• Mercedes acknowledges it made mistake in strategy• Hamilton still 65 points clear at the topLewis Hamilton has warned that he expects
Ferrari to have the advantage in forthcoming races after they took a one-two victory at the
Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton finished fourth at Marina Bay, with
Sebastian Vettel winning in front of his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc. The
British driver suffered from the wrong strategy call by his Mercedes team but nonetheless acknowledged that Ferrari had made great steps forward in pace.
Vettel won from third on the grid, passing Leclerc with an undercut through the pitstops. Hamilton, in second place, wanted to follow the undercut strategy but Mercedes instead left him out to go long. On worn tyres it cost him time and track position and with overtaking almost impossible at Singapore in similarly matched cars, once he had lost his place he was unable to come back.