may i offer a suggestion to all those who are bashing Singapore and F1 in general.....stop watching! leave the rest of us alone to enjoy it and keep your ludicrous comments to yourself....some of us understand that there are faults in every sport, yet we love it in spite of them rather than hate it

Glenn, London, UK

Really someone can think that a driver accepts to put his life on risk to obtain a benefit for his team? Piquet had an accident. No more. Alonso is the best driver, but with a bad car. He deserves something better, but unfortunately Dennis chooses Hamilton: the number two. Go Alonso!

José María, Lugo, Spain

Alonso is the ONLY double world champion on the grid, give credit where it's due. FA taught a few lessons in driving when the car's performance matters little, while LH extended his lead thanks to Ferrari's latest foray into farce. The day FA drives a competitive car again LH won't have it so easy.

Eva, Palma, Spain

Valencia Massa exited the pit into Sutil Penalty 10,000 E. In Singapore Massa exited the pit (with fuel hose) into Sutil Penalty drive through. Difference being he was leading in Spain and last in Singapore so 30s for drive through would mean a loss of pts in spain and nothing in Singapore.

Kevan, Hingerford,

Another total farce by the FIA.

1/ Alonso gained 2 places on the opening lap, which he did not give back, clearly gaining an advantage, why no penalty?

2/ How comes the drivers short on fuel got a worse penalty (10sec stop/go total ~28secs), than the Massa unsafe release (drive though ~14secs)

Mark Gillespie, Weymouth, UK

The organisers should be done under the trade description act. - "Motor racing!". Where was the racing? I thought I was watching the queue on the M25.

Terry Bennett, Coventry, UK

If the Massa incident had beeen a McLaren, they would also have been penalised 5 grid positions for the next GP. But the FIA think they are on safe grounds with a pointless drive through penalty (Massa could not win anyway) and will no doubt point to this as 'fairness' for all teams. Yea right!!

paul, Croydon, uk

I agree with Adam - if it was intentional, sacrificing the team's second driver who was sitting in about 16th to promote the first driver who was in about 12th and on a strategy that was unlikely to pay off was a masterstroke.

Both the timing & the position of the accident were perfect for Renault

Matt Rayner, Uxbridge, England

The next time my son wants to take out the Scalextric to re-create a circuit ,I think we will have to put the cars in the same groove for Singapore.That is as exciting as I found the race.

M. Burkinshaw, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia/Spain

Rubbish venue and night races are awful to watch too. The contrast between the track and surrounding areas is too stark. The race was pretty uninspiring too. Watch MotoGP instead....utterly brilliant. I hope Bernie never gets his hands on that !

Nigel, Lincoln,

Easy to win a championship when the best driver of the world is sittin on a turtle!

Experiment at night, as successful as a same track during the day! Slow, bumpy and very boring!

Ivan C., Madrid, Spain

and in the excitement, almost no one noticed that ferrari were given a drive through and not a fine for dangerous pit lane driving - because they were out of contention for points anyway. they should be banned from the next race for their inability to release drivers safely.

jem, london, uk

"Former Double World Champion...." this is The Times, right? I believe a correction is on order. To those doubting on the honesty of Renault, suposing to order a driver crushing against a wall, please revise last season by Mclaren, tyre pressures, spying...

Not everyone in F1 are crooks!

Iván Cintado, Madrid, Spain

As a television spectacular it failed miserably.

The only worthwhile incidient was Massa's clownish pit-stop. Bring back day-time rece-curcuits, and leave the shiny lights to the real Circus..

Flag - now.

john, watford, england

Mclaren just have to get points in every race and they should win,the Ferrari team are at six's and seven's at the moment, a pity though because they would have won the season by now if they had their act together.

Hayden, Benoni, South Africa

They'll be driving with blindfolds next.

brian keating, agde, france

I am nonplussed by the comments about this being such a good venue. What's the point in designing another circuit where it is impossible to overtake? If the safety car hadn't been required it would have been totally boring. Oh, and how very lucky for Alonso when his teammate 'crashed'.

Dean, Manea, Cambs, England

3-look at the fast laps of race and you watch that alonso ahead of hamilton and it that was reserved ultimately a bit because ultimately he had the best game of wheels.4-alonso has had bad luck normally with the safety.

javy, bcn,

It costs that alonso was lucky yesterday but I you remember that the previous day happened?It had a car to choose for the pole and he him remained thrown in her q2..he started 15 for bad luck.

javy, bcn,

The race was spoiled by its presentation on TV as disconnected commentry and camera work took ages to catch up with the chaos caused by the safety car and the ridiculous refueling rule. After the farce of the Spa result the tedious night procession at Singapore was only relieved by the quirky result

Tazio, London,

Visually stunning but boring. FIA rulings are ludicrous. How is it that a driver who has to come into the pits through lack of fuel gets a stop and go and a driver who causes carnage in the pit lane gets a drive through? Oh, silly me, I forgot, it was a Ferrari!

Alec, Inverness,

Singapore and Formula1 the winners? Another street course with no overtaking, cars 1 second a lap slower holding everyone up but a success because a smailler team wins safety car lottery? I really don't think so. Stewarding weak yet again with Rosberg and Alonso the winners.Poor entertainment indeed

Christian, Blackpool, England

guys guys guys...shame on you for bashing the singapore GP. then i guess all of you lots hated the monaco grand prix! atleast the singapore GP had more areas to overtake.

Bob Paisley, Eccles, England

My God how Maclaren have got to be careful now.
Leading Manufacturer and leading the drivers Championship.
This will give the powers that be a real problem, and have them sitting up till the late hours with Ferrari trying to figure a way to stop them.

peter Jordan, reading, UK.

Whatever shortcomings have been highlighted following the overal success of the Grand Prix I am certain that most if not all will be addressed which are within the scope of the organisers. ie significant bumps and possibly the pit lane entry. I just loved those kerbs at the corners and chicanes

Dave A, Singapore, Singapore

If a car is running 5 seconds a lap slower than the car behind, yet the car behind is unable to overtake, then it's not a good circuit. Thank goodness the safety car had to come out when it did.

julian, shrewsbury,

Boring, boring, boring. We don't need anymore street circuits where it is impossible to overtake. For that we have Monaco.

Ian R, Stoke On Trent, England

Had the safety car come out a couple of laps before, it would have been a disaster for Alonso. So, he bravely took some risk, unacepptable for a driver aiming at the World Champion. This season Lewis seems to take advantage of the experience gained the last year. What will happen to Ferrari on 2009?

Igor, Pamplona, Spain

Now F1 really is a circus!

Pete, St Albans, England

Fernando alonso is not a "former double world champion" he is a double world champion - please give him the respect he deserves.

John, Dublin, Ireland

as others said, the only reason there was any excitement was the safety car turning it around. Singapore seems overly long, there is nowhere to overtake, a very unexciting circuit

richard john williams, weybridge, uk

I can't agree with the jist of this article. After the first safety car placed many of the fast racers behind slow ones, there was no where for them to overtake again, so we had an absurd street procession for many laps. Plus the spectacle didn't thrill me, I much prefer day racing.

Simon , London, UK

Erm.......doesn't anyone else find this supsicious? Alonso didn't enjoy a very good first stint so his team changed his strategy, pitted him and 'gambled' that he would benefit if a safety car was bought out. Oh wouldn't you know. His team mate crashes a couple of laps later.......

Adam, London,

Would have been a complete bore, without the joy of seeing Ferrari mess up. I was actually waiting for the usual racists to bring Hamilton in for being on the same continent and thus causing the problem to the Ferrari pit crew. We shall forget Massa's near collison in the pit lane and ontrack.

Dave, Lincoln,

The Notting Hill Carnival is, similarly, a procession, not so fast but far more colourful.

Walter Wall, Amsterdam, NL

Panto season came early in the Ferrari pits! And the winner of the safety car lottery is... Alonso!

Alan, Luton,

England so badly need a hero.

Hayden, Benoni, South Africa

Completely agree with comments on a boring race. For many laps Jarno Trulli had his own train of cars building up behind him, during which I found something else to do. Add to that a safety car situation which created made the whole race a lottery due to stupid pit lane rules.

Frank, London, UK

The big picure is nice for this race but the devil is in the detail. Major work is needed to better manage foot traffic inside the circuit. Several narrow bottle necks between entertainment areas exit gates and grandstands created several very very dangerous human crushes. Re-think needed.

john, singapore,

Such a relief Ferrari are in chaos this year,otherwise it would have been another landslide for the red cars.So many mistakes in a season,Domenicali must be a worried man.Well at least England will possibly have a world champion even if it was because Ferrari dropped the ball.

Hayden, Benoni, South Africa

Having the safety car come out is not all bad. It means that issues of strategy and team work come to the fore rather than just speed. Alonso won because they chose a strategy with a good chance of success if the safety car came out early. The element of unpredictability make it exciting

John Small, Faversham, UK

at least, hamilton is back in the position he shold have been after spa - in my opinion. good to see rosberg doing well, shame for kubica. as for ferrari, could there really be such a thing as divine justice?!

yaamini, newcastle upon tyne,

Great race, was sitting opposite Ferrari pits. Prior to the refuelling debacle, they had both cars in at same with Kimi stuck behind Massa waiting his turn. Then
Massa forced Sutil into the wall, when re-entering track after a spin - dangerous driving, will he be penalised at for the next race?

Dave, Singapore, Singapore

Is this the future of GP racing? A procession of cars, where it’s impossible to overtake. The only excitement coming from rain, safety cars, driver errors and idiotic rules. Why not just throw lots for the winner, then Bernie and his entourage can head straight out to the parties and Casinos?

Maurice, Johannesburg, South Africa

For many laps, a second division driver in a second division car held back the world champion elect. Boring, What sort of "sport" is it that depends on the intervention of a safety car to provide relief from the procession.

John Neal, Chania, Greece

Inclined to agree with Jim. An entertaining race, amusing at times, with some dramatic episodes here and there but in large part to the crash and subsequent safety car parade. Without that and Massa's pit stop debacle it would have been predictable. All overtaking took place at the same corner.

Andrew, Shanghai,

Night racing is a fantastic spectacle with the lights dancing off the cars; and in hot weather it's fan-friendly, too.

The lighting quality itself was only fairly good, though: Not up to NASCAR & IndyCar standards, judging by the shadows; and the dim areas in several of the turns.

Dan Schwartz, Sayreville, NJ, US of A

A fantastic event, really well organised and a great way to end my 7 month round-the-world trip!!! The only improvement I can think of is if they somehow managed to encapsulate the whole of Singapore in an air conditioned tent for the race. It's so hot here!!!
The Zouk tent rules!

Will, Singapore,

I played Polo (+3) for many years but because of age I deciced to stop as the younger players are surpassing me in eye-hand coordination reaction speed. So now I am an empire still on the horse 2 times a week therefore I advise the F1 stewards practice ones a month in a last years F1 car.

John, South Shields, UK

I agree with jim, singapore it's been a huge exicintg race, one of the odd ones giving all the audience a race upside down, none of the leaders were easily leading so i was watching very exited. But all because of the safety car, and the Massa's misfortune ha ha. Go Fernando!

Diego, Mallorca,

Must have been a great spectacle live, but I don't think it came over on t.v. too well. A bit dis-jointed?
I am surprised that there has been no big reaction to the Massa re-fuelling incident. It was very dangerous and could have ended with serious injuries or even worse for the pit crew.

Peter, yokohama,

No doubt a success for Bernie but tickets are priced out of most men on the street while many corporate suites are only half filled! Heavy & high-handed policing & road closure mean inconvenience to many. Bumpy track and lack of overtaking spots make it unspectucular to some purist.

Shaun, Singapore,

The venue was stunning, the lighting was incredible and the racing was terrific. The FIA Stewards apparently decided to let the result stand - what's not to like?
I'm not a big Alonso fan in general, but he drove an absolutely superb race and gave his team full credit. Altogether, very well done!

Jason, Dundee, Oregon, USA

Nonsense Paul. Tickets were still on sale to the public in the days leading up to the race, and had been on offer through the website for months. All circuits prohibit outside F&B these days - at least the quality was good and they didn't run out like at Sepang. Well done Singapore, great race.

Bill, Singapore,

It all looked pretty, I'm not so sure that it was a great success for the man in the street . Tickets were very pricey, plus as no food or drink were allowed in, they also has to stump up there. Most of the tickets were in the hands of the big local banks and corporations.

Paul, Singapore,

This race was only a success because the safety car stripped Massa of his lead and closed the pit lane at a time when the cars were nearly out of fuel.
Without those incidents it would have been a boring procession.
What is the point of racing on a track where even the top drivers cant overtake.

Jim Laflin, Bicknoller,

I enjoyed it, but I would hope it doesn't become the norm to race at night

Taras, High Wycombe, England

Nice to see Alonso on the podium and smiling again. Well played by Hamilton too. Can the FIA come up with a good excuse to punish him for Ferrari's failure?

Patrick Bateman, London,

What a race and tacticts! thanks to Renault for their support for the questionable verdict in Paris the gladiators have showen their own verdict, chappeau!!!

Sorry however to see that Ferrari proved again that you can buy one but filling the tank proves a costely exercise.

John, South Shields, UK