"It's a fantastic result in terms of points," Alonso said. We can't seem to do it with both cars and for sure that is something we need to work on for the remainder of the season."Īlonso acknowledged that Ferrari continues to struggle for pace, and his race was one of several which were compromised by the timing of the safety-car interventions, but he was happy with maintaining a good buffer atop the standings. "It's disappointing for the team to have another DNF (did not finish). "It's good to get some points on the board after the retirement at Monza. "Seb didn't make any mistakes and we finished second," Button said. Mercedes' Michael Schumacher retired after a heavy crash into the back of Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne, bringing the second safety-car period of the night.īutton was relatively pleased with second place, though disappointed with Hamilton's non-finish, which put a major dent in McLaren's bid to end a 13-year drought in the constructors' championship. Lotus teammate Romain Grosjean was seventh.įelipe Massa of Ferrari finished eighth after dropping down to last following a first-lap puncture, and he finished ahead of Australian pair Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso and Mark Webber of Red Bull. I was warned of the penalty, but at the grid, i still start at my qualifying position. Then i mount a new gearbox (6 places grid penalty) before the start of the race, but I didnt receive any penalties.
Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus was sixth and maintained third place in the championship standings despite not having won a race. In career mode (F1 2019 1.04, PC), I did 2 races with Williams, my gearbox wear is already at 80, which is pretty weird. "It's a tough championship but we are still in it, and looking forward to the next few races, and the goal is to beat Fernando."įorce India's Paul di Resta finished a career-best fourth ahead of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg. "It looks better than before," Vettel said. The race was stopped when it reached the two-hour time limit, two laps before its scheduled finish, after the safety car was brought out twice. Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button finished second at Marina Bay ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, whose championship lead was cut from 37 to 29 points with six races to go. As his car came to a halt, team officials told Hamilton over the radio that "we did everything we could yesterday" - suggesting the team had gone into the race knowing there was an issue, but was unwilling to take a five-grid-place penalty for changing the gearbox before the race. Hamilton's gearbox was leaking fluid for three to four laps before he retired. "We had a very, very strong pace all weekend and a good start, which got us in the hunt. "We benefited a little bit from Lewis' failure," Vettel said.
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