Hamilton sails home in Singapore

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton sailed home to his second win of the season with a fine victory in the Singapore Grand Prix today.

Lewis, the reigning world champion made a clean start and although he was put under pressure by Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel, the British driver never looked like surrendering the lead.

Rosberg and Vettel were both well placed to finish on the podium with Hamilton but were penalised for pit-lane infractions and dropped out of contention after serving their penalties, handing their spots on a silver platter to Timo Glock and Fernando Alonso.

After a below-par qualifying, championship leader Jenson Button gained a crucial fifth-place finish ahead of Brawn GP team-mate and title rival Rubens Barrichello.

Vettel finished just ahead of Button in fourth, while Barrichello, Heikki Kovalainen and Robert Kubica rounded out the points.

This is what the championship looks like at the moment:

Drivers: 1 Jenson Button (Gbr) Brawn GP 84pts, 2 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Brawn GP 69, 3 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 59, 4 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 51.5, 5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 40, 6 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 37, 7 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams 30.5, 8 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 26, 9 Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 24, 10 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 22.5, 11 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 22, 12 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren 22, 13 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 12, 14 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 9, 15 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Ferrari 8, 16 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 5, 17 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso 3, 18 Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 2, 19 Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams 0, 20 Nelson Piquet Jr (Bra) Renault 0, 21 Luca Badoer (Ita) Ferrari 0, 22 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Force India 0, 23 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Renault 0, 24 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 0
Manufacturers: 1 Brawn GP 153pts, 2 Red Bull 110.5, 3 Ferrari 62, 4 McLaren 59, 5 Toyota 46.5, 6 Williams 30.5, 7 Renault 26, 8 BMW Sauber 21, 9 Force India 13, 10 Scuderia Toro Rosso 5

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