Hamilton led from the start, but after a series of frantic radio messages to his team he retired with a gearbox problem and handed the lead to Vettel. The Red Bull driver then had Jenson Button in his mirrors for the remaining 36 laps, but despite two safety cars, he managed to win with relative ease. Championship leader Fernando Alonso took a comfortable third place, maintaining the driver's world championship lead.
We had two safety car periods: the first for Narain Karthikeyan sliding his HRT into the barrels at the tunnel entrance, and the second when Michael Schumacher ploughed into Jean-Eric Vergne on the restart lap.
Paul di Resta with an excellent fourth place for Force India, outpacing fifth-placed Mercedes man Nico Rosberg. Lotus salvaged sixth and seventh with Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean on its least competitive weekend of 2012 so far.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa picked up a puncture on lap one, yet fought back impressively to secure eighth. On the way, he overtook Bruno Senna with an incredible move that saw him bounce off the Williams and the wall before arriving at Turn 13 sideways but in front.
Also notable was Timo Glock's 12th place, which moved Marussia ahead of Caterham in the constructors' standings.
The Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay.
61 laps, 309.316km, Weather: Night/Dry.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 2h00:26.144
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes + 8.959
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 15.227
4. Paul Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 19.063
5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG + 34.784
6. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 35.759
7. Roman Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 36.698
8. Felipe Massa Ferrari + 42.829
9. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 45.820
10. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault + 47.175
11. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 50.619
12. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 1:31.918
13. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:37.141
14. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 1:39.413
15. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 1:42.925
16. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1:47.967
17. Pedro De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap
18. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault + 2 laps
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault + 2 laps
Fastest lap: Nico Hulkenberg - 1:51.033
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
J.Vergne Toro Rosso 38
M.Schumacher Mercedes AMG 38
P.Maldonado Williams 36
N.Karthikeyan HRT 30
L.Hamilton McLaren 22
After 14 races:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. F.Alonso 194 1. Red Bull 298
2. S.Vettel 165 2. McLaren 261
3. K.Raikkonen 149 3. Ferrari 245
4. L.Hamilton 142 4. Lotus 231
5. M.Webber 133 5. Mercedes AMG 136
6. J.Button 119 6. Sauber 100
7. N.Rosberg 93 7. Force India 75
8. R.Grosjean 82 8. Williams 54
9. S.Perez 65 9. Toro Rosso 14
10. F.Massa 51
11. P.Di Resta 44
12. M.Schumacher 43
13. K.Kobayashi 35
14. N.Hulkenberg 31
15. P.Maldonado 29
16. B.Senna 25
17. J.Vergne 8
18. D.Ricciardo 6
