Alonso Won 2008 Japanese Grand Prix - Kubica 2nd

Two time World Champion Renault's Fernando Alonso won back to back races as he won 2008 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway on Sunday, 12th October, 2008. Starting from fourth Alonso drive superbly to win two races in a row. Robert Kubica in BMW finished 2nd followed by Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen on 3rd.

Driver's Championship is still wide open as leader Lewis Hamilton unable to pick any points after finishing 12th while rival Massa got one points as he finished 8th and lead reduced to 6 points. Ferrari retake the lead with 140 points from McLaren by 5 points, while BMW closing the gap with 128 points.

Nelsinho Piquet in 2nd Renault finished 4th while Jarno Trulli in Toyota at 5th place followed by two Torro Rosso's driver Sabastien Bourdais and Sabastian Vettel at 6th and 7th place respectively.

Force India F1 drivers Fisichella and Sutil again repeated the same story and unable to finish the race.



Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 Japanese Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso - Renault

Robert Kubica - BMW

Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari


Standing after 16th Races in 2008:


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 84 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 78 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 72 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 63 Points

Constructor's Championship

Ferrari - 140 Points

McLaren-Mercedese - 135 Points

BMW - 128 Points

Alonso won Inaugural 2008 Singapore GP - Hamilton 3rd

Renault's 2 times world champion Fernando Alonso won the inaugural 2008 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix by displaying a superb piece of driving in the first ever race under lights in F1 history. Williams' Nico Rosberg took 2nd place and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finished third to extend his lead to 7 points over rival Massa, who managed to finish on 13th position.

Alonso started from 15th position but drived superbly to won the 1st race of this season. Mclaren took the lead in Construction Championship by 1 point as Ferrari's both the drivers unable to to take point as Kimi retired and Massa finished 13th.

Toyota's Timo Glock finished 4th followed by Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel and Nick Heidfeld in BMW at 5th and 6th place.

Red Bull's David Coulthard finished seventh and Kazuki Nakajima took final point of the race in 2nd William's.

Force India F1 drivers Giancarlo Fisichella finished 14th and Adrian Sutil retired from the race in 49th lap.



Race Summary:

Top 3 Drivers at 2008 Singapore Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso - Renault

Nico Rosberg - Williams

Lewis Hamilton - McLaren


Standing after 15th Race in 2008


Driver's Championship

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) - 84 Points

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 77 Points

Robert Kubica (BMW) - 64 Points

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) - 57 Points


Constructor's Championship

McLaren-Mercedese - 135 Points

Ferrari - 134 Points

BMW - 120 Points