Webber unhurt in Singapore crash
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Australia's Mark Webber walked away unscathed after crashing in opening practice for the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix overnight.
Webber put his Red Bull into the barriers on turn 18 during his fifth lap of the first session.
His front right wheel was mangled but he walked away unscathed.
He failed to appear for the second session.
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso stunned Lewis Hamilton to grab the fastest time, driving supremely under lights for the first time.
The British world championship leader was the pace-setter in the first session around the bumpy Marina Bay street circuit and looked to have sewn up the second before Alonso pipped him on the last lap.
The Spaniard hurled his Renault around the track in 1:45.654, 0.098 ahead of the McLaren driver.
It was marginally slower than the 1:45.518 Hamilton drove in the first session.
Felipe Massa in a Ferrari, who is one point behind Hamilton in the title race with four Grand Prix left, was third fastest.
Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen was fourth with Williams' Nico Rosberg fifth and BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica six.
Defending champion Kimi Raikkonen came seventh.
Rain pelted Singapore yesterday morning but it had cleared by evening with the track dry and the weather hot and humid, as the drivers clocked as many laps as possible to familiarise themselves with the circuit and conditions.
-AFP
