'Not our day, not our race' – Hulkenberg and Bortoleto lament Sauber's point-less Singapore GP

Both Kick Sauber drivers had contact with other cars in the Singapore Grand Prix and neither Nico Hulkenberg nor Gabriel Bortoleto managed to score points – though Hulkenberg isn't convinced they had to pace to trouble the top 10 even if they'd had a clean race.

Bortoleto could only finish P17 while Hulkenberg was P20 and last of all the runners at the Marina Bay Street Circuit last weekend after both drivers suffered damage in the 62-lap race.

Bortoleto damaged his front wing after contact with Lance Stroll's Aston Martin through the opening sequence of corners on Lap 1, and was one of the first drivers to pit on Lap 14 before running to the end on his second set of tyres.

"What happened in Turn 1 was unfortunate, three-wide into one, sometimes I think these things happen," said Bortoleto, having missed out on the points for a second race in succession.

"I don't think it's anyone's fault there, it's just racing and unfortunately we ended up touching, broke the endplate and because we lost a lot of lap time in that first stint the gaps were pulled away in that moment.

"From there on I think our race was a bit gone and then we pitted for changing the front wing and tyres and we ended up staying very long in the race and degradation was quite high for us, so no tyres at the end."

Hulkenberg also damaged his front wing endplate during the middle of the race after contact with the rear of Franco Colapinto's Alpine before he had a high-speed spin into Turn 7 when caught out by the early braking of the Argentinian ahead.

"I don't know what Franco was doing," he said afterwards. "He braked really early, so that was obviously a bit of a surprise, but then when we get close I lost a lot of rear downforce. The rear axle locked up instantly and obviously it spun me around.

"Not our day, not our race, [it's] fair to say," he continued. "If you don't have track position it's very difficult with our car and I think generally on the street circuit where you saw overtaking, how almost impossible it is today unless you have a huge tyre delta and by pitting late we lost more positions and have to review that a little bit the strategy.

"Of course, [it's] a little bit of a missed opportunity but I also feel we didn't really have an amazing pace [or] should have been well into the points."