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Three F1 birthdays to report today. Force India's Esteban Ocon is 21, so for that reason I don't want to talk about him anymore.

Instead, I'll focus on two British greats who share a birthday: Damon Hill is 57 today, while the legendary Stirling Moss turns 88.

Hill, of course, emulated his father Graham by becoming F1 world champion in 1996, while Moss famously failed to win the title although he was a 16-time race winner and world championship runner-up four times.

A 31-year-old Moss (second left) and one-year-old Hill (in the car, obvs) are seen below in a cracking picture from July 1961, on the day of Damon's Christening.

Also present are (left to right): Bruce McLaren, Moss, Tony Brooks, Graham Hill, Jo Bonnier and Wolfgang von Trips.

Quite the gathering.

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Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Singaore

What is Lewis Hamilton’s best way of limiting the damage to his title hopes this evening at Marina Bay? “It is difficult to know what to predict at this track,” Hamilton said. “It’s incredibly challenging and technical circuit but like a lot of the circuits we have it is not a very good racing circuit because you can’t really overtake because it is really hard to follow. Being that it’s so hot so you are always on the limit of your brakes and it frustrates the way you can’t follow. So as usual it is generally a procession when you’re following each other for a while.

"But there is the start which can always be exciting, safety cars can come into play and the strategy you can over or undercut other drivers so at least that’s an exciting factor to it. that is really the exciting part tomorrow. So there’s two for sure opportunities and one potential one if there is a safety car and I just have to try and see the pressure on the guys in front without cooking my car if I can.”

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Lewis Hamilton, who starts from fifth: "It has been an OK weekend. I think it will be exciting if there is more rain. This is a very challenging circuit. It is a massively challenging one physically. I am going all out [at the start]. I don't want to do anything silly but I need to try and progress."

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Singaore

All weekend it had looked as if Red Bull might just sneak pole here, even if there was always the suspicion Ferrari would sneak it once they turned their engine up for qualifying. But despite being second and third, both Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo - separated by a tiny margin - were clearly optimistic for the race.

“I’m a little envious today,” Ricciardo said on Saturday evening. “I will accept a little bit of defeat but I’m still confident we’ll get victory.” Red Bull’s pace on the long runs on Friday was stunning and with two of them against one Ferrari, they could play strategic games. “I just met Daniel,” Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said later that evening, “and he said tomorrow he would be buying me a beer.”

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Pole sitter and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, speaking during the drivers' parade: "Daniel Ricciardo is more than welcome to attack but I think we will try to stop him.

"There's still an hour ago, maybe even more rain to come? We can't influence the weather so we will take it as it comes."

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Singaore

Sebastian Vettel’s pole lap here on Saturday was up there with the best of the season. The on-board footage is a study in precision and measured aggression - and he judged the balance to perfection, as could be seen in a slide on the exit of Turn 11 and a knock with the wall in Turn 19. “It was not just a little brush, it was actually a hit,” Vettel said. “I thought: ‘OK, I have to keep going.’ It was fine until I approached the last corner; I had a huge vibration. Thankfully there was only one corner left.” His joy at beating the Red Bulls, who had been in a league of their own until qualifying, was palpable as he screamed into the radio.

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Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Singaore

Lewis Hamilton says he is aiming to become a vegan in an attempt to pursue the healthiest possible lifestyle and avoid damaging the planet.

The Mercedes Formula 1 driver said he had been inspired by a documentary about the meat industry, and its potential effects on the environment, animal welfare and human health.

Britain's Hamilton, who qualified fifth for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix, has not eaten chicken for much of this year.

"I stopped eating red meat two years ago," said the championship leader. "I have generally been pescatarian, external for the majority of the year and now I've cut fish.

"As the human race, what we are doing to the world... the pollution [in terms of emissions of global-warming gases] coming from the amount of cows that are being produced is incredible.

"They say it is more than what we produce with our flights and our cars, which is kind of crazy to think. The cruelty is horrible and I don't necessarily want to support that and I want to live a healthier life."

Full story.

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Daniel Ricciardo, speaking during the drivers' parade about the threat of rain: "We will start on extremes…. Nah we will see how it goes. It will be slicks. There are a few wet patches around still but if we can attack at the start and then we will see.

"It is a long lap, the balance and the tyres change from the start to the end of the lap."

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Singaore

On paper, this looks like a three-horse race, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel taking on the two Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo single-handed, all three appearing to have realistic chances of victory. The track is long and demanding, so is the race. Safety cars are highly likely. Despite their lack of pace so far, Mercedes think Lewis Hamilton can probably hang on to the group, and team boss Toto Wolff said there were “interesting” strategy options from his fifth place on the grid. And rain is a possibility, too. It’s often a slow-burner, Singapore, but this race has plenty of promise.

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