Singapore Grand Prix 2013 Results: Reaction, Stats, Standings, Post Race Review

Sebastian Vettel dominated proceedings to win the Singapore Grand Prix once again.

It was a frightening display of power, with Vettel easing away from the field time and again, and the safety car and strategy changes having absolutely no impact on the German.

In the race behind him, Fernando Alonso bagged second place to limit the damage in the title race, while Kimi Raikkonen clambered up from 13th on the grid to finish third.

Here's how the race unfolded at Marina Bay, and what it means for the championship.

The Race Weekend, Results

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The Race Weekend on Bleacher Report

Thursday—the Singapore Grand Prix preview

Friday and Saturday—the story of practice and qualifying

Sunday—the Singapore Grand Prix live blog and report

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Results in full, via Formula1.com

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts 1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 61 Winner 1 25 2 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 61 +32.6 secs 7 18 3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 61 +43.9 secs 13 15 4 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 61 +51.1 secs 2 12 5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 61 +53.1 secs 5 10 6 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 61 +63.8 secs 6 8 7 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 61 +83.3 secs 8 6 8 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 61 +83.8 secs 14 4 9 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 61 +84.2 secs 11 2 10 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 61 +84.6 secs 15 1 11 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 61 +88.4 secs 18   12 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 61 +97.8 secs 10   13 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 61 + secs 16   14 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 61 + secs 12   15 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 60 +1 Lap 4   16 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 60 +1 Lap 20   17 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 60 +1 Lap 22   18 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 60 +1 Lap 21   19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 60 +1 Lap 19   20 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 54 Accident 17   Ret 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 37 Pneumatics 3   Ret 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 23 Accident 9

Updated Driver Standings

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Here is the drivers' title race after Singapore, round 13 of 19 this season (via Formula1.com):

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points 1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 247 2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 187 3 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 151 4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 149 5 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 130 6 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 116 7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 87 8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 57 9 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 54 10 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 36 11 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 26 12 Sergio Perez Mexican McLaren-Mercedes 22 13 Nico Hulkenberg German Sauber-Ferrari 19 14 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 18 15 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 13 16 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 1 17 Esteban Gutierrez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 0 18 Valtteri Bottas Finnish Williams-Renault 0 19 Jules Bianchi French Marussia-Cosworth 0 20 Charles Pic French Caterham-Renault 0 21 Giedo van der Garde Dutch Caterham-Renault 0 22 Max Chilton British Marussia-Cosworth 0

Updated Team Standings

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Here are the updated team standings after Singapore (via Formula1.com):

Pos Team Points 1 Red Bull Racing-Renault 377 2 Ferrari 274 3 Mercedes 267 4 Lotus-Renault 206 5 McLaren-Mercedes 76 6 Force India-Mercedes 62 7 STR-Ferrari 31 8 Sauber-Ferrari 19 9 Williams-Renault 1 10 Marussia-Cosworth 0 11 Caterham-Renault 0

Post-Race Reaction

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Another race, another booing for Sebastian Vettel. The German put in a sensational drive in the race and kept himself together well in the post-race presentation:

"

Vettel: "The start was quite hairy. I didn't get going initially. Fortunately he went a little bit in too deep and I got it back." #F1onNBC

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"— F1® Racing on NBC (@F1onNBCSports) September 22, 2013"

"

Vettel booed again on the podium. "They are on a tour - they go around on a bus," he jokes. Classy touch

— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) September 22, 2013"

Martin Brundle, who was handling the post-race interview, stopped to take booing fans to task and was applauded for it. 

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I agree with @MBrundleF1 calling out fans who are booing Seb. It's not called for and it's classless.

— Fake Charlie Whiting (@charlie_whiting) September 22, 2013"

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There is a yob element creeping into F1. Vettel is brilliant. @redbullracing are brilliant. Deal with it. Congratulate it.

— Grand Prix Diary (@GrandPrixDiary) September 22, 2013"

As for the rest of the field, it was a fairly positive day for both Ferrari and Lotus:

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#SINGP ALO: Fantastic start. We didn't have the pace so we needed to invent something: we did it. P2 is just like a victory. Congrats to VET

— Scuderia Ferrari (@InsideFerrari) September 22, 2013"

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Here is your man, doing it in style as always... it's #Kimi!! #F1 #ExplicitContent pic.twitter.com/hYsLnofgiD

— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) September 22, 2013"

That was despite Alonso looking ready to nod off:  

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Big press conference smile from #Kimi, regular grin for #Vettel, but @alo_oficial? He'll take a small nap... #F1 pic.twitter.com/0F8uVlXcSD

— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) September 22, 2013"

Winners in Singapore

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Sebastian Vettel

Comic-book quick. Formula 1 doesn't witness too many races these days where one man not only dominates but takes chunks of time out of the field. Vettel did it at will, and he handled the boos, which are fast becoming a staple of a Grand Prix weekend, with more grace than they deserve to be given.

Fernando Alonso

Alonso turned seventh into second, and the luck of the race seemed to fall his way for him to do it. Vettel may be making the best car on the grid sing, but can anyone drag every last drop of performance out of a less-than-perfect car quite like Alonso?

Kimi Raikkonen

Started 13th, finished third. A terrific salvage job from Raikkonen and a reminder that Lotus will be struggling to replace him, whoever it does decide to pick. 

Losers in Singapore

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Nico Rosberg

So near yet so far. A blinding start put him in front for a moment. Then he overshot the corner and allowed Sebastian Vettel back into the lead. Second should really have been his had it not been for stopping too early, and when told to push by his team over the radio, he could be heard on the official broadcast openly challenging their calls, furious that he had been leapfrogged by Mark Webber. And his teammate Lewis Hamilton will have similar regrets.

Mark Webber

Dragged the Red Bull back up from 11th when he made his final stop to fourth, was bearing down on third when his engine began to fail. Short-shifting the gears could not protect him—after 60 laps and seven corners of the 61, he had to pull out and withdraw when the car went up in flames. 

Romain Grosjean

Was comfortably ahead of his more illustrious teammate Kimi Raikkonen until an air problem forced him into an extra pit stop. Forty seconds in the pits later, his race was effectively over, and he was retired soon after. Fortune has not favoured the Frenchman for some time.