The Ferrari driver, trails Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton by 28 points in the standings, will start Sunday’s race dead last after power unit problems prevented him from setting a time. “It’s very bitter but then it’s motor racing,” said the four-times champion, who ran into trouble in Saturday’s final practice session and had his engine changed before qualifying. In Singapore he crashed out on the opening lap after having started from pole, leaving the way clear for Hamilton to win from fifth. Instead, Hamilton, who retired from a commanding lead in Malaysia last year, goes into Sunday’s race poised to make another huge stride toward his fourth title. “We need to extract the maximum knowing the race here, the conditions and so on could be anything.”(Editing by Ed Osmond)

Source: The Star September 30, 2017 14:37 UTC