Summary

  • Vettel wins, Hamilton out after losing power

  • Ricciardo 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd, Rosberg 4th

  • Member of crowd walks on to circuit

  • Verstappen refuses to obey team orders

  • Button and Maldonado collide - bodywork just misses Sainz

  • Massa and Hulkenberg crash

  • Hulkenberg, Massa, Hamilton, Alonso, Button out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  2. Get involved - #bbcf1

    Zaki Mangalji:  Soda, crisps and the #SingaporeGP. Bring it home Seb.

    Trisha and Matt:  Hopefully Lewis can still score some good points still. 

  6. We've just had the Singapore national anthem, sung A capella. Now the teams and drivers are going through their last few bits of preparations, with 10 minutes until lights out.

  7. Stars and stripes

    Alexander Rossi (20th on the grid for Manor) is the first American to start an F1 race since Scott Speed in 2007. 

  8. Team radio

    More good news for Ferrari

    Engineer on team radio: "Kimi reports the car is much better than yesterday, the rear feels more stable"

  9. Circuit stats

    Singapore

    Circuit distance: 5.065km

    Laps: 61

    Also, take a look at some of the quirky statistics behind one of F1's most iconic races in our preview here.

  10. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer

    "As predicted by most of the teams and drivers ahead, it’s tight behind the big three teams, with only 0.4secs covering seventh to ninth, Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa sandwiching the Toro Rosso of the ever-impressive Max Verstappen in eighth. The Dutchman’s team-mate Carlos Sainz has been very close to him all weekend, arguably actually having the edge, but a brush with the wall in Q2 put paid to his chances of being in the top 10, too. 

    “In fact Sainz was rather unfortunate, as he explained: ‘On the dash I didn't have my lap time so I didn't know some things. So I needed to push quite hard and I was properly on the limit to get into Q3. I was eight-tenths quicker than my previous lap, but I didn't know that four tenths higher would get me easily into Q3. If I would have known that I would have probably not gone so crazy, so aggressive. It was a mistake - I caught a bit too much kerb and then I hit the wall, that's it.’ 

    “Investigations revealed his gearbox to be undamaged, so there is no penalty. Sainz could be one to watch in the race.”

  11. Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen has a best finish of fourth at Hungary. Starting eighth on the grid, he could challenge for significant points today. 

  12. Singapore GPGetty Images

    The Singapore Grand Prix is one of the longest races of the season - with no previous race finishing in under one hour 56 minutes.

    That, as well as the number of corners, bumpy nature of the circuit and the heat and humidity, makes it one of the most challenging tracks for the drivers.

  13. How often will we see the safety car?

  14. Safety car to play its part?

    SingaporeGetty Images

    History would suggest that we'll see the safety car at some point today. It has appeared in every single race in Singapore since the inaugural one in 2008. 

  15. Get involved - #bbcf1

    Colin Davies-Watts: Don't hear Red Bull moaning about their engine today.

    James Weir:  Could Rosberg be in trouble for the second year in a row in Singapore? Problems at the pit exit. 

  16. Nico Rosberg manages to get himself going and onto the circuit after that little bit of pre-race drama.

  17. "My mistake," comes another message from Nico Rosberg.

    "Was it your mistake Nico," he is asked. "Affirm."

  18.  An issue already for Nico Rosberg? He is in the pit lane, but is going nowhere. "My engine has gone off, come and get me," he says over team radio. 

  19. The cars are heading to the grid... less than 30 minutes to go. 

  20. Manor'sWill Stevensis starting 19th and can't wait for lights out...