Singapore Grand Prix live: Nico Rosberg wins to take championship lead away from Lewis Hamilton

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Nico Hulkenberg is spun into the pit wall after colliding with Carlos Sainz (Getty)

Nico Rosberg won the Sinagpore Grand Prix on the Marina Bay Circuit to take the lead in the drivers' championship off Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, with the German now leading the standings by a slender eight points with six races remaining. Re-live the latest here.

• Nico Rosberg wins the Singapore Grand Prix from pole position
• Daniel Ricciardo finishes second after late challenge from Red Bull driver
• Lewis Hamilton has to make do with third after disappointing weekend
• Sebastian Vettel fights to fifth behind Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen
• Nico Hulkenberg in first-lap crash off the start line

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Final Positions after Qualifying:

1 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1min 42.584secs

2 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:43.115

3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:43.288

4 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:43.328

5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:43.540

6 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:44.197

7 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:44.469

8 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Force India 1:44.479

9 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:44.553

10 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:44.582

11 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Williams 1:44.740

12 Felipe Massa (Bra) Williams 1:44.991

13 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:45.144

14 Esteban Gutierrez (Mex) Haas F1 1:45.593

15 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:45.723

16 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:47.827

17 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Renault 1:46.825

18 Felipe Nasr (Bra) Sauber-Ferrari 1:46.860

19 Jolyon Palmer (Gbr) Renault 1:46.960

20 Pascal Wehrlein (Ger) Manor Racing 1:47.667

21 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Manor Racing 1:48.296

22 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:49.116

[18 September 2016 13:31 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 14: Verstappen pits from eighth to put on the super soft tyres, and it could trigger a number of the leading drivers to pit to avoid suffering the undercut. Verstappen comes out behind the Manor of Ocon, but needs just four corners to pass him and move up to 14th,

[18 September 2016 13:33 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 15: Alonso pits with Roon Dennis out in the pit lane keeping a close eye on proceedings. The Spaniard comes out behind Wehrlein but ahead of Verstappen, and he immediately looks to attack the Manor and passes him rapidly.

[18 September 2016 13:34 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 16: Both Ricciardo and Hamilton pit to avoid the undercut, and both drivers are sent out on their way in the same order as they arrived.

[18 September 2016 14:50 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 56: Five laps to go and the lead is cut to just 5.7 seconds! Ricciardo is giving it all guns in an effort to win his first race of the season.

[18 September 2016 14:58 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 61: Rosberg has started the final lap...

[18 September 2016 14:59 · Jack de Menezes]

CHEQUERED FLAG: NICO ROSBERG WINS THE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX!

[18 September 2016 15:14 · Jack de Menezes]

Nico Rosberg:

Daniel tried to pull one on me with the late pit stop and we knew it would be close but I had enough. We couldn’t come in because I had traffic so I was slow. The car was on the edge, it always is in Singapore.

I’m just happy with the win today.

[18 September 2016 15:15 · Jack de Menezes]

Daniel Ricciardo:

We’ve come very close this year on numerous occasions but I’m not going to be up here disappointed. We came really close. As soon as we did the pit stop we thought Nico was going to come in so I pushed really hard but at least we made it exciting.

[18 September 2016 15:15 · Jack de Menezes]

Lewis Hamilton:

Big congratulations to Nico, he drove superbly across the whole weekend and deserves the win. It was a difficult weekend in Singapore as it always is but I’m happy to get points for the team. It’s a little different to how it was here last year but with the ay the season’s gone, I’m still in it.