SeanR

Watching Q and damn that is a tight track.

DanR

agree it is tight, they all seem to hate T10

PA its currently on speed for those who dont know

fast_freddy

Interesting result in qualifying. 6/10ths faster for Massa? That much of a delta is either fuel or a pure dry set up or a combination of the two. Could McLaren have that much more fuel on board and have a "compromise" set up in anticipation of rain? I spoke to a friend yesterday who has spent a lot of time in Singapore and he said that it rains constantly there especially at night. We'll see.... Ought to be interesting thats for sure.

Jscaramella

Nice HAM sandwich!

DanR

should be an interesting start in the first few turns!!

PTurbo965

Massa on pole again! This is bigtime and he can finally take the lead in the standings with a win.

The cars look great under the lights. I can't tell where the passing (if there is any) is going to be on this course yet.

A.Wayne

Well i waited to see if i would come around to this track, before commenting . Now after watching p1/2 q1//2/3/ i have to say , THIS TRACK SUCKS ! what a ridiculous circuit , Bernie has traded CONTENT FOR short term profits , again !

What's next " the Serengeti GP", F1 paris -Dakar with lights &mud flaps

Really bad , Australia is still the best of the street circuits ( well spa if you consider it along the same genre ) this GP reminds me of the days when F1 was in Detroit and Dallas ( look it up petewiki ) really stupid street circuits for F1 cars ..



Massa storms to Singapore GP pole

By Matt Beer Saturday, September 27th 2008, 15:01 GMT

Felipe Massa took pole for Formula One's first ever night race by a huge margin after a dominant performance in qualifying at Singapore.

The Ferrari driver already held provisional pole after his first run in Q3, but briefly lost the place to title rival Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) in the closing seconds.

However even as Hamilton crossed the line, Massa was already on course to comfortably beat his lap, setting new benchmarks in all three sectors as he lapped in 1:44.801 to take pole by 0.664 seconds.

Kimi Raikkonen took third in the second Ferrari, and like Hamilton the Finn survived some early scares to reach Q3, having been pushed down into the elimination zone in Q1 being leaping up to first place in the dying seconds. Hamilton only just hung on in Q2 as a scruffy lap left him on the bubble in 10th at the end of the segment.


Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1. Massa Ferrari 1:44.519 1:44.014 1:44.801 16
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.501 1:44.932 1:45.465 14
3. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:44.282 1:44.232 1:45.617 16
4. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:44.740 1:44.519 1:45.779 18
5. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.311 1:44.207 1:45.873 19
6. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:45.548 1:44.520 1:45.964 19
7. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:45.042 1:44.261 1:46.244 15
8. Glock Toyota 1:45.184 1:44.441 1:46.328 21
9. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:45.103 1:44.429 1:46.611 17
10. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:45.127 1:44.826 1:47.547 20
11. Trulli Toyota 1:45.642 1:45.038 12
12. Button Honda 1:45.660 1:45.133 14
13. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:45.493 1:45.212 12
14. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:46.028 1:45.298 16
15. Alonso Renault 1:44.971 6
16. Piquet Renault 1:46.037 6
17. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:46.389 6
18. Barrichello Honda 1:46.583 7
19. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:47.940 10
20. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari No time 2





Disgruntled Alonso rues lost chance

By Pablo Elizalde Saturday, September 27th 2008, 15:10 GMT

Fernando Alonso was disgruntled after being hit by a mechanical problem in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, where the Spaniard reckons he lost the best chance of the season to do big things.

"Yeah, no doubt about it. We haven't been this strong anywhere," said Alonso after going out in Q2 when his Renault stopped with a fuel pump problem.

"We have been first in nearly all sessions and with an easy lap in Q1 I was sixth.

"In other races we wouldn't have lost much but here we have lost the biggest chance we had," added the Spaniard, who had topped Friday's practice and this morning's third session.

Alonso, who is yet to climb onto the podium this year, will start from 15th position, his worst qualifying result of the season.

The two-time champion reckons the front row of the grid was possible in today's session.

The angry Spaniard said all his chances of a positive result were gone.

"The pole position was unreachable, but I'm sure we would have been second or third," he said.

"The race is lost. You can't overtake here and I'm starting from 15th, so I will be going out just to lap the track, but it's over already.

"If there are 10 or 12 retirements and there are safety cars... but there are no miracles. We have to do a better job on Saturday, especially on tracks like this where you can't overtake.

"We said all weekend that starting from eighth or ninth would be a problem, so starting from 15th it's all over."

f8vr993

can we have the last two street circuits off next year's schedule...(Valencia and Singapore)

Ray S

WooooHooooo... Wayne you and I actually agree on this point.

This looks to be another Formula CART track brought to us by Bernie. Hey Bernie, here's a thought. Why don't you select track based on providing a good race (think passing) rather than adequate mega yacht parking?

The pit stop passing should be riveting.

This looks to be another "Valencia" except this race is at night. Yawn...

DanR

I know where you are going with this but you should really hold off until the actual race, you can never truely tell in just lapping and not racing. Lets hope the race delivers like the last few have

wanna911

I'd rather keep one of those two instead of Monaco, both are faster turns longer laps, and the parade lap isnt as boring.

Singapore needs to fix pit in and out or ban.

Sean F

a parade under the lights...maybe we'll get lucky and someone will cut a chicane

A.Wayne

Proof positive US Congress is now running F1 .............................


Heidfeld hit with grid penalty

Saturday, September 27th 2008, 17:35 GMT

Nick Heidfeld will lose three places on the grid of tomorrow's Singapore Grand Prix after being hit with a penalty.

The German driver, who had qualified in sixth position, will now drop to ninth after the stewards deemed he had impeded Honda's:: Rubens Barrichello during the first qualifying segment.

The incident occurred when Barrichello caught up with Heidfeld when the BMW Sauber driver was coming into the pitlane.

Barrichello, meanwhile, was fined 10,000 Euro for not using the deceleration zone when diving into the pits after being slowed down by Heidfeld.

You gotta be kidding me FIA WE GIVE UP what a bunch of weasel headed turds ...

Veloce Raptor

Holy cow, what a race. Wow.

MTosi

Ferrari this season reminds me of a Chinese fire drill, complete with the red vehicles and clowns driving.....


Props to Alonso for the win, although somewhat lucky, still well deserved, and well driven.