ONCE AGAIN!!!!!

Justin: With four races to go now the title race took another few twists and turns around the streets of Singapore. I felt the hairs on my neck standing upright when they lined up on the grid, the 5 title contenders taking the first 5 grid positions, the pressure and tension must have been immense on each driver.

They all got away cleanly enough with Alonso slamming the door shut on Vettel with his one allowed manoeuvre.

From there on the front two of Alonso and Vettel were in a league of their own frankly, pulling away from third place Hamilton followed by Button and Webber.

An early safety car meant Red Bull rolled the dice with Webbers strategy and they brought him in early on for a tyre change. This dropped him to midfield whilst the pacesetters roared into the distance. Webber later admitted to asking Red Bull what the hell they were doing, but it proved a good move as he easily jumped both Mclarens when they pitted later on.

Another safety car brought chaos. As they restarted Webber found himself trying to overtake a Virgin and Hamilton saw his chance and drew up alongside Webber on the outside. As I saw it (my hatred of Hamilton to one side obviously!), Lewis was ahead by a nose, literally, and Webber had every right to be where he was on the inside. Neither guy was going to yield and the inevitable happens. To be fair to Lewis, his style is great on track, he makes overtakes and goes for overtakes, as does Webber, but it's all very well going for them.....you need to make them stick to not wind up looking a bit silly. He wasn't far enough ahead to assume that Webber would yield frankly. Lewis said afterwards that Webber was in his blindspot and he didnt know he was there....well Lewis, where else would he be, parked up for you to claim the corner as your own???

The front two exchanged fastest laps throughout the race and they were never more than 3 seconds apart. On the last lap Vettel closed right up to Alonso's gearbox as they fought their way through traffic, but Alonso took his second win in a row and moved to second in the championship.

Webber came in third with Button fourth. Webber was a lucky boy me thinks, but it's those little strokes of fortune that sometimes ride hand in hand with becoming world champion. He was 5 points clear of Lewis at the top of the standings, but he is now 11 clear of Alonso. Hamilton is 20 points from the top, Vettel, 21 (?) and Button 25...so there are 5 guys still in it, with 4 races to go.

It has to be said, Webber being clear at the top reminds me a bit of Button's championship year, but this time Webber has the best car at his disposal, which the Brawn was not in the second half of last year.

Alonso is definately hunting down Webber though.

There was plenty of action elsewhere in the race, with Kubica's late surge through the midfield worth a mention. Shumacher had a nightmare of a race and if you watched the F1 forum on BBC after the race you'll know that Eddie Jordan's views on whether Schumi should carry on or not are rather strong in the negative.

The most cringeworthy moment has to be Eddie Jordan making a few inappropriate remarks to Lee Mackenzie at the end of the forum (she is taking over anchor duties from Jake in Japan whilst he goes to the Commonwealth Games)....Martin Brundle's face said it all....

My esteemed colleague usually does his skiver of the day piece, but I think it must be an obvious one this time out.....the marshalls on the pitwall when Heiki pulled up in flames....where were they??? He borrowed a fire extinguisher from Williams and dealt with it himself.

Those that watched the F1 forum will know that the Korea GP is in the balance at the moment regarding whether it will go ahead. If it doesnt, it could dramatically alter the title race.

Onto Japan we go!