An in-depth look back at a race in which Fernando Alonso kept Sebastian Vettel at bay to take a crucial win, including every vital statistic you need to know from Marina Bay

PRACTICE

Practice 1 - Friday PM

The only thing the teams could really learn in the opening session was that Marina Bay takes a long time to dry in twilight, for although the rain had stopped over an hour before practice commenced, it was only in the final 15 minutes that the track was really ready for slicks.

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi and Virgin's Timo Glock were particularly entertaining - and quick - on the damp track, but when the surface finally dried the timing screen rapidly turned itself inside out as the order changed with every lap completed on the ever-faster circuit.

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