Lewis Hamilton regained the Formula One drivers' world championship lead on Sunday when he claimed victory in the Singapore Grand Prix after his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg limped out with electronic problems.
The 29-year-old Briton led from pole position and dominated the 61-laps race before a lengthy Safety Car interruption reduced his lead and forced him to attack again in the closing stages when he passed Sebastian Vettel to win.
It was the 29th win of Hamilton's career, his seventh this year and his second in Singapore, ending four-time champion Vettel's run of three straight wins on the south-east Asian street circuit.
Hamilton came home 13.534 seconds ahead of Vettel, with Daniel Ricciardo third in the second Red Bull ahead of Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and Felipe Massa of Williams.
He moves up to 241 points, three clear of Rosberg, with five races remaining in one of the most tense and closely-fought championships of recent years.
"I had dream this would happen last night," said Hamilton.
"Things have changed for me absolutely. I looked for a clean weekend and this was it. We always strive to get both cars 1-2 that was our goal, so things still to work on."
Rosberg turned up for the Marina Bay street circuit night race 22 points clear of Hamilton.
But the German endured a wretched evening, his car failing to set off for the warm-up lap from second on the grid.
He eventually started from the pitlane, in an under-performing car with restricted electronic programmes available.
By lap five, he had climbed to 20th while Hamilton was controlling a lead of 2.3 seconds ahead of Vettel.
Hamilton pitted after 13 laps, but when Rosberg limped in one lap later, it was terminal for the German.
