Formula One driver Mark Webber has broken his leg after colliding head-on with a car while riding a bike at his own charity event in Tasmania.
The Australian, 32, who drives for the Red Bull Formula One racing team, was airlifted to hospital where he is being treated for a broken right leg and other injuries.
"He'll have a pin inserted in the leg and spend three days in hospital," said the event's director, Geoff Donohue.
The accident happened south-east of state capital Hobart on Saturday.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is keen for the FIA to change the rules regarding team orders in Formula One.
In the Austrian Grand Prix in 2002 Rubens Barrichello blatantly moved aside for Michael Schumacher, earning jeers from the crowd and worldwide condemnation.
Team orders were banned by the FIA after a world-wide outcry.
However, despite the ban they are still used, but it is so hard to enforce.
This season in the German Grand Prix Heikki Kovalainen moved aside to allow team-mate Lewis Hamilton to move up a position while in China Kimi Raikkonen did the same for Felipe Massa.
As a result di Montezemolo has said that he would like to talk with FIA president Max Mosley about changing the rules.
"I'll talk about it with Mosley, we need to get rid of this hypocrisy," di Montezemolo told Gazzetta dello Sport.
"The important thing is not to damage others. Besides that, team work, in a team sport, is one of the best things. Think of a cyclist leading the sprint for another."
Fernando Alonso won the Japanese Grand Prix. After driving a perfect race to follow up on his win in Singapore.A poor start by Lewis Hamilton from pole position saw him try to regain the lead by braking late into the first corner. He ran wide taking Raikonnen with him.
He rejoined the race behind title rival Massa who he overtook but Massa after leaving te track ran into amilton making Hamilton spin and putting im last
Hamilton flat spotted his tyres and had to pit.
Massa received a drive through penalty for his contact with Hamilton and although their was no contact with Raikkonnen Hamilton also received a drive through penalty for the first corner incident.
Masasa finished eigth but was promoted to seventh after another strange decision by the stewards.
HamiltonHamilton admitted his aggressive approach to the first corner was risky. "Yeah," he said, before admitting in hindsight he would have done it differently.
"Of course. You can always look back and with you did something but I made a mistake and paid for it.
"That sort of thing happens, you've just got to keep your head up and keep going."
Hamilton indicated he was unhappy with the drive-through penalty.
He told ITV1: "We (he and Massa) both got the same penalty - I didn't hit anybody but he did. I guess that's the name of the game."
Hamilton remains confident about his title chances.
"I don't think it makes any difference, I lost one point but I guess it's damage limitation. We'll move onto next week and make sure we win the next two races.
"We plan on winning. Not at any cost, but we plan on winning."
Massa denies purposely taking Hamilton out.
"With two wheels on the gravel I could not stop the car and I was there because he (Hamilton) pushed me there," he said.
"For me it was a racing incident because he broke late but then I was a little bit wide in the turn.
"He put the car inside and I was outside but then he pushed me a little bit onto the gravel and then I put two wheels on the gravel and he closed and we touched."
JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
Weather: Dry
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso (Spa) | Renault | 1hr 30mins 21.892secs |
| 2 | Robert Kubica (Pol) | BMW Sauber | 1:30:27.175 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) | Ferrari | 1:30:28.292 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet (Bra) | Renault | 1:30:42.462 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli (Ita) | Toyota | 1:30:45.659 |
| 6 | Sebastien Vettel (Ger) | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:31:01.099 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa (Bra) | Ferrari | 1:31:08.050 |
| 8 | Mark Webber (Aus) | Red Bull | 1:31:12.703 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld (Ger) | BMW Sauber | 1:31:16.012 |
| 10 | Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:31:20.977 |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg (Ger) | Williams | 1:31:23.988 |
| 12 | Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) | McLaren | 1:31:40.792 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello (Bra) | Honda | at 1 lap |
| 14 | Jenson Button (Gbr) | Honda | at 1 lap |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) | Williams | at 1 lap |
Fastest Lap: Felipe Massa (Bra) 1:18.426 on lap 55
| Driver | Team | Lap | Reason |
| Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) | Force India | 22 | Gearbox |
| Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) | McLaren | 17 | Engine |
| Adrian Sutil (Ger) | Force India | 9 | Puncture |
| Timo Glock (Ger) | Toyota | 7 | Technical problem |
| David Coulthard (Gbr) | Red Bull | 1 | Crash |
Drivers' Standings
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | 84 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | 79 |
| 3 | Robert Kubica | 72 |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | 63 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | 56 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | 51 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | 48 |
| 8= | Sebastien Vettel | 30 |
| 8= | Jarno Trulli | 30 |
| 10 | Mark Webber | 21 |
| 11 | Timo Glock | 20 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr | 18 |
| 13 | Nico Rosberg | 17 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | 11 |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | 9 |
| 16 | David Coulthard | 8 |
| 17 | Sebastien Bourdais | 4 |
| 18 | Jenson Button | 3 |
Constructors' Standings | Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Ferrari | 142 |
| 2 | McLaren | 135 |
| 3 | BMW Sauber | 128 |
| 4 | Renault | 66 |
| 5 | Toyota | 50 |
| 6 | Toro Rosso | 34 |
| 7 | Red Bull | 29 |
| 8 | Williams | 26 |
| 9 | Honda | 14 |
Lewis Hamilton finished third in an incident packed Singapore Grand Prix.
The race was held on the street circuit at night and was an excellent spectacle.
Massa on pole, was building a good lead until an incident in the pits with the fuel hose and a safety car (following Piquet crashing his Renault into a wall) left him last.
The race was turned upside down by these incidents.
Several cars were forced to pit for fuel and got penalties.
Hamilton dropped from second to eighth but made up ground thanks to the penalties and some great driving.
Alonso won the race from twelth on the grid. He drove well.
Hamilton finished third but neither Ferrari finished in the points. (Raikkonen crashing out)
Lewis Hamilton said:"A podium is a great result. I'm quite happy with seven points."
Hamilton can now afford to finish second behind Massa in all the three remaining Grands Prix and still win the title.
But the 23-year-old said he would not let that stop him trying to win the races in Japan, China and Brazil.
"We're going to approach the next few races exactly the same as we have this one," he said.
"I have no doubts we have a competitive package to compete with them but without a doubt it will be a very tough battle.
"It's all about scoring points. We came here with a one-point lead and I could see the Ferraris were very competitive this weekend and Felipe was driving well, so I knew it would be very tough to beat them.
"But fortunately the race had a couple of incidents which didn't benefit them but we did a solid job and came back with the points.
"So moving forward, we definitely can't get ahead of ourselves because, as you can see, lots of things can happen.
"So we will just focus on doing a solid job, scoring more points hopefully."
Hamilton found himself third, right behind Williams driver Nico Rosberg, in the closing laps but decided not to try to challenge for second.
"Nico was driving very well, wasn't making any mistakes and so unless I made a stupid manoeuvre - which was just unnecessary - there was no point really," he said.
"So I was just trying to keep with him and then with three laps to go it was clear I wasn't going to be able to overtake him, so I just brought it home."
Massa said:
"The green light was on and I drove away," explained Massa.
"The only problem was a human problem and the green light came at the wrong moment."
Massa ground to a halt at the end of the pit lane and his Ferrari crew eventually managed to wrestle the fuel hose free - but too late for the Brazilian to rescue his race and he finished down in 13th.
"We could have been ahead (in the title race) because we had a fantastic pace and we could have finished first and second," he said.
"But racing is racing. We're all human beings and everyone can make a mistake.
"I am not the kind of guy who goes to the guy (who made the mistake) and fights with him, because we need him, we need everyone together for the last three races.
Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on becoming Formula One World Champion 2008.
