Singapore (My Sportsbook) - Lewis Hamilton won Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix after a dominating performance at Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Hamilton, the 2008 Formula One world champion, started on the pole and relinquished his lead briefly after pitting the second time during the 61-lap race. The McLaren driver scored his second victory of the season and the 11th of his F1 career.

"It was a very tough race," Hamilton said in regards to the second nighttime F1 race held in Singapore. "The conditions made it very tough, but generally the race was pretty much straight forward for me. I had a good start, and I just managed to bridge a big enough gap from the guys behind me."

Two weeks ago, Hamilton started on the pole, but crashed on the final lap in the Italian Grand Prix, as he ended up with a 12th-place finish. The Briton endured a frustrating start to the season with his Mclaren MP4-24 struggling to perform.

Hamilton experienced some trouble with his Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) early in the race, but his team was able to correct his power-boost system.

"I had no problems in the car with KERS, but the team came across the radio and said there's possibly a fault," he said. "It was still working at the point, and I had to disable and then re-engage it. It worked after that."

Timo Glock finished second to give Toyota its best finish of the season.

"It was a really good race for me," Glock said. "Before I came to Singapore, I knew last year we were good here, and I think the driver can make a difference here, so I just pushed as hard as possible."

Fernando Alonso, last year's Singapore GP winner, finished third to help Renault rebound from their recent "crash-gate" scandal. Last week, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) handed Renault a two-year suspension ban after the French team admitted in a special hearing that they intentionally caused a crash to help Alonso win last year's event in Singapore.

While Hamilton cruised to victory, Jenson Button slightly extended his lead in the world championship standings after a fifth-place finish. Button started 11th on the grid, but rebounded nicely to finish one position ahead of his Brawn GP teammate and closest title contender Rubens Barrichello.

Button now holds a 15-point advantage over Barrichello with three races remaining in the season.

I'm very happy with the result, and I go to Japan next week feeling positive," Button said.

Sebastian Vettel kept his slim title hopes alive with a fourth-place run. The Red Bull Racing driver was in contention to win, but was slapped with a pass- through penalty for speeding off of pit road. He is now 25 points behind Button.

Nico Rosberg from Williams also contended for the victory early in the race, but Rosberg received a penalty for crossing the white line while exiting the pits. He ended up finishing 11th.

Mark Webber was eliminated from the title hunt after finishing 17th. Webber's brakes failed in his Red Bull car, causing him to spin and slam into the wall two laps after he made his final start.

Nick Heidfeld ended a streak of 41 consecutive grand prix running at the finish. On lap 19, Adrian Sutil spun around while attempting to pass Jaime Alguersuari. Heidfeld ran into the path of Sutil, which caused suspension damage to his BMW car and forced him to retire.

"For me it was clearly Adrian Sutil's fault," said Heidfeld, who finished 19th. "He had spun backwards and then just drove back onto the track and straight into my car. That's something you just can't do. I had no chance to avoid this accident."

Sutil was fined $20,000 and reprimanded by race stewards for causing the crash.