[Formula 1] Singapore Grand Prix : 28 Sept '08
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N.B. This thread is for news related to the race and the practice sessions before that. Other banter goes into the existing thread.
Track: Marina Bay street circuit
Laps: 61
Race start: 2000 HRS SINThis is the second new race venue on the 2008 calendar, also a street circuit but the only one that is run anti-clockwise (against the flow of normal traffic). It is also the first ever F1 race to be held after sunset.
It comprises of 23 mostly-sharp turns that punctuate short straights. This means only Monaco is slower, and if it rains, the 2-hour limit may elapse. Overtaking will likely be very difficult, with the best chances coming at the end of the pit straight and outside the Esplanade Theatres.
Bridgestone have brought the 2 softest compounds to tackle the low-grip conditions. Off the racing line, leaf litter and rubber marbles will compound the difficulty of passing unless it rains before or during the race. A high downforce set-up similar to Monaco and Australia will be used, and the brakes will take a huge battering due to the frequency of usage.
McLaren's appeal to reinstate Lewis Hamilton's race win was deemed inadmissable as it given in-lieu of a drive-through penalty, which cannot be protested. Therefore, he goes into the weekend with a single-point gap over Ferrari's Felipe Massa. BMW's Robert Kubica is a further 13 points adrift in 3rd
Qualifying begins at 10pm on Saturday and the race at 8pm on Sunday. Enjoy the 2 hours of capturing the attention of the world while it lasts!
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Singapore Grand Prix free practice session 1 times
1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m45.518s
2. MASSA Ferrari 1m45.598s
3. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m45.961s
4. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m46.463s
5. KUBICA BMW 1m46.618s
6. ROSBERG Williams 1m46.710s
7. ALONSO Renault 1m46.725s
8. HEIDFELD BMW 1m46.964s
9. PIQUET Renault 1m47.175s
10. BUTTON Honda 1m47.277s
11. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m47.570s
12. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m47.662s
13. GLOCK Toyota 1m47.706s
14. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m48.097s
15. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m48.517s
16. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m48.725s
17. SUTIL Force India 1m48.839s
18. FISICHELLA Force India 1m48.906s
19. TRULLI Toyota 1m49.064s
20. WEBBER Red Bull 1m53.703s -
Singapore Grand Prix free practice session 2 times
1. ALONSO Renault 1m45.654s
2. HAMILTON McLaren 1m45.752s3. MASSA Ferrari 1m45.793s
4. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m45.797s
5. ROSBERG Williams 1m46.164s
6. KUBICA BMW 1m46.384s
7. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m46.580s
8. BUTTON Honda 1m46.901s
9. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m47.013s
10. GLOCK Toyota 1m47.046s
11. WEBBER Red Bull 1m47.137s
12. PIQUET Renault 1m47.145s
13. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m47.300s
14. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m47.487s
15. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m47.640s
16. HEIDFELD BMW 1m47.760s
17. FISICHELLA Force India 1m47.965s
18. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m48.009s
19. TRULLI Toyota 1m48.059s
20. SUTIL Force India 1m48.311s
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Singapore Grand Prix free practice session 3 times
1. ALONSO Renault 1m44.506s
2. HAMILTON McLaren 1m45.119s
3. MASSA Ferrari 1m45.246s
4. PIQUET Renault 1m45.249s
5. ROSBERG Williams 1m45.386s
6. BUTTON Honda 1m45.409s
7. KUBICA BMW 1m45.425s
8. WEBBER Red Bull 1m45.450s
9. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m45.477s
10. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m45.599s
11. HEIDFELD BMW 1m45.689s
12. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m45.982s
13. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m45.982s
14. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m46.073s
15. GLOCK Toyota 1m46.180s
16. TRULLI Toyota 1m46.221s
17. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m46.482s
18. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m46.794s
19. FISICHELLA Force India 1m47.166s
20. SUTIL Force India 1m47.727s -
Singapore GP grid
1. MASSA Ferrari
2. HAMILTON McLaren
3. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
4. KUBICA BMW
5. KOVALAINEN McLaren
6. VETTEL Toro Rosso
7. GLOCK Toyota
8. ROSBERG Williams
9. HEIDFELD* BMW
10. NAKAJIMA Williams
11. TRULLI Toyota
12. BUTTON Honda
13. WEBBER Red Bull
14. COULTHARD Red Bull
15. ALONSO Renault
16. PIQUET Renault
17. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso
18. BARRICHELLO Honda
19. SUTIL Force India
20. FISICHELLA Force India* after three-place penalty for impeding Barrichello
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the track is too bumpy for the drivers ):
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congratulations to Alonso and Nico.
Ferrari, had fun reaping their own foul karma
Now lets wait for FIA to come up with yet another excuse to penalise Lewis.
And all all the brainless tifosi out there, don't bother with the "but FIA penalised Massa too" line. The FIA only penalises Ferrari when it doesn't make a damn difference. Proof is in the pudding:
1) Massa is released unsafely into the side of Adrian Sutil. Near accident in a narrow pitlane with an even narrower exit(even more dangerous than Sg). Blatent infringment of safety rules. Position at stake: 1st place. Penalty: Reprimand (ooo so harsh!) and a 10,000 Euro fine (ooo so expensive for a team with a budget of around 300mil USD!)
2) Massa is released unsafely into the side of Adrian Sutil (again). Near accident in a narrow pitlane. Blatent infringment of safety rules. Position at stake: 13th place with no points. Penalty: Drive through that makes no difference.
And then the FIA questionably penalises a McLaren driver for something which FIA never did bother clarifying before, and for which some FIA officials actually clarified it to be ok.
Like I said proof is in the pudding. I now await the mindless frenzied barking of the mad dogs er I mean tifosi, as they once again willfully turn a blind eye towards all evidence and just defend their beloved asshole of a poor excuse for a F1 "team", like the mindless ball-less sheep they are.
Go on. Do it and generate more foul karma and maybe the remaining 3 races will all go as great as it did for Ferrari today. Karma is such a funny thing! ^^ -
love alonso
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All drivers looked thoroughly exhausted.... well done Alonso!
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alonso = 车神!
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Its a sad day for Ferrari. Sian.
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alonso is super man
help me win money
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Originally posted by seotiblizzard:
Its a sad day for Ferrari. Sian.
Don't understand why Massa decided to pit so late during the SC.... worse of all, both Ferrari decided to pit at the same time..... -
Originally posted by seotiblizzard:
Its a sad day for Ferrari. Sian.
ya if they stopped being political shits and taking undeserved inherited wins, they might actually do a lot better. Bad karma ah, what to do, pay off FIA somemore la -
Originally posted by gunner77:
alonso is super man
help me win money
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Look at the winners dialogue... they are literally dripping!!!
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Originally posted by hmsg:
Don't understand why Massa decided to pit so late during the SC.... worse of all, both Ferrari decided to pit at the same time.....
you... don't know much about racing rules do u? you can't put until pitlane opens, unless u wanna pick up a 10 place stop go penalty. massa pitted immediately as soon as the pitlane opened. of course the point is moot since Ferrari's gotten what they deserve. -
Originally posted by youyayu:
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
i so happy now -
Maybe we'll see Ferrari switch back to the conventional lollipop at the next race. It's caused them grief 4 times now. =P
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the lollipop also is error prone.
well illustrated by DC and his crew.
and theorectically, the computerised system is suppose to be safer.
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Originally posted by Pitot:
the lollipop also is error prone.
well illustrated by DC and his crew.
and theorectically, the computerised system is suppose to be safer.
If the lollipop man fidgets, then yes. But tonight, we saw the system give the green light prematurely, and it also doesn't seem to be able to tell if another driver is heading down the pitlane.
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i think this is a issue that cant be resolved that easily. For years, accidents like this happened with the lollipop man, just one malfunction by a machine thus far.
Btw, the track has a huge issue, it takes FOREVER to get the dead cars out of the racing line.
Is this due to the fact that with the lighting system, they do not want to risk using those large hook cranes for fear of taking out the lights?
the lift cranes we saw tonight take forever to arrive and leave!
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it was funny seeing so many silver mercedes racing down the track with the ferrariss and renalts and Mclarens
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err, wtf?
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Originally posted by TehJarVu:
it was funny seeing so many silver mercedes racing down the track with the ferrariss and renalts and Mclarens
I'm sorry my wedding car convoy took a wrong turn and caused such a commotion. I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.