Top 5 in Singapore slugfest
Sept. 23: The race to the Formula One drivers’ title is on a knife-edge going into Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix and picking up points will be crucial for the five men in serious contention.
After 14 of this year’s 19 races, Red Bull’s Mark Webber leads the championship chase on 187 points, five ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton with Fernando Alonso of Ferrari third on 166. Defending world champion Jenson Button is still in the hunt with 164 points while young German Sebastian Vettel is fifth, a point further adrift. This means that the top five are separated by just 24 points — one point less than the 25 awarded for a single race win.
McLaren’s Button said it was hugely important to do well on Sunday under the lights on the Singapore street circuit. “The Singapore Grand Prix will be a very interesting weekend because I think it’ll give us a clearer idea of the destiny of the world championship,” said the Briton.
“The last time we were at a low-speed, high-downforce track was in Hungary back at the start of August. Our car wasn’t particularly competitive there and maybe we haven’t had a properly representative view of the top teams’ relative pace because we’ve just visited two high-speed circuits,” said Button, adding, “Singapore will be interesting for all of us.”
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