Lewis Hamilton stormed to a floodlit victory in the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday while Jenson Button fought through the field to extend his championship lead to 15 points with three races left.
Banned former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore said he had been betrayed by Formula One on Friday and promised to hold a big party when he eventually emerges victorious.
French rookie Romain Grosjean halted Singapore Grand Prix first practice on Friday by crashing his Renault at the same place where Nelson Piquet deliberately smashed into the wall a year ago.
Renault's Formula One future will be decided in Paris on Monday when the governing body rules on a race-fixing controversy that has stunned and shamed the sport. The French manufacturer has said it will not contest charges that the team ordered Brazilian Nelson Piquet to crash in last year's Singapore Grand Prix so that Spanish team mate Fernando Alonso might win the race.
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Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said the 'circus' track of the Singapore race and the use of the safety car had been humiliating for Formula One.
Ferrari will review their electronic pitstop light system after a human error cost Felipe Massa victory in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix and dealt a severe blow to the Brazilian's championship hopes.
Fernando Alonso won his first race in more than a year on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead.
McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton lit up free practice for the Singapore Grand Prix Friday, as Formula One's inaugural night race officially got under way. With drivers getting their first full-speed look at the city-state's street circuit, Hamilton outpaced the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen to clock the fastest lap of the day in the first practice session.
Jenson Button would be well advised to listen to the words of Lewis Hamilton after Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix left the Brawn driver on the brink of Formula One glory.
Renault's Fernando Alonso defended his 2008 Singapore Grand Prix win as a proper victory on Thursday despite a race-fixing scandal that led to a suspended ban for the Formula One team.
Renault's Fernando Alonso defended his 2008 Singapore Grand Prix win as a proper victory on Thursday despite a race-fixing scandal that led to a suspended ban for the Formula One team.
For all the disappointment that fans will feel, few could be more heartbroken that Honda Motor will leave the Formula One circuit than Takeo Fukui.
Force India driver Adrian Sutil will start 16th, one spot ahead of his teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi when the Singapore Grand Prix Formula One race gets underway at Marina Bay circuit in Singapore on Sunday.
The Ferrari world champions said on Thursday he had no explanation for the run of four races without a point that has wrecked his title defence.
"Renault will be my first priority because I feel I'm at home in this team," added the 27-year-old, who had said before Sunday's race that he needed a miracle to win after qualifying in 15th place.
A disastrous pitstop sent Ferrari's title contender Felipe Massa from first to last in the Singapore Grand Prix Sunday.
Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor added to the glamour quotient in the Force India garage as the young actors met the team drivers ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix.
If Lewis Hamilton wins the Formula One drivers championship this season, it will not be thanks to McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen - not yet in any case.
Media reports suggested the McLaren driver, whose wife is Japanese, was likely to announce at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix that he would be leaving Formula One at the end of the year.
Force India regained fifth position in the team standings with a double points finish at the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on Sunday.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel put himself on pole position to retake the Formula One lead from Lewis Hamilton after setting the fastest lap in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel cruised to a third straight Singapore Grand Prix victory on Sunday and moved closer to a fourth consecutive Formula One world title with a dominant drive under the floodlights at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Sebastian Vettel continued his imperious march towards a fourth consecutive Formula One world championship by storming to pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday after dominating the two days of practice.
The German, whose last victory was in Belgium in August 2018, took the chequered flag 2.641 seconds ahead of Monegasque team mate Charles Leclerc, who had started on pole position for the third race in a row.
Attendance at the Singapore Grand Prix, one of the most popular races on the calendar fell this year, hurt by a slowdown in the local and global economy.
Nico Rosberg's retirement from Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix was caused by a freak contamination of his steering column electronics by a substance used by Mercedes in their pre-event servicing, the team said on Friday.
Lewis Hamilton tightened his grip on securing a fifth Formula One world title by coming from nowhere to claim a stunning pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix in his Mercedes on Saturday.
The 38-year-old 2007 Formula One world champion announced this week that he was leaving Ferrari for the second time in his career and had signed a two-year contract with the modest Sauber team, where he started in the sport back in 2001.
Ferrari won the race in one-two formation, with Sebastian Vettel leading Charles Leclerc, for their third successive victory.
Formula One's 2015 season, comprising 20 races, kicks-off in Australia on March 15.
Formula One's governing body is to investigate an incident that saw cars cleared to race while a marshal was still on track following a Singapore Grand Prix safety car period on Sunday.
Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene has said the 'door at Maranello will always be open' for Michael Schumacher's son Mick should the German prospect follow in his father's footsteps and progress to Formula One.
The 31-year-old German fell 30 points behind race-winner Hamilton after a collision with the Briton left him struggling to finish fourth in Monza last time out, one of several races where Vettel has frittered away a position of authority.
Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is trying to go vegan out of concern for the planet, love of animals and his own health.
Sebastian Vettel justified his favourite tag for the Singapore Grand Prix when he stormed clear of his rivals in Friday's second free practice, lapping more than half a second quicker than Red Bull team mate Mark Webber.
A mix of interesting events, coupled with big, shocking results, in the sporting world, grabbed headlines last week. From Manchester United being stunned by Watford to lose their third consecutive match to Nico Rosberg taking the World Championship lead from Mercedes teammate and rival Lewis Hamilton by clinching the Singapore Grand Prix. The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were brought to a close inside a packed Maracana Stadium on Sunday evening. Not before, we witnessed some enthralling action.
He will be hoping to maintain his push for a first championship with a maiden win in Singapore, a race that has only ever been won by world champions since the inaugural grand prix in 2008. "It may be time to change that then," said Rosberg, when reminded of the statistic.
Force India's Nico Hulkenberg had a Singapore Grand Prix to forget on Sunday when the German crashed out after 12 laps following a collision with Felipe Massa's Williams and was immediately given a grid penalty for the next race.
Sebastian Vettel is running out of races to record his first win of the season for Ferrari but the German is optimistic this week's Singapore Grand Prix could provide some belated success for the Italian team.
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