Lewis Hamilton dominated the 61-lap Singapore Grand Prix to take the checkered flag ten seconds clear of Timo Glock on a day when his main race rivals eliminated themselves from contention after making mistakes. Hamilton’s second race win of the season, his 11th with McLaren Mercedes, was sealed when first Nico Rosberg and then Sebastian Vettel were handed penalties for errors exiting and entering the pit lane. From that point, he was able to back off, conserve the car and a drive on to a relatively easy victory.

The big news from the three rounds of night time qualifying was not Hamilton taking pole, but rather Button getting knocked-out in Q2.  On the tight streets of Singapore, the outlook does not seem favorable for the championship leader in tomorrow’s Grand Prix.  Rubens, on the other hand made his way into Q3, but crashed the BGP Chassis in the final seconds of the session, thoroughly spoiling a handful of hot laps on fresh rubber.  Before he made contact with the wall however, he was sitting in 5th place, and with the 5 spot penalty for changing his gearbox outside of the 4-race minimum, Barrichello will start 10th.

Rubens Barrichello set the early pace is Friday Practice 1, taking P1 after 90 minutes of prep for tomorrows qualifying. In Practice 2, Webber had a violent shunt that red flagged the field for the remaining moments of the session, and Mark’s teammate, Sebastian Vettel went on to take the top honors, shaving off over two seconds from his FP1 time.