2010 ABY DHABI GP: GLORIOUS VETTEL EXPLAIN HIS FEELINGS

Deserved Champagne Bath!!!

Sebastian Vettel, 2010 WORLD CHAMPION:
"I'm speechless. I don't know what you are supposed to say in these moments, it has been an incredibly tough season for myself and all of us, physically and mentally. We always kept believing in ourselves - no matter what people said - in the team and in our car. I kept believing in myself and today was a special day all round. I got up this morning and tried not to think about anything; I tried to avoid contact with people and just tried to do my own thing. I knew all I could try to do was win this race and do my best.

We only led this Championship once this season, but it was when it mattered. The car was phenomenal today; the start was very tight with Lewis (Hamilton), and I had some graining in the first stint, but then the car stabilised and was a dream. To be honest, I didn't know anything until I passed the chequered flag. I was wondering, because my race engineer Rocky was trying to give me advice every lap to help me carry the car home and I was thinking 'Why's this guy so nervous, we must be in a bloody good position!' Then crossing the line he came on the radio and very silently said 'it's looking good, we have to wait until all the cars finish'. I was thinking 'what does he mean,' as I hadn't seen the screens - I just wanted to make sure I didn't get any distractions during the race and focused on myself. Then Christian came on the radio and screamed at me that we had won the World Championship.

I have to say thanks to so many people. To start with, the team: that's all the people here at the track and all the people in Milton Keynes - they are pushing like hell and I think they will be enjoying this moment as much as last week. Also everyone back in Austria, who has supported me from the beginning - it's been an incredible journey with Red Bull and, after all the ups and downs this season, to come here now and win the Championship is unbelievable. Thanks to everyone I have known from the early days in karting and those in my home town of Heppenheim to now, thank you so much."

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2010 ABY DHABI GP: VETTEL BECOME YOUNGEST F1 CHAMION!!!

Sebastian Vettel, won the race, won Title World Champion!!!

Vettel Sebastian became the youngest F1 champion by winning today's race in Abu Dhabi. His main rivals Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber just the seventh and eighth place. So experienced drivers, cracked under pressure today, the youngest among them, showed them how it's done!!!

ABY DHABI GP
Yas Marina, United Arab Emirates;
55 laps; 305.355km;

CLASSIFICATION:
P.  DRIVER           ТEAM                        Time Gap
1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault
2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     10.1s
3.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     11.0s
4.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     30.7s
5.  Kubica        Renault                    +     39.0s
6.  Petrov        Renault                    +     43.5s
7.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     43.7s
8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +     44.2s
9.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     50.2s
10. Massa         Ferrari                    +     50.8s
11. Heidfeld      Sauber-Ferrari             +     51.5s
12. Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     57.6s
13. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     58.3s
14. Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     59.5s
15. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +   1m03.1s
16. Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +   1m04.7s
17. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +    1 LAP
18. Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 LAPS
19. Senna         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 LAPS
20. Klien         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 LAPS
21. Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth             +    4 LAPS

FASTEST LAP: Lewis Hamilton, 1m41.274s

NOT CLASSIFIED:
DRIVER           TEAM                    On Lap
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              44
Schumacher    Mercedes                     1
Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes         1

FINAL CLASSIFICATION:
Drivers:                    Constructors:
1.  Vettel       256        1.  Red Bull-Renault     498
2.  Alonso       252        2.  McLaren-Mercedes     454
3.  Webber       242        3.  Ferrari              396
4.  Hamilton     240        4.  Mercedes             214
5.  Button       214        5.  Renault              163
6.  Massa        144        6.  Williams-Cosworth     69
7.  Rosberg      142        7.  Force India           68
8.  Kubica       136        8.  Sauber-Ferrari        44
9.  Schumacher    72        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    13
10. Barrichello   47
11. Sutil         47
12. Kobayashi     32
13. Petrov        27
14. Hulkenberg    22
15. Liuzzi        21
16. Buemi          8
17. De la Rosa     6
18. Heidfeld       6
19. Alguersuari    5

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2010 ABY DHABI GP: VETTEL WINNER OF MOST IMPORTANT QUALIFICATIONS THIS SEASON

Will Vettel finnaly take World Champion Title!!!

Sebastian Vetel will start from pole in tomorrow's Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, with most important rival Fernando Alonso on third and Mark Webber on fifth starting position. Germany won the 10-th pole of the season, but his team-mate Mark Webber will have difficult job to do on Sunday if he wants to win his first title. Lewis Hamilton great, will start with Vetel in the front row, but his incident with Massa at the end of Q2 is beeing considered and may be characterized as blocking Massa in a quick lap and could face penalty as a result of his actions.

Felipe Massa will start alongside Webber from the third row and the Brazilian is in an excellent position to try to pass Webber and thus help his teammate. Michael Schumacher enjoying a rare moment when he was in qualifying before team-mate Nico Rosberg. The duo of Mercedes Grand Prix will start from eighth and ninth position.

Everything is ready for a brilliant race tomorrow, with Alonso now in the best position to secure the title, if the race finished in that order of qualification.

P.  DRIVER           ТEAM                Q1         Q2         Q3
1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault     1m40.318s  1m39.874s  1m39.394s
2.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes     1m40.335s  1m40.119s  1m39.425s
3.  Alonso       Ferrari              1m40.170s  1m40.311s  1m39.792s
4.  Button       McLaren-Mercedes     1m40.877s  1m40.014s  1m39.823s
5.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault     1m40.690s  1m40.074s  1m39.925s
6.  Massa        Ferrari              1m40.942s  1m40.323s  1m40.202s
7.  Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth    1m40.904s  1m40.476s  1m40.203s
8.  Schumacher   Mercedes             1m41.222s  1m40.452s  1m40.516s
9.  Rosberg      Mercedes             1m40.231s  1m40.060s  1m40.589s
10. Petrov       Renault              1m41.018s  1m40.658s  1m40.901s
11. Kubica       Renault              1m41.336s  1m40.780s
12. Kobayashi    Sauber-Ferrari       1m41.045s  1m40.783s
13. Sutil        Force India-Ferrari  1m41.473s  1m40.914s
14. Heidfeld     Sauber-Ferrari       1m41.409s  1m41.113s
15. Hulkenberg   Williams-Cosworth    1m41.015s  1m41.418s
16. Liuzzi       Force India-Ferrari  1m41.681s  1m41.642s
17. Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.707s  1m41.738s
18. Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.824s
19. Trulli       Lotus-Cosworth       1m43.516s
20. Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth       1m43.712s
21. Glock        Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.095s
22. di Grassi    Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.510s
23. Senna        Hispania-Cosworth    1m45.085s
24. Klien        Hispania-Cosworth    1m45.296s

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2010 ABY DHABI GP: RESULTS FROM FRIDAY TRAININGS

If this was race results, Vettel would be smiling to World Champion Title

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of Friday's first practice session in Abu Dhabi. The Yas Marina track was damp at the beginning, following a surprise downpour this morning. The Red Bull driver set quickest time of 1:42.760 to top the timesheets from Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and team-mate Mark Webber. Championship leader Fernando Alonso finished the session sixth fastest ahead of Michael Schumacher's Mercedes, but not too much should be read into his lap times as he was likely running a heavy fuel load, with engine save mode turned on.

P.     DRIVER              TEAM                TIME         GAP   LAPS
1.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m42.760s            18
2.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m43.369s  + 0.609s  16
3.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m43.785s  + 1.025s  19
4.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m43.840s  + 1.080s  19
5.  Robert Kubica       Renault               1m44.080s  + 1.320s  19
6.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m44.121s  + 1.361s  17
7.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m44.199s  + 1.439s  19
8.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m44.604s  + 1.844s  18
9.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m44.718s  + 1.958s  19
10. Nick Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari        1m44.737s  + 1.977s  19
11. Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m45.160s  + 2.400s  18
12. Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m45.445s  + 2.685s  21
13. Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m45.474s  + 2.714s  15
14. Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m45.552s  + 2.792s  20
15. Tonio Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes  1m45.585s  + 2.825s  14
16. Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m46.003s  + 3.243s  20
17. Nico Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1m46.644s  + 3.884s  19
18. Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m47.105s  + 4.345s  22
19. Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m48.450s  + 5.690s  19
20. Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth        1m48.472s  + 5.712s  17
21. Lucas di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth       1m49.375s  + 6.615s  13
22. Bruno Senna         Hispania-Cosworth     1m49.590s  + 6.830s  18
23. Christian Klien     Hispania-Cosworth     1m50.274s  + 7.514s  17
24. Fairuz Fauzy        Lotus-Cosworth        1m51.705s  + 8.945s  18

SECOND FREE TRAINING

Lewis Hamilton made it more dramatic

Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time of the second free practice in Abu Dhabi. The McLaren driver raised hopes that he might be able to compete for victory on Sunday by outpacing both Red Bulls and Fernando Alonso's Ferrari. Despite the sudden drop in temperature, the lap times from the first practice session improved as the track rubbered in, Hamilton set fastest time before his time was bettered by Alonso and Vettel. With soft tyres the order of the day, Hamilton then jumped to the top of the timesheets once again with a 1:40.888. It proved to be enough and it will be interesting to see if the McLaren man can throw a spanner in the works of the title favourites on Saturday.

However, the times at the top were slightly skewed by a yellow flag during the top drivers' hot laps and Webber and Vettel making mistakes on one of their runs. Alonso complained of oversteer on his fast laps, adding, "I don't know what we can do" over the team radio. If the opening practice session was something of a dull affair, the evening proved more eventful, Lewis Hamilton nearly colliding with Bruno Senna's HRT at the end of a flying lap. The incident is being investigated by the stewards but would most likely result in a monetary fine rather than a sporting penalty.

Adding to the drama, Jaime Alguersuari spun his Toro Rosso at turn 19, causing the yellow flag at a crucial time for his rivals and leaving his car stranded on the circuit. A few laps later Felipe Massa ground to a halt, his Ferrari running out of fuel possibly due to a pick-up problem.

P.     DRIVER                TEAM               TIME        GAP
1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m40.888s
2.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m41.145s  + 0.257s
3.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m41.314s  + 0.426s
4.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m41.315s  + 0.427s
5.  Robert Kubica       Renault               1m41.576s  + 0.688s
6.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m41.583s  + 0.695s
7.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m42.096s  + 1.208s
8.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m42.132s  + 1.244s
9.  Tonio Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes  1m42.203s  + 1.315s
10. Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m42.222s  + 1.334s
11. Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m42.246s  + 1.358s
12. Nico Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1m42.449s  + 1.561s
13. Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m42.535s  + 1.647s
14. Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m42.768s  + 1.880s
15. Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m42.914s  + 2.026s
16. Nick Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari        1m42.950s  + 2.062s
17. Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m43.128s  + 2.240s
18. Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m43.584s  + 2.696s
19. Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        1m45.180s  + 4.292s
20. Тimo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m45.259s  + 4.371s
21. Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth        1m45.612s  + 4.724s
22. Lucas di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth       1m46.053s  + 5.165s
23. Christian Klien     Hispania-Cosworth     1m47.210s  + 6.322s
24. Bruno Senna         Hispania-Cosworth     1m47.434s  + 6.546s

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2010 BRASIL GP: EASY 1-2 WIN FOR RED BULL

Vettel takes Webber`s Title?!?

Vettel wins the Brazilian Grand Prix ahead of Mark Webber. Alonso third, Hamilton fourth and Button fifth. Hamilton is still just in the title chase but Button drops out.The German took the lead at the start of the race and never allowed Red Bull team-mate Webber a look in. Webber's second place clinched the constructors' title for Red Bull, but Fernando Alonso's third limited his loss in the points table.

Pole winner Nico Hulkenberg's time in the sun was short-lived, as he was out-dragged to the first corner by Vettel and then demoted to third by Webber at Turn 4. It took Alonso another six laps to get by the Williams, thanks mainly to some skilled and spirited defence by Hulkenberg once he settled into the race. By the time Alonso had clear air he was seven seconds behind Webber, and even then lapping half a second slower. Hamilton was next in the queue to pass Hulkenberg and was stuck there for another eight laps, unable to make a move stick, until the Williams dived into the pits on lap 15. So Vettel and Webber were freed from the start right up and came to easy 1-2 win for Red Bull.

2010 BRASILIAN GRAND PRIX
Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brasil
71 laps, 305.909km, Weather: Sunny

CLASSIFIED:
P.  DRIVER            ТEAM                       TIME
1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h33:11.803
2.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +     4.243
3.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     6.807
4.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.634
5.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    15.593
6.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    35.300
7.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    43.400
8.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +    1 lap
9.  Kubica        Renault                    +    1 lap
10. Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    1 lap
11. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    1 lap
12. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +    1 lap
13. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    1 lap
14. Massa         Ferrari                    +    1 lap
15. Petrov        Renault                    +    1 lap
16. Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +    1 lap
17. Heidfeld      Sauber-Ferrari             +    1 lap
18. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +    2 laps
19. Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth             +    2 laps
20. Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
21. Senna         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
22. Klien         HRT-Cosworth               +    6 laps

Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton, 1:13.851

Not Classified:
Driver           Тeam                    On Lap
Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth              63
Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes         50


After 18 races:        
Drivers:                 Constructors:      
1.  Alonso       246     1.  Red Bull-Renault      469
2.  Webber       238     2.  McLaren-Mercedes      421
3.  Vettel       231     3.  Ferrari               389
4.  Hamilton     222     4.  Mercedes              202
5.  Button       199     5.  Renault               145
6.  Massa        143     6.  Williams-Cosworth      69
7.  Rosberg      130     7.  Force India-Mercedes   68
8.  Kubica       126     8.  Sauber-Ferrari         44
9.  Schumacher    72     9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari     11
10. Barrichello   47
11. Sutil         47
12. Kobayashi     32
13. Hulkenberg    22
14. Liuzzi        21
15. Petrov        19
16. Buemi          8
17. De la Rosa     6
18. Heidfeld       6
19. Alguersuari    3       

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2010 BRASIL GP: AMAZING NICO HULKENBERG TAKES POLE

Hulkenberg takes pole by nearly a second faster time then Red Bull duo. Really amazing and incredible drive from young German.

Pos  Driver         Team                   Q1        Q2        Q3
1.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:20.050  1:19.144  1:14.470
2.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:19.160  1:18.691  1:15.519
3.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:19.025  1:18.516  1:15.637
4.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:19.931  1:18.921  1:15.747
5.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:18.987  1:19.010  1:15.989
6.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:19.799  1:18.925  1:16.203
7.  Kubica         Renault                1:19.249  1:18.877  1:16.552
8.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:19.879  1:18.923  1:16.925
9.  Massa          Ferrari                1:19.778  1:19.200  1:17.101
10. Petrov         Renault                1:20.189  1:19.153  1:17.656
11. Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:19.905  1:19.288
12. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:19.741  1:19.385
13. Rosberg        Mercedes               1:20.153  1:19.486
14. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:20.158  1:19.581
15. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:20.096  1:19.847
16. Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari         1:20.174  1:19.899
17. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:20.592  1:20.357
18. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:20.830
19. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:22.130
20. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:22.250
21. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:22.378
22. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:22.810
23. Klien          HRT-Cosworth           1:23.083
24. Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:23.796

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2010 BRASIL GP: FIRST ROUND TO RED BULL

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Webber Champion?!? No way, I`m going to be Champion.

Vettel set the fastest time of 1:12.328 on first free practice for Brasilian GP, finishing half a second ahead of his team-mate and the McLaren duo. German team made the most of a warm track conditions to rack up plenty of mileage in order to evaluate different set-ups. Much more was expected from Ferrari duo, but they were so reserved this morning, finishing to 13 and14 position.

Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg were once again the best of the rest in fifth and sixth, with the session's early pace setters Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher seventh and eighth. The Saubers of Nick Heidfeld and Kamui Kobayashi rounded out the top 10, though the Japanese finished the session in the wall after spinning on his last lap.

P.  DRIVER             TEAM                  TIME        Gap   Laps
1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault         1:12.328            23
2.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault         1:12.810  + 0.482   27
3.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes         1:12.845  + 0.517   24
4.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes         1:13.267  + 0.939   23
5.  Kubica         Renault                  1:13.370  + 1.042   23
6.  Rosberg        Mercedes                 1:13.516  + 1.188   25
7.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth        1:13.546  + 1.218   25
8.  Schumacher     Mercedes                 1:13.643  + 1.315   24
9.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes     1:13.918  + 1.590   25
10. Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari           1:14.000  + 1.672   22
11. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari           1:14.004  + 1.676   23
12. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth        1:14.155  + 1.827   28
13. Alonso         Ferrari                  1:14.246  + 1.918   20
14. Massa          Ferrari                  1:14.267  + 1.939   25
15. Petrov         Renault                  1:14.370  + 2.042   23
16. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes     1:14.487  + 2.159   25
17. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari       1:14.618  + 2.290   29
18. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari       1:14.734  + 2.406   28
19. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth           1:15.603  + 3.275   24
20. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth          1:15.860  + 3.532   20
21. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth           1:16.057  + 3.729   25
22. d'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth          1:16.707  + 4.379   27
23. Klien          HRT-Cosworth             1:16.839  + 4.511   18
24. Senna          HRT-Cosworth             1:17.360  + 5.032   29

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Red Bull continued where it left off in the second session of free practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel once again topping the timesheets from team-mate Mark Webber. Webber was quarter of a second clear of championship leader Fernando Alonso, who was at least back at the sharp end of the time sheet following his engine problem in FP1.

Lewis Hamilton pronounced himself happy with the modifications McLaren has made to its floor and set the fourth quickest time, while team-mate Jenson Button was still complaining of a lack of rear grip and could only manage seventh.Felipe Massa set the fifth quickest time as both Ferraris vastly improved on their morning's pace, but the Brazilian's session ended half an hour early when he reported a problem with the clutch and stopped on the back straight. Robert Kubica was sixth, with Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher completing the top 10 behind Button.

P.  DRIVER            ТEAM                   TIME       GAP    LAPS
1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault         1:11.968            28
2.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault         1:12.072  + 0.104   34
3.  Alonso         Ferrari                  1:12.328  + 0.360   36
4.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes         1:12.656  + 0.688   33
5.  Massa          Ferrari                  1:12.677  + 0.709   19
6.  Kubica         Renault                  1:12.882  + 0.914   37
7.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes         1:13.206  + 1.238   33
8.  Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari           1:13.222  + 1.254   40
9.  Rosberg        Mercedes                 1:13.333  + 1.365   34
10. Schumacher     Mercedes                 1:13.346  + 1.378   36
11. Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth        1:13.520  + 1.552   37
12. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari           1:13.610  + 1.642   41
13. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth        1:13.725  + 1.757   39
14. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes     1:13.741  + 1.773   32
15. Petrov         Renault                  1:13.818  + 1.850   26
16. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes     1:14.045  + 2.077   37
17. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari       1:14.304  + 2.336   33
18. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari       1:14.578  + 2.610   37
19. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth           1:14.984  + 3.016   47
20. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth           1:15.101  + 3.133   43
21. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth          1:15.433  + 3.465   35
22. Senna          HRT-Cosworth             1:16.070  + 4.102   42
23. Klien          HRT-Cosworth             1:16.082  + 4.114   38
24. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth          1:16.150  + 4.182   35

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2010 KOREAN GP: FERNANDO ALONSO WINS INAUGURAL YEONGHAM RACE

Lucky to be first

Fernando Alonso finished dramatic Korean Grand Prix on first place. I don`t know how much morning event (by Europian time) can be qualified as a Grand Prix race. From the beginning with start delay, start under safety car, lot of water on the track, Yongam race was struggle to stay on track and get to the finish line. Disastrous day for Red Bull, Mark Webber crash out of second and Sebastian Vettel had an engine failure while leading.

Lewis Hamilton made the most of Red Bull's misfortune to boost his title hopes with a second place finish ahead of Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher. It means that Alonso now leads the drivers' standings from Webber by 11 points and Hamilton by 21 points, with Vettel dropping to fourth.

Happy Alonso say that this was best race ever for him: " I think that was one of the best races of the year for us and the team, both cars on the podium is a fantastic achievement for Ferrari. We're been competitive all weekend. Qualifying yesterday we saw a very strong car so we knew the race pace was there but with the weather conditions you never know. This morning was wet and we knew that it was a tricky race to finish and of course winning the race, I think my first wet race, means I'm even more happy."

Hamilton atypically calm: "Today we picked up some good points. It could have been better but if you look at the last four races we didn't pick up such good points. We have to make some improvements to the car as the qualifying pace is not good enough. We have some good things coming so it's not impossible. We will keep pushing and as you saw today anything can happen, we didn't expect two Red Bulls to go out but that is how close this championship is. Fernando is quick but it is still open."

Vettel not giving up on title: "There has been a little bit too much of it for us this season. Ups and down, everyone has had those, but I think we have had quite a lot in particular, but you can't change it. So we will keep our head down and keep doing what we were doing up to now. Just trying to get the best out of the car and I think in terms of speed there is nothing to improve. To be on top of the field all the time, controlling the race and looking after my tyres, I think there is nothing that we could have done better. So all in all I think we did a more or less perfect job."

Mark Webber say that title hunt is not finished: "Positions are not really important at the moment, the points are the important thing. They can change very quickly and this is my second non-finish of the year, but there are still two races to go and I will do my absolute best. Today isn't my day. I got a wheel on the kerb on the exit of Turn 12 and it was a very slow motion moment off the back of it. Totally my mistake. It was a very long slide, frustrating. I thought I had done enough but in the end it wasn't enough. The wall obviously was close and did some damage and then I wrecked Nico's race as well. It brings me back to them on points and we are all back together again so we go to the final two races."

KOREAN GRAND PRIX, YEONGHAM, SOUTH KOREA;
71 laps; 305.909km;Weather: rain.

Classified:
P.  DRIVER         ТEAM                         TIME
1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    2h48:20.810
2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.999
3.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    30.868
4.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    39.688
5.  Kubica        Renault                    +    47.734
6.  Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +    53.571
7.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +  1:09.257
8.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:17.889
9.  Heidfeld      Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:20.107
10. Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +  1:20.851
11. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:24.146
12. Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:29.939
13. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +     1 lap
14. Senna         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
15. Yamamoto      HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest Lap: Fernando Alonso, 1:50.257

Not Classified:
Driver          Team                     On Lap
Sutil         Force India-Mercedes         63
Vettel        Red Bull-Renault             62
Petrov        Renault                      56
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              48
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           47
Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth              42
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               42
Webber        Red Bull-Renault             35
Rosberg       Mercedes                     35


After 17 race:
Drivers:                    Constructors:
1.  Alonso       231        1.  Red Bull-Renault          426
2.  Webber       220        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          399
3.  Hamilton     210        3.  Ferrari                   374
4.  Vettel       206        4.  Mercedes                  188
5.  Button       189        5.  Renault                   143
6.  Massa        143        6.  Force India-Mercedes       68
7.  Kubica       124        7.  Williams-Cosworth          65
8.  Rosberg      122        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             43
9.  Schumacher    66        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         11
10. Barrichello   47
11. Sutil         47
12. Kobayashi     31
13. Liuzzi        21
14. Petrov        19
15. Hulkenberg    18
16. Buemi          8
17. De la Rosa     6
18. Heidfeld       6
19. Alguersuari    3

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2010 KOREAN GP: RED BULL SECURED FRONT ROW

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Korean GPSebastian Vettel and Mark Webber secured Red Bull its second successive front row and its eighth of the season during qualifying for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix on Saturday. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was just 0.181 off Vettel's time and lost out in the twisty final sector of the lap where the Red Bulls were peerless. However, Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who qualified fourth, were considerably faster in the first sector, suggesting they will be able to attack Vettel and Webber at the start. Hamilton finished 0.5 seconds down on Vettel overall, as both McLarens struggled to maintain tyre temperature and failed to match the expectations they set in practice. Team-mate Button was seventh, behind Nico Rosberg and Felipe Massa on the grid, and will be relying on a good start to get into contention. Crucial to the start will be the side of the grid the drivers are on. The left hand side, where 2nd place and all the even numbers start from, has hardly been used and is expected to offer very little grip as the drivers pull away.

Pos  Driver         Team                   Q1        Q2        Q3
1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:37.123  1:36.074  1:35.585
2.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:37.373  1:36.039  1:35.659
3.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:37.144  1:36.287  1:35.766
4.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:37.113  1:36.197  1:36.062
5.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:37.708  1:36.791  1:36.535
6.  Massa          Ferrari                1:37.515  1:36.169  1:36.571
7.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:38.123  1:37.064  1:36.731
8.  Kubica         Renault                1:37.703  1:37.179  1:36.824
9.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:37.980  1:37.077  1:36.950
10. Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:38.257  1:37.511  1:36.998
11. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:38.115  1:37.620
12. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:38.429  1:37.643
13. Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari         1:38.171  1:37.715
14. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:38.572  1:37.783
15. Petrov         Renault                1:38.174  1:37.799 *
16. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:38.583  1:37.853
17. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:38.621  1:38.594
18. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:38.955
19. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:40.521
20. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:40.748
21. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:41.768
22. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:42.325
23. Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth           1:42.444
24. Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:43.283

* Drops five places for Japan penalty

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2010 KOREAN GP: RESULTS FROM FRIDAY SESSIONS

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

First free training was approached with great vigilance by all teams, first to examine the track, later by the end cars made some fast times. Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren car set the fastest time of the first free training of Korean Grand Prix. His car had new rear wing, and it seems that could be even faster, because it was four tenths faster than his time in the next lap, in the first sector, but he did not complete the lap. Robert Kubica again excellent with Renault. Seems to suit the fast tracks. It can be concluded that in the first sector fastest cars are those with good working F-duct system. Sebastian Vettel in fourth position, but with great traffic problems in the last sector, where the Red Bull car should be most fastest. Ferrari drivers poorly placed, but they tested versions of the car with and without F-duct system. From this results we can`t see who is fastest, and which car is not. We can say that McLaren should be good on this track.

P.  DRIVER                 TEAM                 TIME     GAP       LAPS
1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m40.887s             15
2.  Robert Kubica       Renault               1m40.968s  + 0.081s   18
3.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m41.152s  + 0.265s   21
4.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m41.371s  + 0.484s   18
5.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m41.940s  + 1.053s   16
6.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m42.022s  + 1.135s   25
7.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m42.202s  + 1.315s   23
8.  Nick Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari        1m42.293s  + 1.406s   18
9.  Nico Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1m42.678s  + 1.791s   21
10. Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m42.883s  + 1.996s   23
11. Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m42.896s  + 2.009s   22
12. Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m43.054s  + 2.167s   25
13. Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m43.309s  + 2.422s   20
14. Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m43.602s  + 2.715s   18
15. Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m43.928s  + 3.041s   21
16. Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m43.940s  + 3.053s   23
17. Vitantonio Liuzzi   Force India-Mercedes  1m44.887s  + 4.000s   21
18. Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m45.141s  + 4.254s   26
19. Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m45.588s  + 4.701s   20
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio   Virgin-Cosworth       1m46.613s  + 5.726s   17
21. Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        1m47.115s  + 6.228s   22
22. Sakon Yamamoto      Hispania-Cosworth     1m50.347s  + 9.460s   29
23. Bruno Senna         Hispania-Cosworth     1m50.821s  + 9.934s   15
24. Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth        1m51.701s  + 10.814s  11

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Championship leader, Mark Webber, had the fastest pace in the second training, and set the best time today in Yeongam, ahead of his title rivals, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Champion Jenson Button was fifth, while team-mate of Webber, Sebastian Vetel was 1.2 seconds slower and placed on the seventh position.

The conditions of the track was constantly improving during the session, so it is difficult to "read" the form of drivers.(Webber set the fastest time in the last minutes of session, while Vetel went out first with the soft tires, which cost him some speed). There was lot of traffic in the final sector, and lot of attempts to set a fast time ruined. But the pace of Webber looks real and he had good times and with hard tyres, often so fast as his rivals on the soft tires. Early indications suggest that McLaren has the advantage in a fast first sector, although Robert Kubica was far fastest in that sector. All teams had problems with the tyre degradation on longer stints.

P.  DRIVER            TEAM                   TIME       GAP   LAPS
1.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:37.942            23
2.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:38.132  + 0.190   30
3.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:38.279  + 0.337   29
4.  Kubica         Renault                 1:38.718  + 0.776   29
5.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:38.726  + 0.784   19
6.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:38.820  + 0.878   32
7.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:39.204  + 1.262   22
8.  Petrov         Renault                 1:39.267  + 1.325   28
9.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:39.268  + 1.326   29
10. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:39.564  + 1.622   26
11. Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari          1:39.588  + 1.646   25
12. Schumacher     Mercedes                1:39.598  + 1.656   26
13. Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:39.812  + 1.870   35
14. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:39.881  + 1.939   27
15. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:39.971  + 2.029   22
16. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:40.478  + 2.536   30
17. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:40.578  + 2.636   29
18. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:40.896  + 2.954   32
19. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:42.773  + 4.831   29
20. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:42.801  + 4.859   19
21. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:43.115  + 5.173   26
22. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:44.039  + 6.097   29
23. Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth            1:45.166  + 7.224   19
24. Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:46.649  + 8.707    3

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2010 KOREAN GP: MCLAREN DRIVERS NOT GIVING UP

McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton insist the title is still not beyond them despite the margin of the gap between themselves and championship leader Mark Webber.

Lewis Hamilton:
"This weekend hopefully we will have a little bit more of a fighting chance against the Red Bulls and Ferrari and hopefully a bit more fortunate as well. I think anything is possible and you can tell that us as a team and Ferrari are pushing very hard, I don't think the gap to Red Bull is that big, we have outqualified them in one race maybe, but I think we can close the gap okay."

Jenson Button:
"Every time we go to a race it seems this is the critical race, but it is obviously a lot more difficult for us to win the world championship this year. But we've seen in past seasons that anything is possible, we've all had failures this year and issues, so it is definitely still possible after this event if it is mathematically possible. It's good to still be involved in the title hunt with three races to go. It's more difficult for me as I am 31 points behind but there is still a possibility and I am hopeful. It will be mixed up, if we look at the last few races, Ferrari and RBR had legs on us a little bit but the next three should be closer and that will make an exciting fight until the end of the season."

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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 

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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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2010 SINGAPORE GP: VIRTUAL CIRCUIT GUIDE (WATCH IN HD)

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2010 ITALIAN GP: ALONSO WINS MONZA, GREAT DAY FOR TIFOSI

Fernando Alonso sent the Tifosi wild by winning his first Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari from Jenson Button and team-mate Felipe Massa after taking the lead in the pit stops.

Alonso had to bide his time after losing his pole advantage to Button into the first corner, the McLaren driver making a fantastic start from second on the grid. If Button was delighted with his start, the same could not be said of team-mate Lewis Hamilton who got it all wrong in an ambitious move on Felipe Massa, contact with the Ferrari leading to a broken steering arm and his immediate retirement.

ITALIAN GP, MONZA, ITALY;
53 laps; 306.720кm; Weather: Sunny.

P.  DRIVER           TEAM                       TIME
1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    1h16:24.572
2.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     2.938
3.  Massa         Ferrari                    +     4.223
4.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +    28.193
5.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    29.942
6.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    31.276
7.  Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +    32.812
8.  Kubica        Renault                    +    34.028
9.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    44.948
10. Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +  1:04.200
11. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +   1:05.00
12. Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes       +  1:06.100
13. Petrov        Renault                    +  1:18.900
14. De la Rosa    Sauber-Ferrari             +    1 lap
15. Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    1 lap
16. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +    1 lap
17. Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
18. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +    2 laps
19. Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
20. Yamamoto      HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

FASTEST LAP: Fernando Alonso, 1:24.139

Not Classified:
Driver            Team                   On Lap
Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth               47
Senna         HRT-Cosworth                 12
Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes             1
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               1

ГAfter 14 races:
Drivers:                    Constructors:
1.  Webber       187        1.  Red Bull-Renault          350
2.  Hamilton     182        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          347
3.  Alonso       166        3.  Ferrari                   290
4.  Button       165        4.  Mercedes                  158
5.  Vettel       163        5.  Renault                   127
6.  Massa        124        6.  Force India-Mercedes       58
7.  Rosberg      112        7.  Williams-Cosworth          47
8.  Kubica       108        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             27
9.  Schumacher    46        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         10
10. Sutil         45
11. Barrichello   31
12  Kobayashi     21
13. Petrov        19
14. Hulkenberg    16
15. Liuzzi        13
16  Buemi          7
17. De la Rosa     6
18. Alguersuari    3        

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2010 ITALIAN GP: ALONSO WITH POLE, TIFOSI IN DELIRIUM

Alonso heated Monza

Fernando Alonso heated the atmosphere at Monza to boiling point after winning the Pole position for tomorrow's race. Ferrari hereby stoped 30 races without a start from the Pole.

P.  DRIVER            TEAM                   Q1        Q3        Q3
1.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:22.646  1:22.297  1:21.962
2.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:23.085  1:22.354  1:22.084
3.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:22.421  1:22.610  1:22.293
4.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:23.431  1:22.706  1:22.433
5.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:22.830  1:22.394  1:22.623
6.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:23.235  1:22.701  1:22.675
7.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:23.529  1:23.055  1:23.027
8.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:23.516  1:22.989  1:23.037
9.  Kubica         Renault                 1:23.234  1:22.880  1:23.039
10. Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:23.695  1:23.142  1:23.328
11. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:23.493  1:23.199
12. Schumacher     Mercedes                1:23.840  1:23.388
13. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:24.273  1:23.659
14. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:23.744  1:23.681
15. Petrov         Renault                 1:24.086  1:23.819
16. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:24.083  1:23.919
17. de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:24.442  1:24.044
18. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:25.540
19. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:25.742
20. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:25.774
21. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:25.934
22. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:25.974
23. Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:26.847
24. Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth            1:27.020

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