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2008 SCHEDULE

March 16 - Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne

March 23 - Malaysian Grand Prix, Kuala Lumpur

April 6 - Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir

April 27 - Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona

May 11 - Turkish Grand Prix, Istanbul

May 25 - Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo

June 8 - Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal

June 22 - French Grand Prix, Magny Cours

July 6 - British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England

July 20 - German Grand Prix, Nuerburg

Aug. 3 - Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest

Aug. 24 - Mediterranean Grand Prix, Valencia, Spain

Sept. 7 - Belgian Grand Prix, Spa

Sept. 14 - Italian Grand Prix, Monza

Sept. 28 - Singpore Grand Prix

Oct. 12 - Japanese Grand Prix, Fuji

Oct. 19 - Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai

Nov. 2 - Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo

Fernando Alonso went into Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix as one of the outsiders of the field at 67.00, and the lucky win by the Spaniard gave bookies an unexpected result.

Alonso had actually performed quite well in a couple of the free practice sessions, but had some problems in the qualifying sessions which saw him start from 15 on the grid. That all but ended any chance he had as it was always going to be hard to make ground on the street circuit from so far back in the field.

He worked his way through the field, and several mishaps saw Alonso hold a handy lead with just seven laps left. Adrian Sutil crashed into a wall at that stage which saw the safety car come out, but Alonso was able to maintain the front position and he went on to beat Nico Rosberg (151.00) and Lewis Hamilton, who started second elect at 3.00.

Race favourite Felipe Massa appeared to be on track for victory until a major mishap occurred at one of his pit stops. The Brazilian was given a green light after a fuel stop, but when he took off, the fuel hose was still attached to his car. That was the end of Massa�s chances, as well as those who had backed him. After being 3.50 earlier in the week, Massa started the race as a 1.80 chance, backed in from 2.00 after grabbing pole position. There is little doubt Massa has been the unlucky driver of season 2008, and he could quite easily have been leading up the driver�s championship table. Instead, it is Lewis Hamilton who holds all the aces, and he is now 1.33 to take the title with Massa at 3.25.

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