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Singapore GP: Press conference 4 post-race, organised by the FIA

Lewis Hamilton took a surprisingly dominant pole position as Sebastian Vettel had to settle for third.

Formula One will continue to race in Singapore after the state’s government and race promoters concluded a deal with the sport’s commercial rights holders to stage the race for another five years.

With a last gasp lap, Alain Menu claimed his second pole position of the season beating Gabriele Tarquini by two tenths of a second.

Singapore GP: Press conference 3 organised by the FIA

McLaren team principal has insisted that both his team and Lewis Hamilton are focused on their championship challenge rather than the ongoing saga of the 2008 champion’s future at the team.

Sebastian Vettel carried on where he left off in Singapore last year by claiming P1 at the end of the first free practice session at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, though he finished just five hundredths of a second ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton.

Daniel Ricciardo arrived in Singapore saying that the problem which halted his car in Italy has been diagnosed and fixed.

Sauber’s Sergio Perez says he’s ready to race for a top team in Formula One, but today insisted that he respects Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo’s restated assertion that he is still too inexperienced to join the Italian squad.

Press conference of Team representatives organised by the FIA.