So with his new chassis setting, Lewis Hamilton crushed the competition and cruised to victory in 2009 Singapore Grand Prix night race, where he had stated from Pole Position. Hamilton won the race with 9 seconds lead over Toyota’s Timo Glock in second place who got lucky that Nico Rosberg, who was showing amazing performance, faced troubles.
In third place came Fernando Alonso who by the way will be wearing Scuderia red! Some say the deal is closed and we should wait for the official announcement in the next few days! Alonso dedicated his podium finish to the recently fired mentor Flavio Briatore.
The Brawn duo finished back to back in fifth and sixth places, Button ahead of Barrichello. Jenson is now one step closer to the title and so is Brawn! Unfortunately, Ferrari duo were struggling again, and finished in the embarrassing places of 10th for Raikkonen and 13th for Fisichella. Kimi Raikkonen, fed up with Ferrari technical difficulties will be driving for his old team McLaren Mercedes next season, as rumor has it that the hefty cost of this delivery will be paid by McLaren sponsor Santander.
PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS
The Singapore Grand Prix
Singapore, Singapore;
61 laps; 309.087km;
Weather: Dry.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1h56:06.337
2. Glock Toyota (B) + 9.634
3. Alonso Renault (B) + 16.624
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) + 20.261
5. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) + 30.015
6. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) + 31.858
7. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 36.157
8. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) + 55.054
9. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) + 56.054
10. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) + 58.892
11. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) + 59.777
12. Trulli Toyota (B) + 1:13.009
13. Fisichella Ferrari (B) + 1:19.890
14. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes (B) + 1:33.502
Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:48.240
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Team On lap
Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 48
Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 48
Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 46
Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 24
Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 20
Grosjean Renault (B) 4
World Championship standings, round 14:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Button 84 1. Brawn-Mercedes 153
2. Barrichello 69 2. Red Bull-Renault 110.5
3. Vettel 59 3. Ferrari 62
4. Webber 51.5 4. McLaren-Mercedes 59
5. Raikkonen 40 5. Toyota 46.5
6. Hamilton 37 6. Williams-Toyota 30.5
7. Rosberg 30.5 7. Renault 26
8. Alonso 26 8. BMW Sauber 21
9. Glock 24 9. Force India-Mercedes 13
10. Trulli 22.5 10. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5
11. Kovalainen 22
12. Massa 22
13. Heidfeld 12
14. Kubica 9
15. Fisichella 8
16. Sutil 5
17. Buemi 3
18. Bourdais 2
All timing unofficial
Race results from: Autosport
picture: Daimler Press
