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2015 Singapore Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: This was just an aberration. Everybody stop going nutso. Now, if it happens again in Japan, then we can go all Whoa, Nellie!

EVENT: Beef up track side security, and it will be just fine...

QUALIFYING: Did you ever expect to hear this year, Ferrari, Red Bull, Ferrari, Red Bull, and then Mercedes, Mercedes?

RACE: Vettel started from pole and led every lap. Ricciardo stared second and ran in second every lap. Raikkonen started third and stayed in third every lap. Make of that what you will.

TRACK: There's no truth to the rumor that Ferrari and Red Bull will help pay Singapore's sanctioning fee next year...

START: Clean throughout, Verstappen "decides" to stay put, and Perez nearly takes out his teammate.

VETTEL: Sebastian of old: pole, led all laps, victory, immediately pulled away to avoid DRS, dictated pace at will, played with the rest of the field.

RAIKKONEN: Trounced by his teammate.

FERRARI: Gaining some swagger.

RICCIARDO: No doubt the safety car destroyed Daniel's entire strategy.

KVYAT: Ditto.

RED BULL: The engine watch continues for Team Whining Babies.

ROSBERG: He may not have won, nor get on the podium, but the next best thing happened to Nico -- Hamilton got zero points. However, Vettel is now within eight points.

HAMILTON: Kind of ironic the grid's most powerful car's most powerful driver screamed "No power" over the radio.

MERCEDES: Nobody is invincible.

PEREZ: Another strong race.

HULKENBERG: Ahead or not, where was Massa supposed to go? You had him easy by just going slightly wide. Just slightly wide.

VERSTAPPEN: An excellent comeback.

SAINZ: An excellent race.

SAUBER: After making a bit of a splash at the start of the season amidst all the courtroom drama, scoring 19 points in two of the first three races, Sauber has done virtually nothing since then, scoring just seven points in the past 10 events, being shutout in five of them.

MALDONADO: Yeah, it may not have been your fault, but why are you always involved?

BUTTON: A wee bit too aggressive.

MCLAREN: Gearbox problems? We are supposed to believe the team with the most unreliable engine suffered two DNFs and none were due to the engine? Both, coincidentally, were due to the gearbox? Seriously?

GROSJEAN: Is Romain really heading to Haas? It appears to be the case.

ROSSI: Welcome to F1, Alexander! It's been a long time coming. And you trounced your teammate. So far, so good.

MANOR: Looks like they will be getting a Mercedes engine next year.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Traction.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 56 -- Alexander Rossi becomes the 56th American to start a Formula 1 race (not including the Indy 500 when it counted for the World Championship).

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: The first American F1 driver (again, not including the Indy 500) was Harry Schell who competed in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, the second race of the newly formed World Driving Championship. He drove a Cooper-J.A.P., the first rear engine car to start a championship race. He started 20th out of 21 entries with no time in qualifying. He did not complete the first lap as nine cars had a huge pileup when a wave from the harbor flooded the track at Tabac Corner. He was classified in 19th place (two cars didn't start). All told, Schell entered 57 championship races over 11 years, started 56, notched two podiums, scored 32 points, with a best finish of second at the 1958 Dutch GP.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Spoken like any teenager in the world who doesn't want to do what's he told to do, Max Verstappen responds to the team's order to let his teammate pass on the last lap, "NO!"

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Jenson Button responds to his team's long list of requests, "And rub your tummy and pat your head?"

SCHEDULE: Back to normal order at Japan or go all topsy-turvy?

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RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Vettel 61
2. Ricciardo 61
3. Raikkonen 61
4. Rosberg 61
5. Bottas 61
6. Kvyat 61
7. Perez 61
8. Verstappen(R) 61
9. Sainz(R) 61
10. Nasr(R) 61
11. Ericsson 61
12. Maldonado 61
13. Grosjean 59
14. Rossi(R) 59
15. Stevens(R) 59
NC Button 52
NC Alonso 33
NC Hamilton 32
NC Massa 30
NC Hulkenberg 12

Time of Race
2:01:22.118

Margin of Victory
1.478 sec.

Safety Car
2 for 10 laps

Lead Changes
None

Lap Leaders
Sebastian Vettel

Fastest Race Lap
Daniel Ricciardo

Pole Position
Sebastian Vettel

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Hamilton 252
2. Rosberg 211
3. Vettel 203
4. Raikkonen 107
5. Bottas 101
6. Massa 97
7. Ricciardo 73
8. Kvyat 66
9. Perez 39
10. Grosjean 38
11. Hulkenberg 30
  Verstappen(R) 30
13. Nasr(R) 17
14. Maldonado 12
15. Alonso 11
  Sainz(R) 11
17. Ericsson 9
18. Button 6

  Team Pts.
1. Mercedes 463
2. Ferrari 310
3. Williams 198
4. Red Bull 139
5. Force India 69
6. Lotus 50
7. Toro Rosso 41
8. Sauber 26
9. McLaren 17
 
 

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2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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