The highlight of this year's F1 race in Singapore was when Red Bull's Mark Webber hitched a ride on Ferrari's Fernando Alonso's car.

Webber had retired on the last lap and was stranded. Alonso stopped to allow him to climb onto his car as he drove back to the pits after finishing second.

This was the image that was beamed to viewers around the world in a show of camaraderie:

However, the FIA, International Automobile Federation, the Formula 1 governing body, was probably not too impressed.

Both drivers have been hit with reprimands.

As it is Webber's third reprimand this year, it triggered an automatic 10-place grid penalty at the Korean Grand Prix next month.

The harshness of the penalty has been frowned upon by F1 fans:

Regardless, what the drivers did was exceptionally cool.

Check out the speedometer clocking in at 107km/h with Webber hanging from the side of Alonso's car:

Even our deputy prime minister Teo Chee Hean was full of praise:

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