Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso wins disaster filled 2010 F1 Korean Grand Prix. The Spaniard edged out McLaren‘s Lewis Hamilton in the rain delayed race.

The Korean Grand Prix win moved Alonso up in the 2010 F1 Driver’s Championship. Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa finished the race in third place. Jenson Button dashed all his hopes of retaining his F1 Driver’s Championship title, when he finished 12th.

With only two races remaining, Brazil Grand Prix in Sao Paulo (November 7, 2010) and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Yas Marina Circuit (November 14, 2010), Alonso currently holds the F1 Driver‘s race  and leads Red Bull‘s Mark Webber and Hamilton by 11 points and 21 points respectively. Red Bull‘s Sebastian Vettel, who had a disappointing retirement in the race due to engine failure, is now 25 points behind Alonso.

The 2010 Korean Grand Prix started with cars running behind the safety car and race was suspended after only 3 laps. The resumption of the race was disaster filled experience for the F1 drivers. Webber collided with Nico Rosberg, Sebastien Buemi crashed his Toro Rosso into the Virgin of Timo Glock, Button was forced to run wide by Force India‘s Adrian Sutil, and Alonso had a problem on the wheel-nut on his front right.

Vettel’s car engine blew up in a cloud of smoke and oil that gave Alonso full control of the race even though Hamilton was behind him.

At the end of the race, F1 stewards meted Buemi and Sutil a five-place grid penalties in the upcoming Brazil Grand Prix for their involvement in the car crashes. Sutil was given an additional $10,000 (£6,400) fine, for driving his car despite knowing he had a brake problem.

Complete F1 DRIVER STANDINGS

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Ferrari	231
2	Mark Webber	Australian	RBR-Renault	220
3	Lewis Hamilton	British	McLaren-Mercedes	210
4	Sebastian Vettel	German	RBR-Renault	206
5	Jenson Button	British	McLaren-Mercedes	189
6	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	143
7	Robert Kubica	Polish	Renault	124
8	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes GP	122
9	Michael Schumacher	German	Mercedes GP	66
10	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Williams-Cosworth	47
11	Adrian Sutil	German	Force India-Mercedes	47
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Japanese	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	31
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italian	Force India-Mercedes	21
14	Vitaly Petrov	Russian	Renault	19
15	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Williams-Cosworth	18
16	Sebastien Buemi	Swiss	STR-Ferrari	8
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	6
18	Nick Heidfeld	German	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	6
19	Jaime Alguersuari	Spanish	STR-Ferrari	3
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Lotus-Cosworth	0
21	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Lotus-Cosworth	0
22	Karun Chandhok	Indian	HRT-Cosworth	0
23	Bruno Senna	Brazilian	HRT-Cosworth	0
24	Lucas di Grassi	Brazilian	Virgin-Cosworth	0
25	Timo Glock	German	Virgin-Cosworth	0
26	Sakon Yamamoto	Japanese	HRT-Cosworth	0

Complete F1 CONSTRUCTOR STANDINGS

Pos	Team	Points
1	RBR-Renault	426
2	McLaren-Mercedes	399
3	Ferrari	374
4	Mercedes GP	188
5	Renault	143
6	Force India-Mercedes	68
7	Williams-Cosworth	65
8	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	43
9	STR-Ferrari	11
10	Lotus-Cosworth	0
11	HRT-Cosworth	0
12	Virgin-Cosworth	0

Complete standings is taken from f1.com.