McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday to take a huge step towards becoming the first rookie to win the Formula One championship.
While the 22-year-old Briton celebrated his fourth victory of an extraordinary debut season, his closest rival and double world champion team mate Fernando Alonso crashed out of an action-packed, rainswept race.
The result left Hamilton with a 12-point advantage over Alonso with only the Chinese and Brazilian Grands Prix remaining. – Reuters