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WOO NIGHT RACING!
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5.073 km (3.15 miles) temporary street circuit
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History (as of last year, didn't feel like going to Wikipedia for an updated one)
[spoiler]Origins
First organised in 1961, the race was initially known as the Orient Year Grand Prix. The following year, the race was renamed the Malaysian Grand Prix. After Singapore attained its independence in 1965, the race at the Thomson Road circuit was renamed to the Singapore Grand Prix. The event was discontinued after 1973 and a variety of reasons have been suggested, including an increase in traffic, the inconvenience of having to close roads for the event and fatal accidents during the 1972 and 1973 races. It is also thought that a surge of oil prices stemming from the Suez Crisis might have been to blame (although the 1973 oil crisis would probably be a more plausible reason than the 1956 Suez Crisis).

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An agreement for a five-year deal was signed by Singapore GP Pte Ltd, the Singapore Tourism Board and Bernie Ecclestone. In November 2007 it was announced that the telecommunications company Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) would sponsor the event. The official name of the event will be the FORMULA 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. The race was co-funded by the Government of Singapore, footing 60% of the total bill, or $90 million SGD, out of a total tab of $150 million SGD.

Around 110,000 tickets were made available for the country's first Formula One race. Corporate hospitality suites and packages went on sale at the end November 2007, three-day passes to the public went on sale in February 2008. Single-day passes went on sale a month later. The event went on to achieve a full sell-out for all of its tickets.

The first race held at the new Marina Bay Street Circuit was the 15th round of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship, and was also the first night-time event Formula One history. The timing of the night event meant that it could be broadcast live at a convenient time for European TV audiences. The track was also illuminated by a series of projectors which adapt their output to match the shape of the course. The race was won by Fernando Alonso driving for the Renault team, however that result has since been tarnished by controversy.

For the 2009 race, the circuit was reprofiled slightly, including modifications to turns 1, 2 and 3 to aid overtaking, and also at turn 10 where high curbs caused many accidents in 2008.

About the track
On the day of confirmation of the Singapore Grand Prix in the 2008 Formula One season, a routemap was published. The pit area of the circuit is located in an empty plot of land off Republic Boulevard and beside the Singapore Flyer. A temporary track leads from the pit area and under the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to Republic Boulevard and turns onto Raffles Boulevard. It then proceeds along Nicoll Highway, Stamford Road and Saint Andrew's Road around the Padang, past the City Hall.

The track then goes onto the Anderson Bridge, past the Fullerton Hotel and make a tight left turn to Esplanade Drive beside the Merlion Park. It joins Raffles Avenue and cut right after the Esplanade to the front of The Float at Marina Bay and return to the pit area via another temporary road around the Singapore Flyer. The track layout is unique in that in between turns 18 and 19, the cars race underneath a section of grandstand of the Floating Platform.

The track was widely criticised by F1 drivers to be excessively bumpy, resulting in a very unforgiving circuit, especially given the hot and humid conditions of the Singapore climate. World championship leader Lewis Hamilton commented that it was twice as hard to negotiate as the more famous Monaco street circuit, and unexpectedly physical - requiring double the amount of energy over a single lap as compared to the Monaco circuit.

Several drivers, including Sébastien Bourdais and Fernando Alonso, expressed their concern about the high and harsh kerbs at the turn 13 hairpin and the chicane at turn 10 of the street circuit. Ferrari's Felipe Massa compared the kerbs akin to "little tortises that would wreck the car if you get something wrong". The drivers were worried that hitting the bumps could cause suspension damage or even damage a tub. They also raised concerns that the bumps would pitch them into the wall on the outside of the corner. Responding to the drivers' feedback, FIA race director and safety delegate Charlie Whiting ordered the high kerbs at Singapore's turn 10 hairpin be modified ahead of Friday's free practice. The kerbs were further reduced in height for Saturday and Sunday's night race.

The entry of the pit lane, which begins at the penultimate corner of the 23-turn layout, was deemed to be "difficult and incredibly dangerous" by several drivers due to the fast nature of the corners where they were situated. The controversial pit entry at Singapore was then modified ahead of Saturday's official Qualifying round by extending the pit entry line away from the pits. This change compelled drivers to commit to the pit entry earlier, providing additional warning to those following behind.

In March 2009, three of the circuit's corners were given names after a competition amongst local F1 fans to submit ideas. Turn 1 was named Sheares after Benjamin Henry Sheares, the second president of Singapore; Turn 7 was named Memorial due to its proximity to a Second World War civilian memorial; and Turn 10 was named Singapore Sling.

In January 2010, it was reported that race organisers were considering changes to the circuit for the 2011 season. These changes would see the extension of the long back straight so that the circuit goes around the outside of the War Memorial instead of inside it, and a complete re-design of the waterfront section to remove the sequence of chicanes near the site of Nelson Piquet's 2008 crash.[/spoiler]

Timetable (local time, convert to your time)
Practice 1 Fri 18:00
Practice 2 Fri 21:30
Practice 3 Sat 19:00
Qualifying Sat 22:00
Race Sun 20:00

DRS
Peter Windsor said that the detection zone is before turn 5 and will be activated after 5. Basically down Raffles Blvd.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:00 am 
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Hopefully we can get some good racing this year with the DRS and the tyres. F1 at night is cool to watch and we may finally get some good racing to add up to that.


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Peter Windsor wrote:
One DRS zone for the Singapore GP: detection is 230m before Turn 5; activation is 35m after geometrical apex of Turn 5.

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So down Raffles, then.

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Best place to put it.

If they wanted to spice it up a little, they could've put a detection point before the under-the-stadium complex and the corresponding activation point before the final corner.

See who has the stones to open the DRS through the final turn, and down the pitstraight.

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Rain expected for all weekend.

There are rumours to delay the race some days...

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That's not gonna happen.


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Considering that this is a street circuit, logistics would play a role here, should the race be delayed for even a day.

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I was analyzing the championship, and like I did some races ago, I decided to count the points in the old 10-6-4-3-2-1 system, and it shows a scary fact, the championship is very concentrated in 3 teams, with just a little space for the other teams, never in the history of F1 a championship was so concentrated in a few drivers and teams like 2011.

Drivers Standings

01 - Vettel 107 pts
02 - Button 50 pts
03 - Alonso: 49 pts
04 - Hamilton 48 pts
05 - Webber 45 pts
06 - Massa 12 pts
07 - Schumacher 08 pts
08 - Petrov 06 pts
09 - Rosberg 06 pts
10 - Heidfeld 04 pts
11 - Kobayashi 02 pts
12 - Sutil 01 pt

Constructors Standings

01 - RedBull 152 pts
02 - McLaren 98 pts
03 - Ferrari 61 pts
04 - Mercedes 14 pts
05 - Renault 10 pts
06 - Sauber 02 pts
07 - Force India 01 pt


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How about 2000 then ? :p McLaren and Ferrari raped everyone that year


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and 2007. Only Ferrari and McLaren won then


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"06 - Massa 12 pts"

Made me laugh.

Oh, it always rains in the evening and dries at night. It'll be fine. Can't wait for sparks :D

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Frentzen will be the steward.


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Only Ferrari and McLaren won races in 2000 and 2007 but at least there were more point-scorers

2000 had 16 drivers from 9 teams scoring points.
2007 had 19 drivers from 11 teams. Sutil (only Spyker driver with points) wouldn't have scored in pre-2002 system as he got only 8th place in Fuji and nothing else.


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Another Race that I will miss because of my Wedding :wave:


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Another Race that I will miss because of my Wedding :wave:

Shouldn't be too hard to put a TV in the church.


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Another Race that I will miss because of my Wedding :wave:

Shouldn't be too hard to put a TV in the church.


projector. 8) Say yes when the lights start to go red.


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If I would do that there wouldnt be any Wedding anymore to celebrate :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Love how the response is about trying to get him to watch the race, rather than congratulations/good luck on one of the biggest days of his life :p

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2nd - Hamilton or lower
3rd - Button, Webber or lower
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