Grand Prix Has Wrapped Up!

Ladies, the biggest and most spectacular event of the year is, sadly, over... But can we just say we had such a blast!

Ferrari racer, Fernando Alonso, bagged the championship last night with a timing of 1:58:53.579! Following closely behind was Sebastian Vettel (for Red Bull) at just 0.2 seconds later! The second-runner position went to Mark Webber (also for Red Bull).

Alonso emerges from his car, victorious!

The Champs (L-R): Sebastien Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber

Alonso, who has been quoted saying "I love this track. It seems to suit my driving style!", sees his fourth victory of the season, matching the tally of World Championship leader Mark Webber. It wasn't all smiles for 2009 winner, Lewis Hamilton, however, who was involved in the most controversial moment of a thrilling race when Webber made contact with him in Turn 5, ending his race!

A crane promptly removing Hamilton's crashed car from the track

A dejected Hamilton walks back to the paddock

Also dramatic, was a twist that took place in the closing laps when Heikki Kovalainen’s Lotus came on to the main straight with the back of the car in flames. The Finn showed great sang-froid, however, to stop, get out, accept a fire extinguisher from a nearby marshal, and dousing the fire himself.

The crowd gasps as Kovalainen's car combusts and goes up in flames



Kovalainen puts out the fire

Song diva, Mariah Carey, who also invited a couple of guest performers to her show, closed the Grand Prix by entertaining everyone with her tunes that made it necessary to groove.

Mariah and her dancers getting everyone excited

Traffic was surprisingly smooth over the weekend! Thank you for zipping down to Trixilini amidst the anticipated more-than-usual town-crowd this period, and great job to those of you who managed to nab last pieces from Yumi Kim!

We had fun and we hope you had a fabulous Grand Prix weekend too! Breeze through the closure-free roads to work tomorrow! :)

XOXO