Singapore Grand Prix - Warm Up
Everything you need to know about tyres, penalties and the final starting grid for the fifteenth Grand Prix of the season.
Sebastian Vettel has only managed to qualify thrid and will start alongside Valtteri Bottas; the other Finn, his team mate until the end of the season, will start 5th.
Both Ferrari tried to qualify with UltraSoft for Q2, but they didn't manage to score a good lap time with the second softer compund, so everyone in the top ten will start with the HyperSoft.
Pirelli, the Italian tyres manufacturer, has brought in Singapore three different compounds: the Pink HyperSoft, the Purple UltraSoft and the Yellow SuperSoft (missing then the middle step of the Red SuperSoft). Here's which compounds every driver still has available for the race.
Pirelli also revealed the possible pit stop strategies:
- The quickest solution - One pit stopper: 1 UltraSoft stint for 24 laps + 1 Soft stint until the chequered flag (not possible for the top 10 qualified)
- Nearly as quick - One pit stopper: 1 HyperSoft stint for 13 laps + 1 Soft stint until the chequered flag
- Two stopper: 1 HyperSoft stint for 11 laps + 2 UltraSoft stints (25 + 25) until the chequered flag
Here's the starting grid for the Singapore Grand Prix:
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1st row |
1° – Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 1.36.015s |
2° – Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 1.36.334s |
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2nd row |
3° – Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari – 1.36.628s |
4° – Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes – 1.36.702s |
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3rd row |
5° – Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari – 1.36.794s |
6° – Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull – 1.20.9336.996s |
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4th row |
7° – Sergio Perez, Racing Point Force India – 1.37.985s |
8° – Romain Grosjean, Haas – 1.38.320s |
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5th row |
9° – Esteban Ocon, Racing Point Force India – 1.38.365s |
10° – Nico Hulkenberg, Renault – 1.38.588s |
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6th row |
11° – Fernando Alonso, McLaren – 1.38.641s |
12° – Carlos Sainz, Renault – 1.38.716s |
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7th row |
13° – Charles Leclerc, Sauber – 1.38.747s |
14° – Marcus Ericsson, Sauber – 1.39.453s |
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8th row |
15° – Pierre Gasly, Toro Rosso – 1.39.691s |
16° – Kevin Magnussen, Haas – 1.39.644s |
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9th row |
17° – Brendon Hartley, Toro Rosso – 1.39.809s |
18° – Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren - 1.39.864s |
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10th row |
19° – Sergey Sirotkin, Williams - 1.41.263s |
20° – Lance Stroll, Williams - 1.41.334s |