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Pick the Podium - F-1 - Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore, 2018

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With a whole host of stories coming out of F-1 such as Kimi Raikkonen leaving Ferrari and going to Sauber in 2019, the series heads to Singapore for their Grand Prix. Hamilton has a nice lead over Vettel and Mercedes came out this week vowing to turn the operation upside down to match wits with Ferarri. Should be another tight race.
 

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In FP2, Raikkonen continues mash the gas leading Hamilton and the Red Bulls while Vettel continues to screw-up.
 

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When the pressure mounts, Champions rise to meet it.

Lewis on pole with a lap that is 3.4 second faster than last year's pole.

HAM
BOT
RAI
RIC

An angry Seb behind Max on lap one equals carnage. May not be turn one, but each guy is a loose cannon and they will come together.
 

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Yep, when the end of the championship fight grows near, this champion digs in. Hamilton will be tough to beat in the coming weeks.
 

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Hamilton
Vettel
Verstappen
Raikkonen
 

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The safety car has been deployed and the race is just 2 laps old. Yellow out.
 

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At lap 12, Vettel is the fastest among the top five.
 

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Vettel pits. Hamilton still has a commanding lead so far.
 

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Hamilton takes the race followed by Verstappen for second, Vettel for third, and Botas for fourth. Vettel was 39 seconds behind Verstappen who was 8 seconds behind Hamilton. Verstappen scores a moral victory has he comes back onto the podium after a long drought.
 

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Here is how we did:

BoiseStateFan27: 6 points- Correctly selected Hamilton for the win
forty_three: 6 points- Correctly selected Hamilton for the win
Hank Kingsley: 12 points- Correctly selected Hamilton for the win, Verstappen for second, Vettel for third
Retroram52: 7 points- Correctly selected Hamilton for the win, Bottas for fourth
Season totals:

BoiseStateFan27: 74 points
forty_three: 57 points
Hank Kingsley: 64 points
Retroram52: 67 points


Next up: Russian Grand Prix, September 28-30, 2018
 

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Congrats to Hank for getting the correct call on the old podium finish but not the complete sweep on the new contest configuration. Hank continues to secure third place now. BSF continues to lead but the gap between first and second is closing. Onward we go to Russia in two weeks.
 

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Roses are red
Violets are Blue
Ferrari botched strategy
So, nothing is new.
 

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Congrats to Hank for getting the correct call on the old podium finish but not the complete sweep on the new contest configuration. Hank continues to secure third place now. BSF continues to lead but the gap between first and second is closing. Onward we go to Russia in two weeks.

You inched a little closer sir, the drivers championship is Hamilton's now. No chance Vettel can come back but our competition continues to intensify
 

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Yea, BSF. These things are not over until the last race and this year is no exception.
 

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As an AMG owner all I can say is Lewis, Lewis, Lewis!!!

And Ricciardo just came up a wee bit short. He wanted 4th. Just not quite...


Here I come on the run with a burger on a bun...
 

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Hello all fans of Sportshoop.

I recently went to Singapore in September for a holiday. It was amazing, I went to many tourist attractions including Universal Studios, Singapore Flyer and Singapore Botanic Gardens (A world heritage site). However my favourite place was buying my first ever F1 Ticket for the Formula 1 event.

I brought my F1 ticket in Singapore and I have been a Formula 1 fan for a very long time. I had an amazing time attending this event in central Singapore. It had live shows, music, stores and racing itself. Later I put together a short Youtube video about my F1 GP event experience in Singapore. It isn't perfect but I did my best and wanted to share the F1 video on here. So here it is, enjoy :)

 

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Interestingly, an American driver has been seen at F-1 practices at the races near the end of this last F-1 season. That American driver is none other than Jeff Gordon. Is he interested in driving again? Possibly. Maybe there is a deal going on behind the scenes to get Gordon into a Haas ride for 2019. A lot of speculation at this point, but nothing is surprising to me anymore in any racing circuit out there. We shall see.
 
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