Story highlights Lewis Hamilton wins Singapore GPLeads Sebastian Vettel by 40 pointsMax Verstappen finishes second(CNN) Lewis Hamilton dazzled under the floodlights of the Marina Bay street circuit to boost his chances of claiming his fifth world championship crown by winning the Singapore GP Sunday. Hamilton controlled the 61-lap race from pole position to take the checkered flag ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, with his title rival Sebastian Vettel back in third for Ferrari. The podium positions matched the qualifying order, but Vettel, having moved smartly ahead of Verstappen into second place was left to rue what appeared to be a strategy error by his team as he lost back the place to the Dutchman during the pit stops to change tires. It has left Hamilton with a 40-point advantage over Vettel with six rounds remaining of this year's title race after his seventh win of the campaign for Mercedes and his 69th overall in F1. JUST WATCHED Formula One great Nico Rosberg previews the Singapore Grand Prix Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Formula One great Nico Rosberg previews the Singapore Grand Prix 01:19"I'm spent, that was a long race, felt like the longest race of my life," admitted a tired but delighted Hamilton.

Source: CNN September 16, 2018 14:27 UTC