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Fernando Alonso underlined his status as Singapore's Prince of Darkness, by winning the night-time grand prix for the second time in three years and edging closer to leader Mark Webber in the F1 championship.

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The Spaniard steered his Ferrari to victory in punishing conditions on the twisty street circuit to edge out the snarling Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Webber.

 

The win allowed Alonso to leapfrog last year's winner Lewis Hamilton - who failed to finish the race after a collision with Webber - into second place in the drivers' championship, 11 points behind Australian Webber.

 

Within seconds of taking the chequered flag he was cranking up the psychological warfare with just four races remaining in the 2010 season.

 

"We are in a sport where you cannot be 100 percent fit and focused for all the races, all the months - so we go up and down," the Spaniard said. "We can say that now, at this point, I am at a peak, 100 percent motivated. It is good to be at this point now.

 

"This year it feels for me the championship has just started so I am very happy.

 

"It seems we can be competitive on any track. So let's see in the remaining races. And 'Forza Ferrari'."

 

Prior to the race Alonso had rated his chances of winning the championship as '50-50'. "I can win, or I can not win," he smiled enigmatically, before revisiting the theme with yet more statistics.

 

"We are five drivers," he said, referring to the two he shared Sunday's podium with plus McLaren pair Hamilton and Jenson Button.

 

"Around 20 percent chance all of us. Maybe Mark a little bit in front, because he is leading.

 

"It remains very tight. Mark is still first with some margin, so... for the others we need to keep catching. For sure we will do our best -- we don't know if it will be enough. We hope so but people can be sure we (Ferrari) will fight 100 percent to the end."

 

Alonso's confident demeanour betrayed the twice champion's diplomacy and with a glint he added: "Anything can happen in these four races. Any of us can win two or three consecutive races.

 

"Or you have two or three retirements and you are off the championship. It will depend all on these four races. Hopefully with no mistakes, high concentration, we keep momentum in Japan."

 

The circuit moves to Suzuka next followed by South Korea, Brazil and the finale in Abu Dhabi in November.

 

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http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/260920...so-m-peak.html

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Ferraricalifornia

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Fernando Alonso is one of the more matured F1 driver currently.....

 

the championship win is between Him and Mark Webber....

 

Lewis Hamilton still lacks maturity and patience....

 

just look at him throwing the steering wheel of his car away after the 'small incident'....

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Fernando Alonso is one of the more matured F1 driver currently.....

 

the championship win is between Him and Mark Webber....

 

Lewis Hamilton still lacks maturity and patience....

 

just look at him throwing the steering wheel of his car away after the 'small incident'....

 

 

bro..that's not a small incident.

 

It may cost him his chance at the world title!

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LH lacks the "maturity" that comes with old age, but he has tons of passion and talent - that's what makes him sooooo good to watch. He reminds me of a young Senna with the "win at any cost" mentality, just hope he doesn't end up the same way.

 

That was Webber being Webber - meaning a total blockhead, pun-intended. Kubica pulled pretty much the same manoeuvre on, what, 3 different cars? The last one especially was very similar to the LH/Webber situation. And none of them reacted to Kubica like Webber reacted to LH.

 

Just in case you can't tell, I don't exactly like MW. [:p]

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Mark Webber has been racing for like how long???

 

and then it's only now that he's succeeding in F1??? Lol....

 

plus people have pointed out that his height is too tall for an F1 driver.... [laugh]

 

On the podium, he looked like he was runner-up because he was taller than Vettel. :D

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LH lacks the "maturity" that comes with old age, but he has tons of passion and talent - that's what makes him sooooo good to watch. He reminds me of a young Senna with the "win at any cost" mentality, just hope he doesn't end up the same way.

 

That was Webber being Webber - meaning a total blockhead, pun-intended. Kubica pulled pretty much the same manoeuvre on, what, 3 different cars? The last one especially was very similar to the LH/Webber situation. And none of them reacted to Kubica like Webber reacted to LH.

 

Just in case you can't tell, I don't exactly like MW. [:p]

 

 

 

yah....Kudos to Kubica....he overtook 4 cars actually....

 

and the way he overtook, made it look easy.....

 

so whoever said it was impossible to overtake on Singapore's Street Circuit....??? [laugh]

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ain't Mark Webber gonna retire after this season, if he doesn't renew his contract??? [laugh]

 

I don't know, but if he does, I won't miss him. Good riddance to the "block"head.

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ain't Mark Webber gonna retire after this season, if he doesn't renew his contract??? [laugh]

I respect Hamilton for his adventurous effort (many others chickened out/demoralised) like I respect the Champion. However, Hamilton demoted himself throwing the steering wheel (immaturedly blame others for his own failure)

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I respect Hamilton for his adventurous effort (many others chickened out/demoralised) like I respect the Champion. However, Hamilton demoted himself throwing the steering wheel (immaturedly blame others for his own failure)

 

 

Champion you mean Fernando Alonso??? [laugh]

 

or Mark Webber who's leading in the drivers points???

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I respect Hamilton for his adventurous effort (many others chickened out/demoralised) like I respect the Champion. However, Hamilton demoted himself throwing the steering wheel (immaturedly blame others for his own failure)

 

Well, he pulled a John McEnroe in the heat of the moment. Can't blame the boy, think of his frustration in that instant.

 

That's what F1 is sorely lacking at the moment - unbridled PASSION!!

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Well, he pulled a John McEnroe in the heat of the moment. Can't blame the boy, think of his frustration in that instant.

 

That's what F1 is sorely lacking at the moment - unbridled PASSION!!

 

 

PASSION isn't the only thing that counts man....

 

you'll also need guts, aggression, dominion over the other racing drivers....

 

and

 

PATIENCE!!! [laugh]

 

don't have to rush into overtaking another for the sake of doing so....

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that's the unnecessary risks he has to pay for being impatient in overtaking.... [laugh]

Haha, surely in a race like this you do not expect him to say a prayer each time before he overtake anyone. Expect for the one in pole position, overtaking is the almost only technique to win (how to be patient/impatient?)

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PASSION isn't the only thing that counts man....

 

you'll also need guts, aggression, dominion over the other racing drivers....

 

and

 

PATIENCE!!! [laugh]

 

don't have to rush into overtaking another for the sake of doing so....

 

Senna had little use for patience if I recall. He thought nothing of kamikaze-ing himself into his rival's car if that secured him the title. Mind you, that was when cars were nowhere near as safe as they are now.

 

Of course, that had a lot to do with how he ended up, so this might be a bad example. But there's a reason that racing in that era was so good to watch. And it's pretty much the same thing LH brings to the table now. Just imagine another 3 or 4 drivers with both the talent and the temperament of LH on the grid now. One is almost guaranteed that sparks and carbon-fibre debris will fly every time the lights go out.

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