Vettel wins Singapore GP

Sebastian Vettel ended his 13-month win drought with a controversial victory in the Singapore Grand Prix.

The German benefited from unusual Ferrari strategy to leapfrog team-mate Charles Leclerc into the lead.

Leclerc told the team over the radio that it was “unfair” and it will do little to reduce tension within the team.

But it was a much-needed victory for the four-time world champion who has had a difficult, error-strewn season and faced questions about his status and future.

The German has continued a run of one major driving error every three races since June last year, and seen Leclerc, already a two-time winner in his first season at Ferrari, emerge as a serious threat to his position as number one in the team.

But Leclerc was very unhappy and made his feelings clear.

Ferrari’s strategy, however, did secure them their first one-two since the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix and Vettel’s first win since the Belgian Grand Prix at the end of August 2018.

And it pushed Lewis Hamilton, who started second in the Mercedes, down to fourth, behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

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Vettel started third and his victory depended on a decision by Ferrari to stop him early, made to ensure he did not pit and come out behind Nico Hulkenberg’s Renault, which had stopped for fresh tyres after a first-lap incident and was charging through the field.

Seeing the risk from Hulkenberg to Vettel, the team pitted him on lap 19 and he rejoined in front of the Renault.

Ferrari pitted Leclerc, who had led the race from the start from pole position, next time around but Vettel’s pace advantage on his first lap out of the pits on fresh tyres ensured he was ahead of Leclerc when the 21-year-old emerged from the pits.

“What the hell?” Leclerc said over the radio, almost certainly wondering why he was not pitted first. At the final one, Leclerc asked for “everything” from the car to attack Vettel, but he was told he needed to manage the engine and bring the car home – code for him to hold position behind his team-mate.

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