Singapore GP: Here’s the new starting grid for the 17th round of the World Championship

Nico Hülkenberg had to wait anxiously for a long time to find out his starting position after setting the eleventh-fastest lap in qualifying for this year’s Singapore Grand Prix. The reason: the Audi works driver was in Carlos Sainz’s way at the entrance to Turn 5 as Sainz attempted to make it through to Q3. However, this was due to a problem with the timing system, which initially indicated that Sainz had crossed the line too late to make a final attempt. Consequently, Hülkenberg was not warned.

Carlos Sainz misses out

Sainz, who had in fact been early enough to make another attempt, had to settle for 14th place. And it took quite a while for the stewards to conclude that the German was not to blame for the technical issues, and that the correction to the system – which ultimately failed to mark Sainz as having been waved off – came too late for the Audi team to react.

For Hülkenberg, this means he will start from 10th on the grid. This is because the starting grid has been shuffled anyway, as George Russell has been relegated to the back of the field. The Mercedes star did make it through to Q3, where he set the sixth-fastest lap.

However, because he is racing with new parts following his engine failure at Sepang – parts that exceed the permitted quota – he must start from the back of the grid and has been relegated to the last row. Bringing up the rear, however, is Red Bull Racing’s unlucky driver Isack Hadjar. The Frenchman failed to set a timed lap in GP qualifying.

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