Masterful Hamilton wins in Singapore

Lewis Hamilton produced a masterful drive to win the Singapore Grand Prix ahead of Timo Glock and Fernando Alonso as Jenson Button got more points on the board.

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Lewis Hamilton starts on pole for the Singapore Grand Prix, with Brawn's title rivals Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello set to battle from the middle of the grid.

Hamilton eases to victory as rivals fall by wayside

He said he wanted redemption after crashing on the last lap of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza two weeks ago and in Singapore Lewis Hamilton earned it with a crushing victory for the McLaren-Mercedes team.

Hamilton pit-stop fiasco hands win to Barrichello

As far as Jenson Button was concerned, it was the wrong Brawn which won here yesterday. The world championship leader had another traumatic race as team-mate Rubens Barrichello snatched victory from Lewis Hamilton and McLaren, but with neither Red Bull challenger scoring, Button was at least able to leave Spain with his advantage virtually undiminished.

Massa claim 'shocks' Hamilton

• Hamilton says there were plenty of 'what ifs' throughout season• McLaren driver believes he had a 'fair battle' with MassaLewis Hamilton today rejected Felipe Massa's claim that the Brazilian had been robbed of the 2008 world championship. Speaking after the first day of practice for tomorrow's Japanese grand prix, Hamilton said he was "a bit surprised and shocked" by Massa's suggestion that Renault's fixing of last year's Singapore grand prix had cost the Ferrari driver a victory that would have given him the title."First, I should say that it's good to hear that Felipe is recovering well and that he's back to his normal self and feeling good," said Hamilton, referring to Massa's recovery from the head injuries he suffered during qualifying for the Hungarian grand prix. "I think all we can say is that it was a tough season, things happened and there were lots and lots of 'what ifs' throughout the season. I believe that we had quite a fair battle throughout and I've always found him to be a fair driver. So I'm a bit surprised and shocked to hear him say that, to be honest."Massa was leading the Singapore race when Nelson Piquet Jr's deliberate crash brought out a safety car and triggered the sequence of events that eventually allowed Piquet's Renault team-mate, Fernando Alonso, to triumph. Massa joined the majority of the field by stopping to refuel under the safety car but a botched pit stop by Ferrari cost him any chance of a points finish. Massa lost the world title by a single point."Everything that happened was robbery but nothing has happened [in terms of] the race. The result didn't change. This is not right," Massa said in an interview with Globo television in Brazil. "The robbery changed the championship. I lost [the title] by one point."Meanwhile the battle for the 2009 championship continues tomorrow at Suzuka as Jenson Button leads his Brawn GP team-mate, Rubens Barrichello, by 15 points with three races remaining. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull has an outside chance but Button only needs to score five more points than Barrichello to become the second Englishman in succession to win the title. Button and the rest of the field were hampered by wet conditions which limited track time yesterday."I feel sorry for the fans at Suzuka today," said Button. "But, unfortunately, we can't get any useful information in these conditions with so much water on the track. We spent the morning session working on the balance of the car with the wet and intermediate tyres to ensure that we are prepared if the same wet weather does continue over the weekend. It was important to achieve some running and it feels good to be back at Suzuka. This is a great drivers' track, so hopefully we'll get some dry running on Saturday."Hamilton was more frustrated than most since this is the world champion's first visit to Suzuka, the only figure-of-eight track in Formula One."I love the track, it's the best I've ever driven," said Hamilton. "I had a great time today, even though it was wet. We weren't supposed to be running in the second session in the afternoon, but I couldn't help it. I had to go out and have a little bit of fun. I've always wanted to drive here from the very early stages, from when I was watching F1 as a boy and I noticed this circuit then. There is such great history here. This was the one track I hadn't been to and I enjoyed my first couple of laps here this morning."It's a bit tricky for the drivers that haven't been here before. Even though we've driven it today in the wet, it's completely different in the dry. Tomorrow will be a serious challenge to see who is quickest at getting on the ball."Formula OneLewis HamiltonFelipe MassaRenaultMcLarenFerrariMotor sportguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

Barrichello wins European GP

• Rubens Barrichello overtakes Briton to triumph in Valencia• Jenson Button finishes seventh but ahead of Red BullsRubens Barrichello has won the European grand prix, overhauling Lewis Hamilton in the later stages of the race after the Briton suffered a catastrophic delay in the pits.Hamilton, who began in pole, had led for most of the race but the pivotal moment arrived on lap 37 when Hamilton came in for his second and final stop. His team did not have his tyres ready and he lost around six seconds, handing the lead to Barrichello after his second stop. Barrichello then held off Hamilton's challenge to pip him to first place.Kimi Raikkonen came in third, with Heikki Kovalainen taking fourth place ahead of Nico Rosberg in fifth.Brawn's Jenson Button could only finish seventh having started fifth on the grid, while Fernando Alonso was sixth and Robert Kubica eighth.More to followLewis HamiltonFormula OneMotor sportguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds