Championship leader Jenson Button claimed his third win of the season after an action-packed Bahrain Grand Prix.
In a race dominated by long-running individual battles, Button led the pack most of the way, finishing seven seconds ahead of the Red Bull of Sebastien Vettel.
Button was able to calmly stretch his lead throughout the race as a pack of drivers, including Jarno Trulli, Lewis Hamilton and Vettel, scrabbled for second place behind him.
The win came after victories for the Brawn GP in Melbourne and Malaysia in the first two races of the season.
Button said: "To come away with the win at this point of the season, I am chuffed to bits.
"The whole team should be very proud of themselves. They have worked so hard.
"As you probably know we are much smaller (in personnel) than we used to be and they are having to work doubly hard to get the job done.
"So I am very proud of all of them, and they should be also."
Trulli, who qualified in pole, lost the lead to his teammate Timo Glock within seconds of the start, but finished in third, nine seconds behind Button.
Ferrari will look back on the race with some relief after claiming their first championship points of the season, following promising signs of improvement in yesterday's qualifying session.
Kimi Raikkonen finished in sixth place, putting an end to Ferrari's streak without a single championship point this season. Teammate Felipe Massa, last season's runner-up, finished in 14th place.
Lewis Hamilton, again showed signs of improvement, finished fourth and Rubens Barrichello, despite three pit stops, finished in fifth.
The win extends Button's lead in the championship to 31 points, 12 ahead of teammate Barrichello.
The next race takes place in Barcelona in two weeks' time.
rhughes@thenational.ae
Premier League results
Saturday
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Arsenal 1
Bournemouth 0 Manchester City 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Huddersfield Town 0
Burnley 1 Crystal Palace 3
Manchester United 3 Southampton 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Cardiff City 0
West Ham United 2 Newcastle United 0
Sunday
Watford 2 Leicester City 1
Fulham 1 Chelsea 2
Everton 0 Liverpool 0
What is the definition of an SME?
SMEs in the UAE are defined by the number of employees, annual turnover and sector. For example, a “small company” in the services industry has six to 50 employees with a turnover of more than Dh2 million up to Dh20m, while in the manufacturing industry the requirements are 10 to 100 employees with a turnover of more than Dh3m up to Dh50m, according to Dubai SME, an agency of the Department of Economic Development.
A “medium-sized company” can either have staff of 51 to 200 employees or 101 to 250 employees, and a turnover less than or equal to Dh200m or Dh250m, again depending on whether the business is in the trading, manufacturing or services sectors.
if you go
The flights
Etihad, Emirates and Singapore Airlines fly direct from the UAE to Singapore from Dh2,265 return including taxes. The flight takes about 7 hours.
The hotel
Rooms at the M Social Singapore cost from SG $179 (Dh488) per night including taxes.
The tour
Makan Makan Walking group tours costs from SG $90 (Dh245) per person for about three hours. Tailor-made tours can be arranged. For details go to www.woknstroll.com.sg
Four motivational quotes from Alicia's Dubai talk
“The only thing we need is to know that we have faith. Faith and hope in our own dreams. The belief that, when we keep going we’re going to find our way. That’s all we got.”
“Sometimes we try so hard to keep things inside. We try so hard to pretend it’s not really bothering us. In some ways, that hurts us more. You don’t realise how dishonest you are with yourself sometimes, but I realised that if I spoke it, I could let it go.”
“One good thing is to know you’re not the only one going through it. You’re not the only one trying to find your way, trying to find yourself, trying to find amazing energy, trying to find a light. Show all of yourself. Show every nuance. All of your magic. All of your colours. Be true to that. You can be unafraid.”
“It’s time to stop holding back. It’s time to do it on your terms. It’s time to shine in the most unbelievable way. It’s time to let go of negativity and find your tribe, find those people that lift you up, because everybody else is just in your way.”
Test
Director: S Sashikanth
Cast: Nayanthara, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, R Madhavan
Star rating: 2/5
