Fernando Alonso scored the first win of the season for the Enstone-based Renault F1 team today at F1’s first night race.
The double world champion’s win in Singapore, from 15th on the grid, was his first win since last year's Italian Grand Prix, when he was driving for McLaren, a team he left after one season following a tumultuous season as Hamilton's team-mate.
Nico Rosberg topped a brilliant race for the Grove-based AT&T Williams team by finishing second ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who extended his world championship lead.
The McLaren driver has a seven-point lead over Ferrari's Felipe Massa with three races remaining.
Massa led early on but finished 13th after a delay when he left the pits with his fuel hose still attached.
Toyota's Timo Glock was fourth ahead of Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Red Bull's David Coulthard.
Rosberg’s team-mate Kazuki Nakajima took the final world championship point by finishing eighth, just holding off Jenson Button’s Brackley-built Honda.
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