Fernando Alonso had written off his chances of winning the Singapore Grand Prix on the grid -- two hours later he was celebrating an unlikely "lucky" victory.
SINGAPORE (AP) -- In Formula One's first night race, Renault's Fernando Alonso captured the Singapore Grand Prix after starting 15th on the grid Sunday while McLaren's Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso produced a sparkling performance under the floodlights to top the timesheets in the second session of free practice ahead of the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso returned the fastest time in Friday's practice for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
Formula One's so-called silly season is in full swing, with drivers linked to new teams for next year.
Fernando Alonso is eyeing at least a podium finish before the end of the season to prove that he is still Formula One's top driver.
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso gave his Renault team a boost on home soil with a storming performance in second practice for Sunday's French Grand Prix at Magny Cours.
Lewis Hamilton has joined a chorus of Formula One drivers expressing their anger over an increase in their license fees, but at the same time rejected a call for them to strike.
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton have both expressed fears that wet weather will turn the Monaco Grand Prix into a "nightmare."
Fernando Alonso's engine failure in Barcelona has presented Renault with concerns heading into the Turkish Grand Prix, engineering chief Pat Symonds has admitted.
Fernando Alonso had written off his chances of winning the Singapore Grand Prix on the grid -- two hours later he was celebrating an unlikely "lucky" victory.
SINGAPORE (AP) -- In Formula One's first night race, Renault's Fernando Alonso captured the Singapore Grand Prix after starting 15th on the grid Sunday while McLaren's Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso produced a sparkling performance under the floodlights to top the timesheets in the second session of free practice ahead of the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso returned the fastest time in Friday's practice for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
Formula One's so-called silly season is in full swing, with drivers linked to new teams for next year.
Fernando Alonso is eyeing at least a podium finish before the end of the season to prove that he is still Formula One's top driver.
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso gave his Renault team a boost on home soil with a storming performance in second practice for Sunday's French Grand Prix at Magny Cours.
Lewis Hamilton has joined a chorus of Formula One drivers expressing their anger over an increase in their license fees, but at the same time rejected a call for them to strike.
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton have both expressed fears that wet weather will turn the Monaco Grand Prix into a "nightmare."
Fernando Alonso's engine failure in Barcelona has presented Renault with concerns heading into the Turkish Grand Prix, engineering chief Pat Symonds has admitted.
World champion Kimi Raikkonen snatched pole position from Fernando Alonso in the dying moments of a remarkable qualifying session for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
Renault's Fernando Alonso has given his team's season a glimmer of hope after flying through testing in Barcelona.
Former world champion Fernando Alonso has hinted that his return to Renault will prove to be short-lived, following a disappointing start to the 2008 season.
There is always a lot of roaring at the start of the Formula One season.
Lewis Hamilton captured the fastest practice time for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, as world champion Kimi Raikkonen was left dissatisfied with the set-up of his Ferrari car after a disappointing afternoon run took the gloss off an impressive first session.
Fernando Alonso was back behind the wheel of a Renault for the first time since returning to the team after a turbulent year with McLaren as he tested at Jerez on Tuesday.
Spain's Fernando Alonso has torn up his contract at McLaren and quit the Formula One team after a stormy year which has seen him deposed as world champion.
Lewis Hamilton is back in the Formula One title frame after his McLaren team lodged a formal appeal against the result of the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
Deposed F1 champion Fernando Alonso says Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen deserves to succeed him as title holder and he would be 'embarrassed' if the crown went to Lewis Hamilton on appeal.
Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso put their differences aside in a public show of unity ahead of Sunday's world title showdown at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Formula One doesn't have the Chase, and its technical specifications allow equipment to be as unequal as money can buy. It's diametric to the Nextel Cup in how many teams and drivers have a chance to win the championship in a typical season.
Lewis Hamilton's shock retirement from the Chinese Grand Prix has set up a grandstand finale to a thrilling and controversial 2007 season. F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone could not have wished for a better conclusion to a year filled with surprise, intrigue, espionage and infighting -- for the third time this decade, the driver's championship goes down to the wire.
Lewis Hamilton took another giant stride towards claiming the world championship in his rookie season as he took pole position for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
OYAMA, Japan (AP) -- Lewis Hamilton moved to the brink of making Formula One history -- with a little help from the weather.
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) -- Kimi Raikkonen won the Belgian Grand Prix for the third straight time, beating Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa on Sunday in the first race since Formula One was rocked by a $100 million fine in the sport's spy scandal.
World champion Fernando Alonso cut McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton's lead at the top of the world championship to three points when he won the Italian Grand Prix for the first time at Monza.
MONZA, Italy (AP) -- McLaren may be facing problems away from racing in the Ferrari spy scandal.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was unhurt in a high-speed crash during final practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza before Fernando Alonso took pole position for Sunday's race.
MONZA, Italy (AP) -- Fernando Alonso isn't letting his team's involvement in an ongoing spy scandal get in the way of his quest to win a third straight Formula One title.
McLaren and Ferrari shared the honors after Friday's two practice sessions at Monza ahead of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
In the commercials for the Spanish bank Santander, they are back-slapping pals, but the gritted teeth and petulant stares of Fernando Alonso, and the blank-faced disingenuousness of Lewis Hamiton in the press conference after Hungary's Grand Prix, point to a bitter and simmering feud which threatens to tear apart the McLaren team.
Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso would be welcomed back to Renault with open arms, team boss Flavio Briatore has said.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Felipe Massa will always remember Turkey.
Felipe Massa took a step toward repeating last year's victory at the Turkish Grand Prix after claiming pole position Saturday.
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton put McLaren back on top of the timesheets with the fastest lap in Friday's second free practice for the Turkish Grand Prix.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso intends to celebrate his 100th grand prix on Sunday by taking revenge on McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton in Turkey.
World championship leader Lewis Hamilton and title holder and McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso are planning a holiday meeting in the build-up to the Turkish Grand Prix on August 26.
Race stewards stripped Fernando Alonso of his Hungarian Grand Prix pole position on Saturday and barred his championship-leading McLaren team from scoring constructors' points in Sunday's race.
McLaren's Fernando Alonso won a thrilling European Grand Prix on Sunday to cut championship-leading team mate Lewis Hamilton's lead to just two points.
Finland's Kimi Raikkonen dashed the ambitions of home hero Lewis Hamilton and further enhanced his own world championship hopes with victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday.
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton again upstaged his McLaren teammate and reigning world champion Fernando Alonso to claim pole position for Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix at Indianapolis.
In Spain, they're gonzo over Fernando Alonso, the cool-as-a jewel thief Formula One driver who two years ago, became the series' youngest champion when he ended the five-year reign of Michael Schumacher. When Alonso repeated the feat last year, he added youngest two-time champion to an already glittering resume.
Double world champion Fernando Alonso won the Monaco Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday, with team mate Lewis Hamilton completing a dominant McLaren one-two.
Brazilian Felipe Massa gatecrashed world champion Fernando Alonso's home grand prix party by snatching pole position from the Spaniard in the final moments of a thrilling qualifying session on Saturday.
World champion Fernando Alonso won the Malaysian Grand Prix to hand new team McLaren-Mercedes its first Formula One triumph since 2005.
British driver Lewis Hamilton has described his new life in Formula One as an "out of body experience" after his impressive podium finish at the season opening Australian Grand Prix last month.
Spain's Fernando Alonso claimed the Formula One world championship for the second successive year as closest rival Michael Schumacher punctured in his final race and finished fourth in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Fernando Alonso says he is not ruling out rival Michael Schumacher when the race for the Formula One title reaches a climax in Brazil on Sunday.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher moved closer to a record eighth Formula One crown on Saturday after eclipsing Renault rival Fernando Alonso in Japanese Grand Prix qualifying.
Italian Giancarlo Fisichella kept Renault's title rivals Ferrari off the top of the timesheets with the fastest time in practice for the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka on Friday.
Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso spoke out about his loneliness on Thursday, accusing Renault of twice abandoning him at crucial times this season.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher swept to a sensational victory at a rain-soaked Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday to seize the Formula One championship lead by the slimmest of margins.
World champion Fernando Alonso boosted his Formula One title chances by seizing pole position on an all-Renault front row at a rain-swept Chinese Grand Prix.
Brazilian Felipe Massa roared to his first Formula One victory, in Turkey on Sunday, as Ferrari team mate Michael Schumacher failed to find a way past championship leader Fernando Alonso.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen snatched pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday after penalty-hit title contenders Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher failed to make the top 10.
Michael Schumacher seized pole position for the French Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari swept the front row for the second race in succession.
World champion Fernando Alonso further strengthened his grip on the 2006 title race with victory in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
Defending world drivers' champion Fernando Alonso stormed to pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Saturday.
Renault's Fernando Alonso led the British Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to maintain his vice-like grip on the Formula One championship.
Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso swept to his fourth pole position in a row with a last-gasp flying lap at the British Grand Prix on Saturday.
Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso led the Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish on Sunday to hand Renault their fifth victory in seven races.
Michael Schumacher pipped world champion Fernando Alonso for the vital pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix after a controversial final qualifying session on Saturday.
World champion Fernando Alonso became the first Spaniard to win his home grand prix on Sunday to the screaming adulation of a 130,000-strong crowd.
Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso made a great start to his home Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Friday despite picking up a speeding fine.
World champion Fernando Alonso beat Michael Schumacher by a fraction in Friday practice, promising another thrilling duel at the European Formula One Grand Prix.
Michael Schumacher won the San Marino Grand Prix for his and Ferrari's first victory of the Formula One season on Sunday.
Renault's Fernando Alonso met Michael Schumacher's challenge with the fastest lap in Friday's second practice for the San Marino Grand Prix.
Renault's Fernando Alonso won an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne to take a 14-point lead in the Formula One standings.
World champion Fernando Alonso settled for fifth spot as the top drivers all took it easy in Friday's practise session for the Australian Grand Prix.
Defending F1 champion Fernando Alonso of Renault won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off a challenge from Michael Schumacher.
Fernando Alonso said it was a "dream come true" after becoming the youngest champion in Formula One history at 24 years and 58 days.
Spain's Fernando Alonso became Formula One's youngest world champion with a solid third place in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos on Sunday.
Spain's Fernando Alonso greatly improved his chances of becoming Formula One's youngest champion as he claimed pole position for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren team dominated the two opening practice sessions for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, but championship leader Fernando Alonso also impressed in his Renault.
Formula One title favorite Fernando Alonso has been awarded the 2005 Principe de Asturias prize, Spain's top international sporting honor.
World champion Michael Schumacher captured Ferrari's first pole position of the Formula One season at the Hungarian GP in Budapest.
Renault's Fernando Alonso cashed in on Kimi Raikkonen's misfortune to win the German Grand Prix on Sunday and take a huge step towards becoming Formula One's youngest champion.
Championship leader Fernando Alonso claimed his second consecutive pole position, as race favorite Kimi Raikkonen suffered a second successive engine failure, at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Fernando Alonso strengthened his grip on the Formula One championship with a commanding victory in the French Grand Prix at Magny Cours on Sunday.
Renault's world championship leader Fernando Alonso has seized pole position for the French Grand Prix for the second year in a row.
Finn Kimi Raikkonen gave his title hopes a huge boost when he won the Canadian Grand Prix after championship leader Fernando Alonso crashed out in Montreal.
Spain's Fernando Alonso grabbed an astonishing last lap victory in the European Grand Prix at Nurburgring to extend his lead in the Formula One world championship.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen led the Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish for a commanding victory in F1's most glamorous race.
Renault's championship leader Fernando Alonso looked every bit the Monaco Grand Prix favorite after setting the pace in practice for Sunday's race.
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen flew from pole position to the chequered flag to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, the Finn's third Formula One victory.
Toyota's Jarno Trulli beat home favorite Fernando Alonso by a whisker to claim provisional pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.
Renault's championship leader Fernando Alonso held his nerve to keep a charging Michael Schumacher at bay and win a San Marino Grand Prix thriller.
Renault's Fernando Alonso increased his lead in the world championship with a dominating drive in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix -- his second victory in three races this season.
Championship leader Fernando Alonso put Renault on pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
Spain's Fernando Alonso seized provisional pole for Renault at the Malaysian Grand Prix with a blistering lap in first qualifying.
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