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2012 Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix

1st Friday Practice  2nd Friday Practice  Saturday Practice  Qualifying  Race

 

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Singapore Grand Prix - 2012 - Race
(23/09/2012) 
19:51
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix
19:51
NewsOnF1: 
Race gets underway in 10 minutes
19:52
NewsOnF1: 
Lewis Hamilton starts from Pole with Pastor Maldonado alongside him
19:56
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Sebastian Vettel starts from 3rd with Jenson Button alongside him
19:56
NewsOnF1: 
Fernando Alonso starts from 5th with Paul di Resta alongside him
19:56
NewsOnF1: 
Mark Webber starts from 7th with Romain Grosjean alongside him
19:57
NewsOnF1: 
And Michael Schumacher starts from 9th with Nico Rosberg alongside him
19:57
NewsOnF1: 
The two types of tyre for this event are the softs and supersofts
19:57
NewsOnF1: 
Air temperature is at 29 degrees while track temperature is at 31 degrees
20:01
NewsOnF1: 
1 minute to formation lap
20:02
NewsOnF1: 
Formation lap underway
20:02
NewsOnF1: 
Everyone gets away cleanly
20:03
NewsOnF1: 
Senna starts from 22nd due to a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change
20:04
NewsOnF1: 
Cars arriving at the starting grid
20:05
NewsOnF1: 
Lights!
20:06
NewsOnF1: 
Everyone gets away cleanly
20:06
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton leads from Vettel and Button
20:08
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton leads from Vettel by 1.2 seconds at the end of the first lap
20:08
NewsOnF1: 
Petrov has lost his front wing and pits
20:08
NewsOnF1: 
Massa has a puncture and pits
20:09
NewsOnF1: 
A few cars are under investigation for cutting the chicane at the start
20:11
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton leads Vettel by 1.5 seconds on lap 2
20:11
NewsOnF1: 
Massa switched to the softs when he pitted
20:13
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton is pushing!
20:13
NewsOnF1: 
Order on lap 4 of 61
20:14
NewsOnF1: 
Massa is quickest on the softs now with a 1:55.664
20:16
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton and Vettel getting away from Button. Gap between Vettel and Button is 5.2 seconds
20:17
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton leads from Vettel on lap 6 by 1.5 seconds
20:18
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado seems to be starting to hold those behind him
20:19
NewsOnF1: 
Closest fight now is Schumacher and the cars behind him
20:20
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen is right behind Schumacher
20:21
NewsOnF1: 
Webber pits
20:21
NewsOnF1: 
Interesting that Hamilton and Vettel are now slower than Button!
20:21
NewsOnF1: 
Webber rejoins behind Pic in 20th!
20:22
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel makes a mistake and cuts the chicane
20:30
Comment From Michael: 
What tyres has webber now
All those pitted are on the softs
20:23
NewsOnF1: 
Button now only 2.5 seconds behind Vettel
20:24
NewsOnF1: 
Glock hits the wall but keeps going
20:24
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel pits, he was stuggling
20:25
NewsOnF1: 
He takes on the softs
20:26
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel rejoins in 12th
20:26
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel takes Perez and now in 11th
20:27
NewsOnF1: 
Button now lapping a second quicker than Hamilton
20:27
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso pits
20:27
NewsOnF1: 
And so does Schumacher
20:27
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso rejoins in 12th
20:28
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel takes Raikkonen
20:28
NewsOnF1: 
Sorry takes Hulkenberg
20:28
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton pits and now Button leads!
20:28
NewsOnF1: 
di Resta pits as well
20:29
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg pits too
20:29
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel gets ahead of Raikkonen
20:30
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton rejoins ahead of Vettel
20:30
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado pits
20:31
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen pits as well
20:31
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes fastest with a 1:55.495
20:32
NewsOnF1: 
Button pits
20:32
NewsOnF1: 
Grosejan pits as well
20:34
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado takes Hulkenberg for 5th
20:35
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso takes 6th from Perez
20:36
NewsOnF1: 
Order on lap 15 of 61
20:37
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso now right behind Hulkenberg
20:37
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso takes 5th from Hulkenberg
20:39
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton leads on lap 17 by 1.7 seconds. Button is a further 3.5 seconds behind
20:41
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg and Perez dropping back as they are still haven't stopped
20:41
NewsOnF1: 
Both Hulkenberg and Perez pit
20:42
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso is now pushing!
20:42
NewsOnF1: 
In fact Alonso quickest at this stage!
20:45
Comment From Tony: 
Good clean race so far -- thanks for the coverage. How far Button to Maldonado to Alonso?
ED: Button - Maldonado: 4s and same to Alonso
20:45
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton leads Vettel on lap 20 by 1.5 seconds
20:48
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado is catching Button and Alonso catching Maldonado
20:49
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton slow
20:49
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton retires
20:49
NewsOnF1: 
He lost drive
20:50
NewsOnF1: 
This is a disaster for Hamilton's championship chances
20:52
NewsOnF1: 
Replay shows smoke coming out of the car, doesn't appear to be an engine problem but maybe a gearbox issue
20:55
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel leads on lap 25 by 3.4 seconds from Button
20:55
NewsOnF1: 
Senna makes his second stop and swtiches to the super softs
20:56
NewsOnF1: 
The top 4 are only separated by 8.3 seconds
21:00
NewsOnF1: 
Senna and Vergne who are on super softs are lapping very quick
21:00
NewsOnF1: 
Webber pits and puts on the super softs
21:02
NewsOnF1: 
Replay shows Webber going wide heading into the pits
21:02
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado and Alonso pit
21:03
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso puts on the softs while Maldonado is on the super softs
21:04
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado and Alonso rejoin behind Grosjean
21:06
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg is holding up Grosjean and now Maldonado and Alonso
21:08
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso unable to pass Maldonado
21:08
NewsOnF1: 
Karthikeyan crashes
21:09
NewsOnF1: 
Safety car deployed
21:09
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel and Button pit
21:10
NewsOnF1: 
di Resta pits
21:11
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado pits as well
21:16
NewsOnF1: 
Radio message with Maldonado seem to indicate that he has some sort of hydraulic problem
21:18
NewsOnF1: 
Safety car still deployed
21:18
NewsOnF1: 
This certainly means the race will end at the 2 hour limit
21:18
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado pits
21:19
NewsOnF1: 
And retires
21:21
NewsOnF1: 
Safety car still deployed
21:22
NewsOnF1: 
But will pit at the end of this lap
21:23
NewsOnF1: 
The race resumes!
21:24
NewsOnF1: 
Webber pushing Hulkenberg
21:25
NewsOnF1: 
Webber takes Hulkenberg
21:26
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher crashes into Vergne
21:26
NewsOnF1: 
Another safety car
21:28
NewsOnF1: 
Replay shows Schumacher locking up badly and he crashed into Vergne
21:28
NewsOnF1: 
Webber, Perez and Hulkenberg pit
21:29
NewsOnF1: 
Perez and Hulkenberg put on the super softs. Webber puts on the softs
21:30
NewsOnF1: 
The race will go to 2 hours for sure
21:32
NewsOnF1: 
Safety car in this lap
21:37
Comment From michael: 
if the race goes for2 hours, does this mean they will not complete all 61 laps
ED: Yes it will be less than that for sure. They are lapping around 1:55 and there is 30 minutes remaining
21:33
NewsOnF1: 
Race resumes
21:34
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen tries to pass his teammate without luck
21:35
NewsOnF1: 
Massa takes Senna, that was very risky!
21:36
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel leads Button on lap 43 by 1.3 seconds
21:37
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel pushing, fastest lap with a 1:53.302
21:39
NewsOnF1: 
Order on lap 44 of 61
21:39
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel continues to push
21:40
NewsOnF1: 
Massa takes 8th from Ricciardo
21:41
NewsOnF1: 
Button is pushing, now goes quickest
21:59
Comment From Tony: 
Do you thinks anybody's going to stop for tyres again? Especially the guys who put on supersofts last time?
ED: No, there is 5 minutes remaining now
21:43
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen takes 6th from Grosjean
21:44
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Vettel's lead is now 1.5 seconds over Button. Alonso is a further 6.2 seconds behind
21:45
NewsOnF1: 
Order on lap 48 of 61
21:47
NewsOnF1: 
Perez and Hulkenberg side by side, they touch but keep going!
21:49
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi fights with Webber but loses out then Hulkenberg tries to go through, they touch, Kobayashi loses part of his wing and Hulkenberg has a puncture
21:49
NewsOnF1: 
Senna nearly crashes!
21:51
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel is now pulling away from Button, he is 2.7 seconds ahead. Alonso is now 8.7 seconds behind
21:53
NewsOnF1: 
12 minutes remaining
21:55
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg sets the fastest lap on fresh tyres, a 1:51.033
21:55
NewsOnF1: 
9 minutes remain
21:56
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel leads Button by 4.6 seconds on lap 54
21:57
NewsOnF1: 
Webber in 11th now right behind Senna
21:57
NewsOnF1: 
Webber takes 10th from Senna
21:59
NewsOnF1: 
Button is starting to ease off. He is 6.5 seconds ahead of Alonso with 6 minutes to go (3 laps)
22:00
NewsOnF1: 
Webber now right behind Ricciardo
22:00
NewsOnF1: 
4 minutes remaining
22:02
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel leads Button by 6.7 seconds Alonso is a further 6.6 seconds behind
22:03
NewsOnF1: 
Senna is slowing down
22:04
NewsOnF1: 
Senna retires
22:05
NewsOnF1: 
The race has reached the 2 hour limit
22:05
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel wins the race
22:06
NewsOnF1: 
Button finishes in second ahead of Alonso
22:40
Comment From Tony: 
Great race! Pity about Ham but still good. Thanks for the coverage newsonf1.
ED: You are welcome Tony
22:07
NewsOnF1: 
di Resta, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Grosjean, Massa, Ricciardo and Webber make the top 10
22:09
NewsOnF1: 
Order on lap 59 of 61 (Time limit reached)
22:39
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22:39
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22:40
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The next race is the Japanese Grand Prix on the 7th of October. We hope that you join us then
23:46
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Full race results here

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