Ferrari and Red Bull steal the show in the night race with the third-highest attendance
Sebastian Vettel zoomed to victory in Sunday’s 2015 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix.
Vettel had to fend off sustained pressure from Red Bull Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo to take his fourth Singapore win, this time for Ferrari. It was his third victory in his first year with Ferrari.
‘It was pretty intense,’ said an elated Vettel.
Ricciardo lived up to his promise of a strong showing when he took his second podium of 2015, in 2nd place, with the “flying Finn” Kimi Raikkonen claiming 3rd place for Ferrari. Ricciardo also set the fastest lap time of 1 min 50.041 sec, an average of 165.701km / hour, on the last lap.
World Champion Lewis Hamilton retired after 33 of the 61 laps as his Mercedes-Benz’s engine lost power. His teammate Nico Rosberg made it to 4th place but will still be looking behind him since Vettel’s victory puts him at only eight points behind Rosberg with six races remaining.
Felipe Massa, for Williams, once again had bad luck in Singapore when Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg crashed with him as he exited the pit lane. Hulkenberg was adjudged to have caused the collision and will serve a three-place grid penalty in the next race in Japan.
Third-Highest Attendance
This year’s F1 Singapore Grand Prix night race drew 260,912 spectators to the Marina Bay Street Circuit over the weekend. This is the third-highest attendance in the eight-year history of the night race.
The figures also exceeded the average daily attendance of 85,704 in the previous seven years.
The F1 Singapore Grand Prix took place over Sep 18 to 20 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
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