McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won from pole at the Singapore Grand Prix while Jenson Button extended his lead over Brawn team-mate Rubens Barrichello to 15 points.

Button crept home in fifth ahead of Brazilian Barrichello, while Timo Glock of Toyota and Renault's Fernando Alonso completed the podium with Sebastian Vettel fourth.

The German is 10 points behind Barrichello in the drivers' standings with 59 while Mark Webber (51.5) can kiss his title chances goodbye after crashing out thanks to a brake failure.

Barrichello dived into the pits, expecting a safety car, but Button gambled by staying out - and a simple yellow flag meant his low-fuel laps before coming in saw him finish above his colleague.

The Toro Rossos of Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi were the other cars to retire, with separate problems on lap 48 of the 61; the former had damaged the fuel rig on an earlier pitstop by pulling away too soon.

Hamilton was seven seconds clear of Glock and eased home, while Ross Brawn warned his drivers of pushing too hard in the final stages due to brake degradation.
Jonathan Symcox / Eurosport


Race live standing
P. Driver Team Time
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:56:06.337
2 Timo Glock Toyota 9.634
3 Fernando Alonso Renault 16.624
4 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 20.261
5 Jenson Button Brawn 30.015
6 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 31.858
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 36.157
8 Robert Kubica BMW 55.054
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 56.054
10 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58.892
11 Nico Rosberg Williams 59.777
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:13.009
13 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:19.890
14 Vitantanio Liuzzi Force India 1:33.502
15 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso out
16 Alguersuari Jaime Toro Rosso out
17 Mark Webber Red Bull out
18 Adrian Sutil Force India out
19 Nick Heidfeld BMW out
20 Romain Grosjean Renault out