Spain’s Fernando Alonso led from start to finish to win a grueling Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday to boost his hopes of a third world title.
In a masterful display of composure and driving skill, the Ferrari ace held off a charging Sebastian Vettel in his Red Bull to take his 25th grand prix win and fourth of the season.
Vettel’s teammate and championship leader Mark Webber finished third after surviving a collision with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, which saw the Briton fail to finish for the second straight race.
Webber heads the standings with 202 points ahead of the rapidly-improving Alonso on 191 and Hamilton on 182.
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Vettel is a point further adrift with reigning champion Jenson Button, on 177. CNN International
Webber, though, had the inside line, and as they turned in at the same time the duo collided, with Hamilton coming off worse. Within seconds he was pulling onto the run-off area at turn eight, his fury obvious as he threw his steering wheel out of the car.
The stewards immediately called an investigation, followed a few minutes later by a second when Michael Schumacher ran into the Sauber of German compatriot Nick Heidfeld, forcing him into retirement. As for Schumacher, with a damaged front wing, he limped back to the pits with sparks flying as the nose dragged along the floor.
Button could do nothing about Webber in the closing stages and had to settle for fourth with Nico Rosberg fifth in his Mercedes, followed by the Williams of Rubens Barrichello and Robert Kubica after a late charge in his Renault. The Press Association
Toro Rossos’ Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi, team mate Vitaly Petrov, Massa, Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg and Force India’s Adrian Sutil after a Lap 45 stop for another set of tyres.
The aforementioned finished in the reverse of the above order after running nose-to-tail for much of the race, and Kovalainen’s late departure with a blown engine and ensuing fire elevated Lucas Di Grassi to 15th as the highest-placed new team runner. He was the only one still standing, as Kovalainen was classified 16th.
Virgin’s Timo Glock had led that category until late retirement, while Lotus’s Jarno Trulli and HRT’s Christian Klien were stopped by mechanical problems and Senna hit Kobayashi’s damaged BMW Sauber, the Japanese driver having run into the wall of his own accord at Turn 18.
Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher was classified 13th after a hard day in which he was attacked and pushed into a wall by Kobayashi just before the Japanese driver’s incident, and then had one of his own as he shoved Nick Heidfeld’s BMW Sauber into a spin and also spun himself. Formula 1
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