2010 SINGAPORE GP: ALONSO WINS AGAIN

Fernando Alonso made it again

Fernando Alonso wins again at the Singapore Grand Prix, his second win, which reduced Mark Webber's lead at the top of the drivers' championship to 11 points with four grands prix remaining. With only 25 points separating the top five, this season is going to be most interesting one. The Spaniard saw off a late challenge from Sebastian Vettel to take the win.Alonso's win proved to the relatively straightforward, as although Vettel was never far behind him, nor was he ever really close enough to mount a serious challenge. The pair held their positions after pitting on the same lap, and the it was only on the final lap that Vettel managed to get close enough to think about having a look.

As well as keeping Alonso in the title hunt, the race dealt another blow to the hopes of Lewis Hamilton, who failed to finish for the second race in a row. Team-mate Jenson Button salvaged something for McLaren by finishing fourth. Webber's third place is result to a tyre gamble when the safety car came out on lap three to remove Tonio Liuzzi's stricken Force India from the circuit, and also managing to come out undemaged after collision with Hamilton.

The Singapore Grand Prix

Classified:
Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    1h57:53.579
2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     0.293
3.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    29.141
4.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    30.384
5.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    49.394
6.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +    56.101
7.  Kubica        Renault                    +  1:26.559
8.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +  1:52.416
9.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +  1:52.791
10. Massa         Ferrari                    +  1:53.297
11. Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
12. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13. Schumacher    Mercedes                   +     1 lap
14. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
15. Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
16. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +    3 laps

Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:47.976

Not classified/retirements:
Driver        Team                         On lap
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              51
Heidfeld      Sauber-Ferrari               35
Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes             34
Klien         HRT-Cosworth                 30
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               29
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 28
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               26
Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes         1


World Championship standings, round 15:            
Drivers:                    Constructors:          
1.  Webber       202        1.  Red Bull-Renault          383
2.  Alonso       191        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          359
3.  Hamilton     182        3.  Ferrari                   316
4.  Vettel       181        4.  Mercedes                  168
5.  Button       177        5.  Renault                   133
6.  Massa        125        6.  Force India-Mercedes       62
7.  Rosberg      122        7.  Williams-Cosworth          57
8.  Kubica       114        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             27
9.  Sutil         49        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         10
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   

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2010 SINGAPORE GP: ALONSO IMPRESSIVLY ON POLE POZITION

Fernando Alonso secured his second pole position in a row with a fully committed lap of the Singapore street circuit to line up ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton on Sunday's grid. While Ferrari celebrated Alonso's success, it was a very different story for team-mate Felipe Massa, who will start from the back of the grid following a suspected engine problem during Q1. McLaren locked out the second row, with Lewis Hamilton taking third ahead of Jenson Button, leaving championship leader Mark Webber a disappointed fifth alongside the Williams of Rubens Barrichello. The Brazilian's team-mate Nico Hulkenberg fell just shy of making it through to Q1 and finished 12th fastest behind Sebastien Buemi, although he will start from 17th due to a five-place grid penalty.

Mercedes got both its cars into the top 10, with Nico Rosberg seventh and Michael Schumacher ninth, the pair bookending Renault's Robert Kubica, and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi rounded out the top 10.Massa was not the only driver whose session was compromised by problems. Vitaly Petrov's hopes of cracking Q1 were ended when he spun and broke his right-rear suspension against the barriers during Q2, although he was still in with a shot of remaining in the top 10 before his time was finally overhauled by Buemi and Hulkenberg in the last couple of minutes.

Virgin won bragging rights in the battle of the new teams when Timo Glock took 18th, with a late push from Lotus' Heikki Kovalainen allowing the Finn to get ahead of Lucas di Grassi. Jarno Trulli was 18th ahead of F1 returnee Christian Klien, who left his HRT team-mate Bruno Senna to join Massa on the back row.

Pos  Driver         Team                   Q1        Q2         Q3
1.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:46.541  1:45.809   1:45.390
2.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:46.960  1:45.561   1:45.457
3.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:48.296  1:46.042   1:45.571
4.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:48.032  1:46.490   1:45.944
5.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:47.088  1:45.908   1:45.977
6.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:48.183  1:47.019   1:46.236
7.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:48.554  1:46.783   1:46.443
8.  Kubica         Renault                1:47.657  1:46.949   1:46.593
9.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:48.425  1:47.160   1:46.702
10. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:48.908  1:47.599   1:47.884
11. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:48.127  1:47.666
12. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:47.984  1:47.674
13. Petrov         Renault                1:48.906  1:48.165
14. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:49.063  1:48.502
15. Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari         1:48.696  1:48.557
16  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:48.496  1:48.899
17. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:48.988  1:48.961
18. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:50.721
19. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:50.915
20. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:51.107
21. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:51.641
22. Klien          HRT-Cosworth           1:52.946
23. Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:54.174
24. Massa          Ferrari 

2010 SINGAPORE GP: WEBBER QUICK ON FP1

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Mark Webber set the pace during the first practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix, but the results were more or less irrelevant as a damp track played havoc with the teams' plans. One important piece of information that the drivers learned was that the Marina Bay track takes a long time to dry without sunlight hitting it.Rain hit the circuit about an hour before the first session was set to begin and the humid conditions and setting sun meant the track stayed damp throughout. All 24 cars put in an early installation lap but it was then up to the bravest to head out on the treacherous tracks. All the top teams were focusing on testing new parts, but the wet weather meant that any data gathered was fairly meaningless. As a result the title contenders stayed in the pits while Ferrari's Felipe Massa acted as a barometer for track conditions by putting in lap after lap on intermediate tyres until his times dropped off. The other two factors in consideration were preserving tyres and engines. With only four sets of intermediate tyres allocated for the whole weekend, all the drivers were cautious about burning up a set with more thunderstorms forecast for Saturday and Sunday.

P.  DRIVER              ТEAM                 TIME             LAPS
1.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:54.589            10
2.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:54.708  + 0.119   24
3.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:54.827  + 0.238   15
4.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:55.137  + 0.548   12
5.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:55.160  + 0.571   20
6.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:55.333  + 0.744   12
7.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:55.510  + 0.921   15
8.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:55.523  + 0.934   15
9.  Kubica         Renault                 1:55.672  + 1.083   11
10. Petrov         Renault                 1:55.914  + 1.325   20
11. Alonso         Ferrari                 1:56.090  + 1.501   12
12. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:56.339  + 1.750   22
13. Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari          1:56.458  + 1.869   18
14. Rosberg        Mercedes                1:56.598  + 2.009    8
15. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:56.603  + 2.014   12
16. Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:56.615  + 2.026   17
17. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:56.840  + 2.251   14
18. Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:56.884  + 2.295    9
19. Massa          Ferrari                 1:57.760  + 3.171   22
20. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:59.034  + 4.445   19
21. D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         1:59.275  + 4.686   16
22. Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:59.783  + 5.194   23
23. Klien          HRT-Cosworth            2:03.424  + 8.835   17
24. Fauzi          Lotus-Cosworth          2:05.694  + 11.105  11

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber sent a warning to Red Bull's rivals by giving their team a commanding one-two in second practice for the Singapore Grand Prix. Once up to speed, Vettel dominated much of the session, and went o fastest ahead of early pace setter Fernando Alonso. However, Red Bull might not have it all their own way as Fernando Alonso looked capable of matching Vettel before he ran wide at turn 18 on a hot lap. As he attempted to reverse back onto the track his car stalled, bringing an immediate end to his session. Despite the problem he still set the fourth fastest time while on hard tyres, suggesting there is more to come from Ferrari on Saturday.
McLaren's pace was not as promising as neither Button nor Lewis Hamilton could get within a second of Vettel. It was not for lack of trying as both McLaren drivers attacked the street circuit throughout the session. But while Button looked quick at times, Hamilton only lit up the odd sector time and did not hook up a brilliant lap.

P.  DRIVER            TEAM                   TIME             LAPS
1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:46.660            29
2.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:47.287  + 0.627   27
3.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:47.690  + 1.030   28
4.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:47.718  + 1.058   20
5.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:47.818  + 1.158   28
6.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:48.302  + 1.642   31
7.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:48.341  + 1.681   28
8.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:48.679  + 2.019   26
9.  Kubica         Renault                 1:48.855  + 2.195   15
10. Schumacher     Mercedes                1:48.889  + 2.229   31
11. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:49.153  + 2.493   32
12. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:49.438  + 2.778   30
13. Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari          1:49.558  + 2.898   26
14. Petrov         Renault                 1:49.608  + 2.948   30
15. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:49.896  + 3.236   28
16. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:49.984  + 3.324   11
17  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:50.191  + 3.531   31
18. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:50.896  + 4.236   35
19. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:51.878  + 5.218   30
20. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:52.150  + 5.490   22
21. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:53.431  + 6.771   25
22. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:53.526  + 6.866   27
23. Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:54.725  + 8.065   27
24. Klien          HRT-Cosworth            1:55.542  + 8.882   25 

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