Singapore Grand Prix: Formula One live blog, updates

That then wraps up this live blog of the Singapore Grand Prix. Feel free to share your thoughts as always below and we only have less than 7 days until the next race in Russia. Thanks again for tuning in and I'll be back for the Russian Grand Prix. Ciao!

-------- DRIVER'S -------- 296 - Lewis Hamilton 231 - Valtteri Bottas 200 - Charles Leclerc 200 - Max Verstappen 194 - Sebastian Vettel 69 -- Pierre Gasly 58 -- Carlos Sainz 42 -- Alexander Albon 34 -- Daniel Ricciardo 33 -- Dannil Kvyat 33 -- Nico Hulkenberg 31 -- Lando Norris 31 -- Kimi Räikkönen 27 -- Sergio Perez 19 -- Lance Stroll 18 -- Kevin Magnussen 8 --- Romain Grosjean 4 --- Antonio Giovinazzi 1 --- Robert Kubica 0 --- George Russell

----- CONSTRUCTOR'S ----- 527 - Mercedes AMG 394 - Scuderia Ferrari 289 - Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 89 -- McLaren Renault 67 -- Renault 55 -- Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 46 -- Racing Point Mercedes 35 -- Alfa Romeo Racing 26 -- Haas Ferrari 1 --- Williams Mercedes

RACE REPORT It was poised to be a race where Mercedes would have the upper hand, though Ferrari were the ones who dominated the Singapore Grand Prix – claiming a one-two finish with Sebastian Vettel claiming his first victory in 392-days. Though it didn’t come without some controversy for Ferrari, who’s strategy ultimately favoured Vettel over the pole sitting Charles Leclerc, who had led away in the early stages of the race. Vettel made his pit-stop on Lap-20 with the intention to undercut the likes of Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton who was a threat for the win. The German achieved this, when his teammate pitted a lap later and came out behind him. There were bizarre scenes at Mercedes though, who seemed flustered by Ferrari’s pit-stops and couldn’t respond immediately. As a result, Valtteri Bottas who pitted on Lap-23 was hung out to dry again – until Hamilton stopped on Lap-27. With cars on alternative strategies now leading the race, such as Antonio Giovinazzi, Pierre Gasly and Lance Stroll, only being held up would’ve compromised Ferrari’s race against Mercedes – which turned out not to be the case. Leclerc was noticeably vocal in regard to the strategy decision made by his team, though was rational enough to not try and make any late moves on his teammate en route to second. A flurry of late Safety Car appearances slowed down the pace of the race, with the first being triggered by Romain Grosjean sending George Russell into the wall on Lap-36, then a mechanical failure for Sergio Perez and finally contact between Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kvyat. This allowed Hamilton in the dying stages of the race to challenge Max Verstappen for the final place on the podium, which ultimately the Red Bull was able to retain. Behind them were their respective teammates in Valtteri Bottas and Alexander Albon. Best of the rest in seventh was Lando Norris, who vindicated a strong weekend for McLaren once again, while his teammate Carlos Sainz was involved in a first lap incident which ruined his race. Close battles were scattered right throughout the middle and the rear of the field, but it was Gasly, Nico Hulkenberg and Giovinazzi that rounded out the points – with the Haas cars missing out, as well as Stroll.

STANDBY FOR RACE REPORT AND UPDATED STANDINGS

POST-RACE INTERVIEWS - Hosted by David Coulthard VETTEL - "Very happy, great race. Big congratulations to the team and now we started to come alive." "The last couple of weeks haven't been great for me and it is nice to get the support." "I was then very surprised to come out one lap later ahead." LECLERC - "It's always difficult to lose a win like that. I'll come back stronger." "It looks positive here. Quali pace and race pace was strong here." VERSTAPPEN - "I think the whole race went well and the beginning was going so slow." "We undercut Lewis and we were managing the tyres till the end."

RESULTS FROM THE 61-LAP SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX: 1 S. Vettel 2 C. Leclerc 3 M. Verstappen 4 L. Hamilton 5 V. Bottas 6 A. Albon 7 L. Norris 8 P. Gasly 9 N. Hulkenberg 10 A. Giovinazzi 11 R. Grosjean 12 C. Sainz 13 L. Stroll 14 D. Ricciardo 15 D. Kvyat 16 R. Kubica 17 K. Magnussen RET K. Räikkönen RET S. Perez RET G. Russell

SEBASTIAN VETTEL WINS THE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX! The drought is broken for Vettel and Ferrari claim a one-two finish with Charles Leclerc finishing second. And great defence from Max Verstappen at the end of the race, sees him hold off Lewis Hamilton for third.

Lap 61/61: FINAL LAP

Lap 60/61: Max calling for more power in his Red Bull, as the Dutchman is struggling to keep ahead of Hamilton - who instead has plenty of power in that Mercedes of his. Magnussen now the holder of the fastest lap, even though he is last in P17 and that means he won't score the extra point either as you've got to finish inside the top ten.

Lap 59/61: 3 LAPS TO GO Bottas now sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1:43.534. Hamilton meanwhile is right on the tail of Verstappen too, as it is now or never to make a move for the podium.

Lap 58/61: Vettel has stretched away from Leclerc, while Hamilton remains within a second of Verstappen. The Mercedes doesn't really seem like it is threatening the Red Bull though.

Lap 57/61: 5-LAPS TO GO/10 MINUTES TO GO

Lap 56/61: Fastest lap of the race from Vettel with a 1:44.943 and that also would at this stage get him an extra championship point. Hamilton within DRS range too of Verstappen ahead.

Lap 55/61: Stroll gets the job done on both cars and is up into P14.

Lap 54/61: Vettel leads Leclerc by just a second, with Verstappen 1.4 seconds behind and Hamilton a further second adrift in fourth. Stroll and Kvyat right on the rear of Magnussen's Haas, all fighting over P15.

Lap 53/61: Stewards will investigate the incident between Kvyat and Räikkönen after the race. Hulkenberg on the radio reporting some kind of problems on his Renault. The fight for these points might not yet be over yet!

Lap 52/61: GREEN FLAG 10-LAPS TO GO

Lap 51/61: SAFETY CAR Now surely this'll be a time certain finish to the race, with the 2 hours expiring at 10-past the hour and still 10-laps to go here.