Charles Leclerc will start the Singapore Grand Prix from pole position after Red Bull rival Max Verstappen was asked to abort his final fastest effort in qualifying at the city-state's Marina Bay street track on Saturday.
Leclerc was one of several drivers who looked like potential pole sitters over the course of a session that began on a damp track that later dried out.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton at one stage looked to be on his way to his first pole position of the season. But his Mercedes lacked grip on his final run with the Briton instead starting third, just 0.054 seconds off pole. “I was pushing so hard, it was so, so close,” said Hamilton, who had been summoned to the stewards ahead of qualifying for an alleged breach of rules governing, among other things, the wearing of jewellery while driving.
“These guys are so quick, but I thought with a perfect lap we could fight for first place, but I just didn't have the grip in the last lap.”But he would need to win and score at least 22 points more than Leclerc and 13 more than Perez to get the job done on Sunday.
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