Stats: Singapore's fabulous four

In the brief history of the Singapore Grand Prix, four drivers have emerged as outstanding performers year-in, year-out.

World championship leader Sebastian Vettel has always finished among the top five (including with Toro Rosso in 2008).

He has won the past two races in Singapore, and missed out on a possible win in 2009 due to a drive-through penalty. He has always qualified and finished the race ahead of his team-mates. He set pole in 2011, and has always qualified among the top six.

His championship rival Fernando Alonso has also won twice: in the infamous 2008 race, marred by the 'crashgate' scandal, and in 2010.

He has taken four podiums out of five starts and has always finished in the top four. Like Vettel he has always outqualified and outraced his team-mates here, and he claimed pole in 2010.

Lewis Hamilton won in 2009 from pole and came third in '08, and his record could be even better.

He suffered a gearbox problem last year while leading from pole and was pushed off-track by Mark Webber in 2010 while running third. In 2011 he finished fifth after damaging his front wing against Massa and serving a drive-through penalty. He has always qualified in the top four.

Last of the four Singapore greats is Jenson Button: second in the past two races, fifth in 2009 and fourth in 2010. He has been in the top four on the grid in each of the past three years, and has always finished his Singapore races ahead of his team-mates.

THE OTHERS

• Mark Webber has scored points here only with his two podiums: third in 2010 and '11. He has never led the Singapore race.

Massa was a victim of 'crashgate' in 2008 © XPB

• Felipe Massa is pretty unlucky in Singapore. In 2008 he was the most notable victim of the 'crashgate affair': he was leading from pole, pitted when the safety car came in and ripped off his refuelling hose, served a drive-through penalty, punctured and spun.

In 2010 he went out in Q1 due to an electronic problem; in 2011 he was hit by Hamilton and punctured a tyre; and in 2012 he was touched on the opening lap by Vitaly Petrov and punctured again. He has started from the top 10 only twice.

• Sergio Perez has been 10th in both his races here, each time ahead of his team-mates and each time after contact with other cars.

• Kimi Raikkonen has only scored points in Singapore once in three appearances, for sixth last year. In 2008 he crashed out while running fifth - his last retirement for a race accident to date.

• Nico Rosberg was second in 2008 race, despite a drive-through (for pitting when the pitlane was closed). Since then his best result has been fifth in 2009. He has always qualified in the top 10 here, with third as his best (2009).

• Nico Hulkenberg was 10th two years ago. Last year, after colliding with both Saubers, he recorded his only fastest race lap of his career in his recovery to 14th.

• Paul di Resta has taken his best career result to date in both his visits to Singapore: sixth in 2011 and fourth last year. Both times he has started in the top 10.

• Adrian Sutil has scored twice in Singapore: in 2010 he was ninth and in '11 he was eighth. He is 4-0 against his team-mates in qualifying here.

• Pastor Maldonado last year qualified second and in the race he was running third, but was sidelined by a hydraulic problem.

TEAMS

• Red Bull has had five podiums out of a possible six in Singapore, with Vettel winning the past two races. Since 2009 there have been four front-row starts, including a one-two lockout in 2011. The worst grid spot since 2009 has been seventh for Webber in 2012. The team is the only one to win twice here.

Alonso won the night race in 2010 © LAT

• Ferrari has had only two podiums in Singapore, including Alonso's win from pole in 2010 (the last dry pole to date for Ferrari), and Alonso's third last year. From 2010 onwards it has always had both cars in the points.

• McLaren won from pole in 2009 thanks to Hamilton, and has had two seconds with Button in 2011 and '12, both times behind Vettel. The team has always had both cars in the first eight spots here and, excluding an eighth on the grid for Kovalainen in 2009, always in the top five.

• Lotus, as Renault, won the infamous 2008 race and took third the following year, both times with Alonso. Last year both cars scored points (Raikkonen sixth, Romain Grosjean seventh).

• Mercedes' best result here is a fifth, with Rosberg in 2010 and '12. The team has always qualified in the top 10, but never higher than seventh (Rosberg 2010/11). Curiously, Rosberg has always scored points for Mercedes here, while former team-mate Michael Schumacher always crashed.

• Williams had bad luck last year, with both cars suffering mechanical failures. Maldonado had started from the front row and was running third.

• Force India has scored points in the past three races, including with both cars in 2011.

• Sauber has finished 10th two years running, each time with Perez.

• Toro Rosso has scored points in Singapore only twice, thanks to the 2014 Red Bull driver line-up: Vettel took a fifth in 2008 and Daniel Ricciardo was ninth last year.