Fernando Alonso's victory, the 4th this season and second in a row, will certainly be enough to put a smile on his face.
After being kindly reminded of his last (controversial) victory in Singapore two years ago by rival Sebastian Vettel on Saturday's post-qualifying conference, Alonso got his best revenge: he crossed the start/finish line 0.2 seconds ahead of Vettel Sunday.
Vettel's teammate Mark Webber got lucky to finish third as Lewis Hamilton crashed trying to pass him. The Australian's other podium garantees him not only to continue his lead in the championship standing, but also to increase it further more ahead of closest follower Alonso.
Jenson Button, in the other McLaren, finished fourth ahead of Nico Rosberg. The next Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are much further away with a 10th place finish for Massa, a crash for Hamilton on lap 34 and a 13th place finish, one lap down, for Michael Schumacher.
Rubens Barrichello, Robert Kubica, Adrian Sutil and Nico Hulkenberg complete the top-10 of drivers within the lead lap. Only 15 drivers completed the race which came close to the two hours limit (1h53).
No luck for Nick Heidfeld who had to five up on lap 35. He can certainly take consollation in the fact that he ran 6 laps more than his teammate Kamui Kobayashi. Christian Klien did not see the end of this race either as he gave up on the 30th lap.
Singapore Grand Prix, Race Results :
1 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - 61 laps 1.53'57"579
2 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 0"293
3 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 29"141
4 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 30"384
5 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W01) - 49"394
6 - Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 56"101
7 - Robert Kubica (Renault R30) - 1'26"559
8 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'52"416
9 - Nico Hulkenberg (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'52"791
10 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F10) - 1'53"297
11 - Vitaly Petrov (Renault R30) - 1 lap
12 - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1 lap
13 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1 lap
14 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1 lap
15 - Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 2 laps
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso 1'47"976
Did not finish:
1° lap - Vitantonio Liuzzi
26° lap - Jarno Trulli
28° lap - Bruno Senna
29° lap - Kamui Kobayashi
30° lap - Christian Klien
34° lap - Lewis Hamilton
35° lap - Nick Heidfeld
51° lap - Timo Glock
58° lap - Heikki Kovalainen
Drivers Championship:1.Webber 202; 2.Alonso 191; 3.Hamilton 182; 4.Vettel 181; 5.Button 177; 6.Massa 125; 7.Rosberg 122; 8.Kubica 114; 9.Sutil 49; 10.Schumacher 46; 11.Barrichello 39; 12.Kobayashi 21; 13.Petrov 19; 14.Hulkenberg 18; 15.Liuzzi 13; 16.Buemi 7; 17.De La Rosa 6; 18.Alguersuari 3.
Constructors Championship:1.Red Bull-Renault 383; 2.McLaren-Mercedes 359; 3.Ferrari 316; 4.Mercedes 168; 5.Renault 133; 6.Force India-Mercedes 62; 7.Williams-Cosworth 57; 8.Sauber-Ferrari 27; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10.
** Unofficial Results **
After being kindly reminded of his last (controversial) victory in Singapore two years ago by rival Sebastian Vettel on Saturday's post-qualifying conference, Alonso got his best revenge: he crossed the start/finish line 0.2 seconds ahead of Vettel Sunday.
Vettel's teammate Mark Webber got lucky to finish third as Lewis Hamilton crashed trying to pass him. The Australian's other podium garantees him not only to continue his lead in the championship standing, but also to increase it further more ahead of closest follower Alonso.
Jenson Button, in the other McLaren, finished fourth ahead of Nico Rosberg. The next Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are much further away with a 10th place finish for Massa, a crash for Hamilton on lap 34 and a 13th place finish, one lap down, for Michael Schumacher.
Rubens Barrichello, Robert Kubica, Adrian Sutil and Nico Hulkenberg complete the top-10 of drivers within the lead lap. Only 15 drivers completed the race which came close to the two hours limit (1h53).
No luck for Nick Heidfeld who had to five up on lap 35. He can certainly take consollation in the fact that he ran 6 laps more than his teammate Kamui Kobayashi. Christian Klien did not see the end of this race either as he gave up on the 30th lap.
Singapore Grand Prix, Race Results :
1 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - 61 laps 1.53'57"579
2 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 0"293
3 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 29"141
4 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 30"384
5 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W01) - 49"394
6 - Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 56"101
7 - Robert Kubica (Renault R30) - 1'26"559
8 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'52"416
9 - Nico Hulkenberg (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'52"791
10 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F10) - 1'53"297
11 - Vitaly Petrov (Renault R30) - 1 lap
12 - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1 lap
13 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1 lap
14 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1 lap
15 - Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 2 laps
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso 1'47"976
Did not finish:
1° lap - Vitantonio Liuzzi
26° lap - Jarno Trulli
28° lap - Bruno Senna
29° lap - Kamui Kobayashi
30° lap - Christian Klien
34° lap - Lewis Hamilton
35° lap - Nick Heidfeld
51° lap - Timo Glock
58° lap - Heikki Kovalainen
Drivers Championship:1.Webber 202; 2.Alonso 191; 3.Hamilton 182; 4.Vettel 181; 5.Button 177; 6.Massa 125; 7.Rosberg 122; 8.Kubica 114; 9.Sutil 49; 10.Schumacher 46; 11.Barrichello 39; 12.Kobayashi 21; 13.Petrov 19; 14.Hulkenberg 18; 15.Liuzzi 13; 16.Buemi 7; 17.De La Rosa 6; 18.Alguersuari 3.
Constructors Championship:1.Red Bull-Renault 383; 2.McLaren-Mercedes 359; 3.Ferrari 316; 4.Mercedes 168; 5.Renault 133; 6.Force India-Mercedes 62; 7.Williams-Cosworth 57; 8.Sauber-Ferrari 27; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10.
** Unofficial Results **