Mark Webber extended his championship lead to 11 points on Sunday night, despite finishing on the lowest step of the podium and colliding with Lewis Hamilton during a long and hot Singapore grand prix.<\/p>\n
The Australian finished behind pole sitter and winner Fernando Alonso, as well as his Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel.<\/p>\n
At the chequered flag just before the 2 hour time limit was up, Ferrari’s Spaniard and German Vettel were separated by just 3 tenths of a second.<\/p>\n
But Vettel’s points gap to Webber, who was a further half minute behind the leading battle at the finish, is still more than 20 points.<\/p>\n
Webber’s closest challenger is now Alonso, who has won the last two races from pole position in the resurgent Ferrari.<\/p>\n
He leapfrogs Hamilton in the drivers’ standings, after the Briton retired for the second race in a row due to a collision.<\/p>\n
This time his clash was with Webber, whose RB6 was sporting significant damage to its wheel and tyre in parc ferme after the race.<\/p>\n
Hamilton’s MP4-25 came off worse, and he came close to writing off his title chances after retiring at mid-distance.<\/p>\n
“Let’s just hope myself or Jenson can do it,” said the 2008 world champion, who remains five points ahead of teammate Jenson Button’s sister car.<\/p>\n
“20 points is massive and with four races to go that is a big gap,” Hamilton told reporters.<\/p>\n
Button confirmed: “There is everything to play for.”<\/p>\n
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