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Singapore GP facts and figures

Facts and figures for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix:


Lap distance: 5.073km


Total distance: 61 laps, 309.316km


Race lap record: One minute 45.599 seconds (Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari, 2008)


2009 pole: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:47.891


Past form of leading drivers in Singapore:


2009 2008 Mark Webber R R Lewis Hamilton 1 3 Fernando Alonso 3 1 Jenson Button 5 9 Sebastian Vettel 4 5 Felipe Massa - 13 Nico Rosberg 11 2 Robert Kubica 8 11 Adrian Sutil R R Rubens Barrichello 6 R Vitantonio Liuzzi 14 - Sebastien Buemi R - Jaime Alguersuari R - Heikki Kovalainen 7 10 Jarno Trulli 12 R Timo Glock 2 4 Nick Heidfeld R 6


Past races:


2009 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)


Hamilton led from start to finish while compatriot Jenson Button extended his overall lead with fifth place for Brawn. Germany's Timo Glock was second in what turned out to be his last race for Toyota. Fernando Alonso was third for Renault, the team racing under a suspended permanent ban for fixing the previous year's race.


Mark Webber had brake problems and crashed after 45 laps, Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel started on the front row but collected a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane and ended up fourth.


2008 - Fernando Alonso (Renault)


The most controversial race in recent F1 history, triggering one of the sport's biggest scandals when the story emerged nearly a year later. Alonso won after Brazilian team mate Nelson Piquet crashed and brought out the safety car shortly after the Spaniard had pitted. 


Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who had started on pole, finished 13th after a bungled pitstop in the confusion and lost the title that year by a single point.


Piquet revealed later that he had crashed to order. Renault were handed a suspended permanent ban, former team boss Flavio Briatore was banned for life (later reduced to 2013).


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