Alonso wins dramatic Singapore Grand Prix

Double world champion, Fernando Alonso, has returned to the top spot of podium with Renault at Formula One’s first ever night race in Singapore. His strategy put him to the front of the field after the race order was completely shaken up due to his teammate crashing and bringing out a saftey car, which led [...]

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Heidfeld given grid penalty for pit entry

Nick Heidfeld will be penalised three grid positions for the Singapore Grand Prix after being deemed to have impeded Honda driver, Rubens Barrichello, while he was on a flying lap. The incident occurred during the first qualifying session when Barrichello was held up by the BMW who was entering the pit lane at the part [...]

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Massa storms to Singapore pole

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa has taken pole position for Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix by a huge margin in Qualifying at the Marina Bay street circuit. His time of 1:44.801 was a full six tenths of a second faster than McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who will line up on the front row with him.
Hamilton was lucky to get [...]

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Alonso continues to lead in final practice

Fernando Alonso has once again set the fastest lap in the final hour-long practice session ahead of Qualifying for this weekends Singapore Grand Prix. He came out towards the closing laps of the session and flew past the opposition, setting a 1:44.506 to become the first man into the 1:44s. He beat McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton [...]

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Alonso fastest in second Singapore practice

Fernando Alonso has gone fastest for Renault in the second Friday practice session at Marina Bay street circuit in Singapore. His best time of 1:45.654, which was set in the last few seconds of the session, beat McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton who was just 0.09 seconds behind and otherwise would have gone fastest for the second [...]

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Trulli fined 10,000 euros

Toyota’s Jarno Trulli has been reprimanded and fined 10,000 euros after driving the wrong way round the Marina Bay circuit. The incident occurred during the first of two Friday practice sessions at Singapore, when the Italian spun coming out of the last corner. Instead of continuing down the main strait, he decided to come back [...]

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Hamilton on top at first night session

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time at the first ever Formula One practice session held at night, ahead of this weekends inaugural Singapore Grand Prix. His best time of 1:45.518 put his just 0.08 seconds ahead of his main championship rival, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa.
His teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, was a further four tenths of a [...]

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Stage is set for F1’s 800th Grand Prix

The most highly anticipated new race for years, the Singapore Grand Prix, will be underway from tomorrow with Friday Practice giving us a good idea of what to expect from Formula 1’s first ever night race. The second new street circuit of the year will have lots of pressure on it’s hands, following the last [...]

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FIA reject McLaren appeal

The FIA International Court of Appeal has rejected McLaren’s appeal of Lewis Hamilton being stripped of a win at Belgian Grand Prix and stated that their case was inadmissible and would not be looked into any further.
McLaren were appealing against the decision that Lewis Hamilton should have 25 seconds, a post-race drive-though penalty, added to [...]

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McLaren fastest on last day of Jerez test

The final official testing day of the 2008 season ended on Friday with Pedro de la Rosa topping the timesheets for McLaren with a best time of 1:18.992.  Nick Heidfeld finished runner-up for BMW, posting a time 0.3 seconds slower.
Lucas di Grassi and Renault remained in third, whilst Sebastian Vettel returned to Toro Rosso after [...]

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