel good to be a Mercedes driver.
Daniel Ricciardo did no mistakes and took another 2nd place. He is always really good in Singapore! I am always sure that he will be on the podium when the F1 circus comes here.
And now predictions and results:
Pole position: Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari - CORRECT
The Top 3 on Sunday
- Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari - WRONG. He retired on the first lap and Hamilton won.
- Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - WRONG. He retired on the first lap.
- Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull - WRONG. He was 2nd and Bottas was 3rd
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
Surprise: Force India will have a good result - Looked good for Sergio Perez but not so much for Esteban Ocon.
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