What can be said except that a Renault finished in front of a Williams, a McLaren, a Toyota, a Toro Rosso, a BMW-Sauber, a Red Bull and another Williams on the first ever Formula 1 Night Grand Prix?
Fernando Alonso won this morning -- evening in Singapore -- his first race since the Bresilian Grand Prix last year. He got lucky, for once, when the safety car completed marvelously his strategy.
"After a terrible qualification for us yesterday where we got very unlucky, today, luck was on our side. I cannot believe we won a race this year! I am so happy for everyone on my team that work so hard to make it work.
"We got lucky but it feels good to win. It's probably going to take me a couple of days to realise it fully", said the exhausted Alonso after a long race under 69% humidex.
Surprisingly, the Renault's victory does not begin to tell how special was this race. Nico Rosberg brought back his Williams to a second place finish even if he was forced by the officials to a drive-through penalty during the race.
Lewis Hamilton looks like he doesn't fit in this top-eight where we can,t even find one Ferrari car. Consequently, this third place victory feels like a victory for Hamilton that increases substantially his lead of the championship.
Raikkonen sent his Ferrari in the walls of the street-circuit with only four laps to do to the 61 laps race. Massa finished symbolicaly 13th of the 14th finisher.
After Vettel's victory two weeks ago in Italy, it is the second consecutive Grand Prix with quite surprising results.
Grand Prix of Singapour Results:
1 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R28) - 61 laps 1.57'16"304
2 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 2"957
3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 5"917
4 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF108) - 8"155
5 - Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 10"268
6 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 11"101
7 - David Coulthard (Red Bull RB3-Renault) - 16"387
8 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 18"489
9 - Jenson Button (Honda RA108) - 19"885
10 - Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 26"902
11 - Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 27"975
12 - Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 29"432
13 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2008) - 28"816
14 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM01-Ferrari) - 43"571
Best Lap: Kimi Raikkonen 1'45"599
Retirement
Lap 14 - Nelson Piquet
Lap 15 - Rubens Barrichello
Lap 30 - Mark Webber
Lap 50 - Adrian Sutil
Lap 51 - Jarno Trulli
Lap 57 - Kimi Raikkonen
Drivers Championship
1.Hamilton 84; 2.Massa 77; 3.Kubica 64; 4.Raikkonen 57; 5.Heidfeld 56; 6.Kovalainen 51; 7.Alonso 38; 8.Trulli 26; 9.Vettel 27; 10.Webber 20; 11.Glock 20; 12.Piquet 13; 13.Barrichello 11; 14.Rosberg 9; 15.Nakajima 9; 16.Coulthard 8; 17.Bourdais 4; 18.Button 3.
Manufacturers Championship
1.McLaren-Mercedes 135; 2.Ferrari 134; 3.BMW Sauber 120; 4.Renault 51; 5.Toyota 46; 6.STR-Ferrari 31; 7.Red Bull-Renault 28; 8.Williams-Toyota 26; 9.Honda 14; 10.Force India-Ferrari 0.
** Unoffical Results **
Fernando Alonso won this morning -- evening in Singapore -- his first race since the Bresilian Grand Prix last year. He got lucky, for once, when the safety car completed marvelously his strategy.
"After a terrible qualification for us yesterday where we got very unlucky, today, luck was on our side. I cannot believe we won a race this year! I am so happy for everyone on my team that work so hard to make it work.
"We got lucky but it feels good to win. It's probably going to take me a couple of days to realise it fully", said the exhausted Alonso after a long race under 69% humidex.
Surprisingly, the Renault's victory does not begin to tell how special was this race. Nico Rosberg brought back his Williams to a second place finish even if he was forced by the officials to a drive-through penalty during the race.
Lewis Hamilton looks like he doesn't fit in this top-eight where we can,t even find one Ferrari car. Consequently, this third place victory feels like a victory for Hamilton that increases substantially his lead of the championship.
Raikkonen sent his Ferrari in the walls of the street-circuit with only four laps to do to the 61 laps race. Massa finished symbolicaly 13th of the 14th finisher.
After Vettel's victory two weeks ago in Italy, it is the second consecutive Grand Prix with quite surprising results.
Grand Prix of Singapour Results:
1 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R28) - 61 laps 1.57'16"304
2 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 2"957
3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 5"917
4 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF108) - 8"155
5 - Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 10"268
6 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 11"101
7 - David Coulthard (Red Bull RB3-Renault) - 16"387
8 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 18"489
9 - Jenson Button (Honda RA108) - 19"885
10 - Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 26"902
11 - Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 27"975
12 - Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 29"432
13 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2008) - 28"816
14 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM01-Ferrari) - 43"571
Best Lap: Kimi Raikkonen 1'45"599
Retirement
Lap 14 - Nelson Piquet
Lap 15 - Rubens Barrichello
Lap 30 - Mark Webber
Lap 50 - Adrian Sutil
Lap 51 - Jarno Trulli
Lap 57 - Kimi Raikkonen
Drivers Championship
1.Hamilton 84; 2.Massa 77; 3.Kubica 64; 4.Raikkonen 57; 5.Heidfeld 56; 6.Kovalainen 51; 7.Alonso 38; 8.Trulli 26; 9.Vettel 27; 10.Webber 20; 11.Glock 20; 12.Piquet 13; 13.Barrichello 11; 14.Rosberg 9; 15.Nakajima 9; 16.Coulthard 8; 17.Bourdais 4; 18.Button 3.
Manufacturers Championship
1.McLaren-Mercedes 135; 2.Ferrari 134; 3.BMW Sauber 120; 4.Renault 51; 5.Toyota 46; 6.STR-Ferrari 31; 7.Red Bull-Renault 28; 8.Williams-Toyota 26; 9.Honda 14; 10.Force India-Ferrari 0.
** Unoffical Results **