The podium in the 15th race of 2008 Formula One Worldchampionship was taken by Fernando Alonso (Renault) - 1st, Nico Roseberg (Williams-Toyota) - 2nd and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) -3rd.

Today's race was the first race in Singapore and the first ever night race in the history of Formula 1.

The race had started with Felipe Massa in pole position and he was being considered by everyone as the top contender for today's race, but things went sour for him after a pit-stop incident. He started off after a pit stop while the fuel rig had not yet been removed.

The hose came off from its mooring spitting a lot of fuel into the air. Massa lost a lot of time and managed to rejoin the race at the 18th position. By the time he finished the race, he had manged to come up to the 13th position.

The fate of the Indian team, Force India, drivers was not very good in today's race also.

Giancarlo Fisichella completed the race in the 14 position while Adrian Sutil the other driver of Force India team had to drop out of the race in the 49th lap.

After the first night race, Lewis Hamilton is leading the championship chart with 84 points, followed by Felipe Massa with 77 points. In the constructors standings table, McLaren- Mercedes is at the top with 135 point, while Ferrari is behind by only 1 point at 134.

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