Fernando Alonso Takes the Honors in a Historic Singapore Grand Prix

After fuel problems meant he had to start from 15th place on the grid, Fernando Alonso defied the odds by winning his first Grand Prix in over a year, when he took the top spot at an action-packed, historic Singapore Grand Prix.

It was the first ever night race in Formula One, one of the most expensive sporting spectacles in history, and by no means did it disappoint.

Just like its predecessors, this Grand Prix was jammed packed with everything. The drama, the crashes, the technical problems, the catastrophic errors from Ferrari, and of course, brilliant driving.

Most people anticipated that this would be a thrilling race, and it was, although not for the reasons most people were expecting.

After Felipe Massa started on pole, with Lewis Hamilton in second, many expected a thrilling race as these two would battle it out for the lead in the WDC with only four races to go.

But thanks to Nelson Piquet and his Renault crashing into the wall, when Massa pitted during while the safety car was out, his race was ruined by an altercation in the pit-stop.

The Brazilian was given the green light to go too early and ended up dragging the fuel hose away with him, as well as knocking down one of his Ferrari crew in the process. This cost him any hope of points in the race as he was delayed considerably before the Ferrari crew managed to pull the hose out of the car.

But despite Massa's woes, and Hamilton securing third place on the podium to extend his gap at the top of the WDC to seven points, the day very much belonged to Fernando Alonso.

On the anniversary of his last Grand Prix victory, the Spaniard defied all odds by winning a thrilling Grand Prix after taking advantage of his teammate's crash and Massa's pit-stop problems.

A brilliant race by Alonso and one that was only topped by Nico Rosberg in his Williams F1. The German bounced back from a stop-go penalty to finish second, ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

Kimi Raikkonen compounded a terrible day for Ferrari when he crashed with only four laps remaining, after holding fifth for much of the race.

Toyota's Timo Glock finished fourth, while Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel followed up his Italian Grand Prix victory with a fifth place finish in Singapore.

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld finished sixth, while Red Bull's David Coulthard finished seventh, and Kazuki Nakajima of Williams F1 took the last points with his eighth placed finish, in a dramatic, action-packed, historic Singapore Grand Prix.