Fernando Alonso took his first victory of the season in the floodlit Singapore Grand Prix, Formula One’s first night race. The Renault driver’s win was scripted by a combination of his aggressive approach and a superb strategy that took advantage when the safety car was deployed after Nelson Piquet Jnr crashed out on lap 15.
Nico Rosberg took second, just under three seconds behind in the Williams, while McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton took third to extend his lead in the drivers’ championship to seven points. Hamilton’s closest rival Felipe Massa led in the early stages before his race was derailed by an incident in the pitlane during while the safety car was out.
Massa was given the green light to leave the pits too early and ended up dragging the fuel hose away with him, knocking some of his Ferrari crew out of the way in the process. The Brazilian, who began the race just one point behind Hamilton, stopped and waited for assistance and, after his mechanics had caught up and struggled to remove the hose, rejoined at the back of the field. He eventually finished out of the points in 13th.
The day very much belonged to Alonso, who started from 15th on the grid after fuel feed problems hampered his qualifying campaign.
My favourites; BMW’s Robert Kubica was fourth after the first round of stops, because he was penalised with stop-go penalties for pitting under safety car conditions before clearance was given, although they had been forced into those stops due to lack of fuel. His partner Nick Heidfeld finished sixth
Ferrari’s miserable race was completed when Kimi Raikkonen, who was running fifth at the time, crashed out with just four laps remaining. The Finn launched from the second kerb on turn 10 and was unable to recover sufficiently before ploughing into the wall.
FULL RESULT
Result:
01 F. Alonso Renault 1:57:16.304
02 N. Rosberg Williams + 2.957
03 L. Hamilton McLaren + 5.917
04 T. Glock Toyota + 8.155
05 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso + 10.268
06 N. Heidfeld BMW + 11.101
07 D. Coulthard Red Bull + 16.387
08 K. Nakajima Williams + 18.489
09 J. Button Honda + 19.885
10 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 26.902
11 R. Kubica BMW + 27.975
12 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 29.432
13 F. Massa Ferrari + 35.170
14 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 43.571
Did not finish
15 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 4 laps
16 J. Trulli Toyota + 11 laps
17 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 12 laps
18 M. Webber Red Bull + 32 laps
19 R. Barrichello Honda + 46 laps
20 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 47 laps
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