SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton won a chaotic and rain-hit Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday to seize control of the Formula One world championship as his title rival Sebastian Vettel crashed out on the first lap. Fantastic job with the team strategy," Hamilton said over the radio, before leaping out of his car and hugging his engineers. But Hamilton dodged the pile-up and he progressed from fifth on the grid to first, ahead of Ricciardo, as the race finally restarted after a safety car. Hamilton had a healthy advantage of 9.6 seconds when Sauber's Marcus Ericsson spun and stopped on Anderson Bridge, bringing out a third safety car and wiping out the Briton's lead. "Why another safety car?"

Source: New Strait Times September 17, 2017 14:48 UTC