F1 Quals: Singapore 2014

Real quick one here, since I'm posting this only a few hours before the race itself begins:

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:46.921	1:46.287	1:45.681
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:47.244	1:45.825	1:45.688
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:47.488	1:46.493	1:45.854
4	4Time Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:47.476	1:46.586	1:45.902
5	HWMNBN	Ferrari	1:46.889	1:46.328	1:45.907
6	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:47.615	1:46.472	1:46.000
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.685	1:46.359	1:46.170
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:47.196	1:46.622	1:46.187
9	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.976	1:46.700	1:46.250
10	Kid Kvyat	STR-Renault	1:47.656	1:46.926	1:47.362
11	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.161	1:46.943
12	Jules Vergne	STR-Renault	1:47.407	1:46.989
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:47.370	1:47.308
14	Esteban!	Sauber-Ferrari	1:47.970	1:47.333
15	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.143	1:47.575
16	Lettuce Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:47.862	1:47.812
17	Adrian F'n Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:48.324
18	Crashtor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1:49.063
19	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:49.440
20	Gandalf Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1:50.405
21	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	1:50.473
22	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1:52.287

If someone that isn't named "Hamilton" or "Rosberg" is going to win another race this season, this is where it's going to happen.  The main advantage of the Mercedes chassis is the high-speed stuff, and there just isn't any of that around Singapore, not really.  Thus a nimble car like the Red Bull, or a car that's slightly above average with an ace driver, like the Ferrari, stands a better shot in the 24 turns of the Marina Circuit.

I still wouldn't bet against the Mercs though.

Race in the morning.

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