F1 2008 Singapore GP Sept 26-28
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F1 2008 Singapore GP Sept 26-28
New track, never been raced on unlike Valencia, it's going to be slippery.
Also, it's ****ing like on the equator... rain anyone?!?
Rain+Night race, this could be one hell of a race, or one hell of a headache if there ends up being SC sessions.
I predict Lewis will win, but I have a sneaky feeling Bourdais and Vettel will do well as well.
-Gagan
Also, it's ****ing like on the equator... rain anyone?!?
Rain+Night race, this could be one hell of a race, or one hell of a headache if there ends up being SC sessions.
I predict Lewis will win, but I have a sneaky feeling Bourdais and Vettel will do well as well.
-Gagan
You think Bourdais will do well? I guess his 4 Champ titles mean he should be good on street circuits like Monaco & Valencia...oh wait...he did terrible on those, owned both times by his rookie team-mate.
Can't wait for the first night race
Can't wait for the first night race
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I think he and Vettel should be Q3 this time around. He doesn't get the nod from me simply due to the track being a street circuit, I honestly feel the car is setup well when the downforce requirements are there.
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) and I think Bruno Senna will take his place.
Bruno Senna. I almost feel bad for the guy trying to fill Ayrton's shoes. He is one rookie with a name that I'll be rooting for.
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To think he wasted the golden years of his childhood not racing cause he didn't want to upset anyone in his family... For someone who's only been racing professionally for 3 years now, two runner-ups in GP2 ain't bad.
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Practice One - Hamilton fastest in first-ever night session
Fittingly, Friday evening’s first practice session for the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix boiled down to a fight between McLaren and Ferrari, as Lewis Hamilton beat Felipe Massa by 0.080s in the quest for the fastest lap.
The Briton pushed his MP4-23 to 1m 45.518s, Massa his F2008 to 1m 45.598s. The Brazilian’s late improvement bumped team mate Kimi Raikkonen to third on 1m 45.961s. The Finn had seemed set to topple Hamilton late in the hour-and-a-half session, but a wobble in the last corner, Turn 23, hamstrung that lap and another subsequently quick one also fell apart before its conclusion.
Heikki Kovalainen took fourth place for McLaren on 1m 46.463s ahead of Robert Kubica’s BMW Sauber (1m 46.618s), Nico Rosberg’s Williams (1m 46.710s), Fernando Alonso’s Renault (1m 46.725s), Nick Heidfeld’s BMW Sauber (1m 46.964s), Nelson Piquet’s Renault (1m 47.175s) and Jenson Button’s Honda (1m 47.277s).
At 1900 hours the two Force Indias, in the order of Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil, led the field out of the pits on a day when Formula One history was made under the floodlights. And the general feeling thus far is that running the cars in such conditions, and on a picturesque track, has been a major success.
Mark Webber was the first man to fall foul of the bumps in Turn 18 when his Red Bull was put ever so slightly off line going into the left-hander and smacked into the water-filled barrier on the outside hard enough to inflict right-hand front suspension damage.
The bumps also put Jarno Trulli down an escape road, saw David Coulthard spin his Red Bull in Turn 14 and Sutil his Force India in the chicane, and put Piquet in trouble in Turn 18. The other major action came in the final Turn 23 as Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel had a big tank-slapper there that he was able to get away with, and Jarno Trulli and Rubens Barrichello also had spins. Trulli drove his Toyota the wrong way to get into the pits, while Barrichello backed his Honda into the wall, causing light damage. Kovalainen performed a spectacular 360 rotation there before continuing.
Behind the top 10, Vettel was 11th on 1m 47.570s, followed by Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1m 47.662s), early pacesetter Timo Glock (1m 47.706s) for Toyota, Sebastien Bourdais (1m 48.097s) in the second Toro Rosso, Coulthard (1m 48.517s), Barrichello (1m 48.725s), Sutil (1m 48.839s), Fisichella (1m 48.906s), Trulli (1m 49.064s) and Webber (1m 53.703s).
Fittingly, Friday evening’s first practice session for the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix boiled down to a fight between McLaren and Ferrari, as Lewis Hamilton beat Felipe Massa by 0.080s in the quest for the fastest lap.
The Briton pushed his MP4-23 to 1m 45.518s, Massa his F2008 to 1m 45.598s. The Brazilian’s late improvement bumped team mate Kimi Raikkonen to third on 1m 45.961s. The Finn had seemed set to topple Hamilton late in the hour-and-a-half session, but a wobble in the last corner, Turn 23, hamstrung that lap and another subsequently quick one also fell apart before its conclusion.
Heikki Kovalainen took fourth place for McLaren on 1m 46.463s ahead of Robert Kubica’s BMW Sauber (1m 46.618s), Nico Rosberg’s Williams (1m 46.710s), Fernando Alonso’s Renault (1m 46.725s), Nick Heidfeld’s BMW Sauber (1m 46.964s), Nelson Piquet’s Renault (1m 47.175s) and Jenson Button’s Honda (1m 47.277s).
At 1900 hours the two Force Indias, in the order of Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil, led the field out of the pits on a day when Formula One history was made under the floodlights. And the general feeling thus far is that running the cars in such conditions, and on a picturesque track, has been a major success.
Mark Webber was the first man to fall foul of the bumps in Turn 18 when his Red Bull was put ever so slightly off line going into the left-hander and smacked into the water-filled barrier on the outside hard enough to inflict right-hand front suspension damage.
The bumps also put Jarno Trulli down an escape road, saw David Coulthard spin his Red Bull in Turn 14 and Sutil his Force India in the chicane, and put Piquet in trouble in Turn 18. The other major action came in the final Turn 23 as Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel had a big tank-slapper there that he was able to get away with, and Jarno Trulli and Rubens Barrichello also had spins. Trulli drove his Toyota the wrong way to get into the pits, while Barrichello backed his Honda into the wall, causing light damage. Kovalainen performed a spectacular 360 rotation there before continuing.
Behind the top 10, Vettel was 11th on 1m 47.570s, followed by Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1m 47.662s), early pacesetter Timo Glock (1m 47.706s) for Toyota, Sebastien Bourdais (1m 48.097s) in the second Toro Rosso, Coulthard (1m 48.517s), Barrichello (1m 48.725s), Sutil (1m 48.839s), Fisichella (1m 48.906s), Trulli (1m 49.064s) and Webber (1m 53.703s).
If it rains, i seriously feel it could get bad with the accidents.
