Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix

Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso won his first race in more than a year on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead to seven points after a sensational Singapore Grand Prix.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa, a point behind Hamilton before Formula One's first night race, suffered a potential hammer blow to his title hopes after a pitstop blunder sent him from first to last. He finished 13th and out of the points.

Brazilian Massa had started on pole position and was on course to take the championship lead from Hamilton before a safety car interlude followed by a disastrous first pitstop changed the complexion of the race.

Alonso, who had started in 15th place, took advantage of a safety car interlude and Massa's pitstop blunder to move up the field and collect the 20th win of his career and first since Italy last year for McLaren.

Both Ferraris failed to score a point and world champion Kimi Raikkonen has now failed to get on the board in four consecutive races, his 27 point deficit to Hamilton all-but ruling him out of the title race.

Rosberg had to fend off Hamilton in the closing laps before bagging a career-best second place and he said that Lady Luck had finally smiled on the Williams team.

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pic 1: Fernando Alonso Renault Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008
pic 2: Fernando Alonso Renault Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008

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pic 1: Fernando Alonso Renault Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008
pic 2: Fernando Alonso Renault Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008

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pic 1: Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008
pic 2: Filipe Massa Ferrari Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008

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pic 1: Start of Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008
pic 2: Start of Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008

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pic 1: Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008
pic 2: Start of Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008

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pic 1: Timo Glock Toyota Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008
pic 2: Filipe Massa Ferrari Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008

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pic 1: Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008
pic 2: Nico Rosberg Williams Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008

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pic 1: Robert Kubica BMW Sauber Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008
pic 2: Filipe Massa Ferrari Sunday Race Singapore Grand Prix, F1 2008