| The Spaniard Renault’s driver Fernando | | | | which he did, we witnessed how he only took |
| Alonso just conquered his first Formula One | | | | two stops and went very low of fuel before |
| Grand Prix win of the year after his win at the | | | | making the longest stop. Just at the starting line |
| Singapore race held last Sunday. Alonso’s | | | | he won three places right away which became |
| chances were very low as the previous day his | | | | less as in the fourteen lap his teammate Nelson |
| vehicle was damaged and this situation positioned | | | | Piquet faced an accident in the safety car exit. |
| the driver in the fifteenth place for the race | | | | |
| starters. | | | | The race development began to change radically |
| | | | | the panorama as Alonso was in a more favorable |
| It had been more less a year since Fernando | | | | situation, as he was the only one that had passed |
| Alonso had not win a race in the Formula One | | | | by the pits to refuel and had a free road to |
| calendar as his last one had been on September | | | | move forward. The German Nico Rosberg |
| 9th, 2007 at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza. This | | | | (Williams-Toyota) and the Polish Robert Kubica |
| time at the first night race in Singapore, Alonso | | | | (BMW Sauber) were the first to stop a move |
| arrived first timing 1:57:16:304 taking the podium | | | | that cost them the race. |
| as he did many other times before. In second | | | | |
| place arrived the Williams’ driver, the German | | | | During the 34th lap, the Spaniard took the |
| Nico Rosberg at 2:957 and in third place the | | | | competition leadership and once at the lead |
| leading McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton with 5:917. | | | | Alonso avoided all possible surprises. He did stop a |
| | | | | second time but he managed a distance to allow |
| Last Sunday the two times world champion | | | | him to return to the leading pack. |
| achieved his 50th podium appearance in his | | | | |
| Formula One professional career. The | | | | After this race, Lewis Hamilton leads the Formula |
| Spaniard’s come back took approximately | | | | One world championship with seven points more |
| 385 days and a total of 19 races before holding a | | | | than the Brazilian Felipe Massa (Ferrari), and a total |
| grand prix title. On the other hand, for the Renault | | | | of 84 points. On the other hand, the South |
| team, which is Alonso’s group for this | | | | American Massa saw his chances ruined as his |
| year’s campaign the non-winning streak, | | | | team failed in the first refueling. He resumed the |
| summed up 31 races. | | | | race without enough fuel and had to break in for |
| | | | | a second stop in the pits zone. It was |
| As Alonso began the race in the 15th position he | | | | Massa’s worst nightmare as he began in pole |
| had to take some risks and changed his strategy, | | | | position and finished last with no points. |