2011 Singapore Grand Prix: How the drivers performed at the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Singapore had the honour of hosting the fourth night race event in Formula 1 on September 25, 2011 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
The Formula 1 fans and viewers showed their interest towards the 2011 Singapore race weekend and hundreds of people attended the Grand Prix in high security and under lights.
All the teams participated in the race weekend and tried to get their best possible positions at the Marina Bay Street Circuit as well.
The sets of soft and supersoft tyres by Pirelli were used for the 14th round of the 2011 Formula 1 season.
Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel showed his best possible performance on the grid in Singapore recently, where he managed his ninth race victory of the ongoing season.
Vettel started his Singapore race from the front row on the grid and after struggling with his RB7 car, he topped the Grand Prix. The German was very competitive throughout the Grand Prix at the Marina Bay street circuit.
The Red Bull driver was closely followed by McLaren’s Jenson Button, who was 1.7 seconds off the pace of Vettel. After a strong start in the race, he made a lot of struggle for his best finish on the grid and came at the second position on the final race
classifications.
Red Bull Racing’s second driver Mark Webber did not have a good start in the Singapore race, as he dropped down his position in the first lap. He put his team back on the grid after a few laps and took third position for his team in the end.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was 55.4 seconds slower behind Vettel in the 2011 Singapore Grand Prix. After starting from the fifth position on the opening grid, he finished his race at the fourth place ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton suffered with a drive-through penalty during the race due to contact with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. After that, he struggled for his fifth position at the Marina Bay Circuit in his MP4-26 car.
Paul di Resta of Force India showed his best performance of the ongoing season at Singapore recently, where he managed his race in the sixth position.
On the seventh position was Mercedes GP driver Nico Rosberg, who struggled on the sets of supersoft and soft compounds and finished his race ahead of Adrian Sutil of Force India.
Sutil had a good stint in the Grand Prix and after putting all of his efforts, he came at the eighth position in the final race classifications.
Massa took a positive start in the race, as he started his Grand Prix from the sixth position on the opening grid. After losing his front wing due to his contact with Hamilton, he made a lot of struggle and recovered his gap from the top runners until the
end of the race. He claimed a ninth position for Ferrari in the end in Singapore.
Sauber’s Sergio Perez ended up at the 10th position in the Singapore Grand Prix, while his teammate Kamui Kobayashi finished his race in the 14th spot after getting a drive-through penalty due to ignoring
the blue flags.
Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi came at the 12th position in the final race classifications after starting from the 14th place on the grid. His teammate Jaime Alguersuari had a contact with Lotus driver
Jarno Trulli in the last stages of the Singapore race and due to that, he finished his race in the 21st spot.
Williams made improvements in terms of performance in the Singapore race weekend with some new upgrades. Both of the drivers Pastor Maldonado and Rubens Barrichello ended up at the 11th and 13th places respectively at the Marina
Bay Street Circuit.
The Lotus-Renault team was not able to perform well on the grid at Singapore. Both its drivers Bruno Senna and Vitaly Petrov finished the Grand Prix at the 15th and 17th places correspondingly.
Heikki Kovalainen took the 16th position for Team Lotus in Singapore, while his teammate Trulli retired from the race due to having a gearbox issue.
Jerome d’Ambrosio put Virgin Racing Team in the 18th spot at the Singapore street circuit. His teammate Timo Glock retired from the race after completing 9 laps due to an accident.
Hispania Racing Team again failed to deliver its best possible show against the strong rivals in the season at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Daniel Ricciardo and Vitantonio Liuzzi came at the 19th and 20th places
respectively on the final race classifications in Singapore.
Mercedes GP driver Schumacher was unable to be classified on the race results sheets, as he retired from the race due to a contact with Perez during the race.
Let’s see how all the drivers perform in the 15th round of the 2011 F1 season, which is scheduled to be held on October 09, 2011 at the Suzuka circuit.
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