Singapore Grand Prix 2012, Marina Bay - Race 14/20

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[b]Pos. 	Driver 			Car 			Best lap 	Gap 	Laps[/b]
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull-Renault 	1’47.947 		15
2 	Lewis Hamilton 		McLaren-Mercedes 	1’48.272 	0.325 	15
3 	Fernando Alonso 	Ferrari 		1’48.623 	0.676 	11
4 	Nico Hulkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes 	1’48.859 	0.912 	16
5 	Kimi Raikkonen 		Lotus-Renault 		1’48.865 	0.918 	17
6 	Felipe Massa 		Ferrari 		1’49.458 	1.511 	13
7 	Paul di Resta 		Force India-Mercedes 	1’49.684 	1.737 	15
8 	Nico Rosberg 		Mercedes 		1’49.699 	1.752 	16
9 	Bruno Senna 		Williams-Renault 	1’49.715 	1.768 	14
10 	Michael Schumacher 	Mercedes 		1’49.981 	2.034 	14
11 	Mark Webber 		Red Bull-Renault 	1’50.110 	2.163 	12
12 	Jenson Button 		McLaren-Mercedes 	1’50.524 	2.577 	10
13 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	1’50.664 	2.717 	16
14 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sauber-Ferrari 		1’50.777 	2.830 	15
15 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus-Renault 		1’50.840 	2.893 	15
16 	Pastor Maldonado 	Williams-Renault 	1’51.012 	3.065 	15
17 	Jean-Eric Vergne 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	1’51.059 	3.112 	17
18 	Sergio Perez 		Sauber-Ferrari 		1’51.272 	3.325 	10
19 	Charles Pic 		Marussia-Cosworth 	1’52.290 	4.343 	16
20 	Vitaly Petrov 		Caterham-Renault 	1’53.781 	5.834 	12
21 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Caterham-Renault 	1’54.326 	6.379 	14
22 	Narain Karthikeyan 	HRT-Cosworth 		1’54.421 	6.474 	14
23 	Timo Glock 		Marussia-Cosworth 	1’54.630 	6.683 	9
24 	Pedro de la Rosa 	HRT-Cosworth 		1’54.875 	6.928 	14
 
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Surprisingly interesting race :p

What a shame for Hamilton, he had it in the bag really. Great result though for the top 4, all much needed.

Skimmed over a few comments on here and have to say it won't be a walk over by Alonso or Vettel - Mclaren still have a car that is sat on pole for several races now, so just need a bit more luck on the mechanical side.
 
Race
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[b]Pos 	Driver 			Team 			Laps 	Time/Retired 	Pts[/b]
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull Racing-Renault 59 	2:00:26.144  	25
2 	Jenson Button 		McLaren-Mercedes 	59 	+8.9 secs 	18
3 	Fernando Alonso 	Ferrari 		59 	+15.2 secs 	15
4 	Paul di Resta 		Force India-Mercedes 	59 	+19.0 secs 	12
5 	Nico Rosberg 		Mercedes 		59 	+34.7 secs 	10
6 	Kimi Räikkönen 		Lotus-Renault 		59 	+35.7 secs 	 8
7 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus-Renault 		59 	+36.6 secs 	 6
8 	Felipe Massa 		Ferrari 		59 	+42.8 secs 	 4
9 	Daniel Ricciardo 	STR-Ferrari 		59 	+45.8 secs 	 2
10 	Sergio Perez 		Sauber-Ferrari 		59 	+50.6 secs 	 1
11 	Mark Webber 		Red Bull Racing-Renault 59 	+67.1 secs 	 	
12 	Timo Glock 		Marussia-Cosworth 	59 	+91.9 secs 	 	
13 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sauber-Ferrari 		59 	+97.1 secs 	 	
14 	Nico Hulkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes 	59 	+99.4 secs 	 	
15 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Caterham-Renault 	59 	+107.9 secs 	 	
16 	Charles Pic 		Marussia-Cosworth 	59 	+132.9 secs 	 	
17 	Pedro de la Rosa 	HRT-Cosworth 		58 	+1 Lap 	 	
18 	Bruno Senna 		Williams-Renault 	57 	+2 Lap 	 	
19 	Vitaly Petrov 		Caterham-Renault 	57 	+2 Lap 	 	
Ret 	Jean-Eric Vergne 	STR-Ferrari 		38 	Accident 	 	
Ret 	Michael Schumacher 	Mercedes 		38 	Accident 	 	
Ret 	Pastor Maldonado 	Williams-Renault 	36 	Hydraulics 	 	
Ret 	Narain Karthikeyan 	HRT-Cosworth 		30 	Accident 	 	
Ret 	Lewis Hamilton 		McLaren-Mercedes 	22 	Gearbox
 
smr said:
Why does Lewis need Jenson's help to win the WDC. All he needs to do is stick the car on pole which he has shown he is capable of doing plenty. And then win the race by driving off into the sunset.

Where does Jenson have to factor in in order to help Lewis win the WDC?
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Although I think Mclaren are fine at the moment, if Lewis does manage to win a few more races which he should be able to, having the quickest car at the moment, then JB needs to be getting ahead of Vettel and Alonso to help that way.
 
Skeeter said:
Yep, I think Suzuka has always been the plan for when it would be used.

Interestingly, the change in the rules that bans these 'Double DRS' devices renders the Mercedes DDRS illegal, but doesn't make Lotus's system, or the other system Mercedes tested at the Young Drivers Test illegal.
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Yep the Merc one is now OK for next season. I wonder how busy the other top teams are at developing it or whether they will ignore it until next season now, if bigger gains can be made elsewhere.
 
DRZ said:
I bet the exhaust outlet rules didn't forsee the extensive use of the Coanda effect to practically circumvent the intention of the ruling anyway, but what could they do now? Have the exhausts up in the air with a flap on like a tractor?
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All they needed to do was have the rules they were going to do originally, which (off the top of my head) was having the exhaust exit much further back - so the tips were below the rear wing itself so there was no way they could be directed.

Can't remember if this was just delayed until the new engines?
 
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