A.Wayne

Bada Ching ,

G'Day Ladies , Gentlemen and the Amigos. Wednesday night in Singapore was remarkable. Never in Formula One history have so many drivers enjoyed a night out on the circuit as part of their race weekend preparation. They cycled the track, ran it, walked it.

Rain is predicted and expected for the weekend : ( Ferrari fans can stay home)


SINGAPORE FORECAST
Today Hi 31°C / 87°F
Showers Lo 23°C / 74°F

Tomorrow Hi 31°C / 87°F
Showers Lo 22°C / 72°F

Sunday Hi 30°C / 86°F
T-storms Lo 23°C / 74°F


Practice 1 Fri 07:00-08:30
Practice 2 Fri 09:30-11:00
Practice 3 Sat 07:00-08:00
Qualifying Sat 10:00-11:00
The Race Sun 08:00-10:00
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The technicalities in putting on F1 's first night race , runs deep as explained by F1 technical :

Full throttle under floodlights

The first ever night Grand Prix will be held at the all-new street circuit of Singapore. In order to organise such a special event, a state-of-the-art lighting system is an absolute necessity.

The system will feature a total of 1600 lighting projectors attached to aluminium trusses, which will be suspended 10 metres above the track on vertical steel pylons which will be mounted on prefabricated concrete blocks, placed behind the barriers at intervals of 32m.

This will involve a total of 240 steel pylons and a mind boggling 108,423m of cables. The system will be powered by 12 twin-power generators, each located in a sound-proof container. Should one of the generators fail, the other generators will provide a back-up power by default. Each generator will also have its own engineer on standby whenever they are in operation. The resulting light will be four times brighter than the lighting in a normal sports arena.

The lights will be situated on only one side of the street circuit. Colin Syn, the deputy chairman of the Singapore GP explained: “This is to prevent the drivers from being disorientated in cases of spinning." Mr. Syn also declared that the run-off areas will be brighter than the actual track.

Flying Finn

Kimi FTW you bastards!

ltc

I wonder what Max Mosley thinks about the carbon footprint of those 12 generators powering the lights...isn't he trying to make F1 'greener'?

Should be a great race.....have to remember to set the DVR.

A.Wayne

Finn,

Kimi is going to have a very hard time in Singapore , green flag is exactly the same time as happy hour Ferrari haven't told him as yet

Professor Helmüt Tester

Hmmm...

http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...-miss-chicane/


"...and on a related note, Charlie Whiting also directed all drivers to signal all turns, to yield to pedestrians and to avoid stopping in crosswalks".

F1 is circling the drain, IMO.

ltc

That just means he'll start from the pit lane

Flying Finn

Oh crap, I didn't even think of that!

But wait, since he seems to come "alive" in the latter part of the race (after he's consumed his on-board beverages ), that means he should be in "full tilt" come race time in Singapore!

Sean F

Wow. Same rule that we have for DE's at the Glen when you miss the bustop.

DanR

You say that but I saw some figures last week which showed that F1 audiences have never been higher, nor have revenues. It may be your opinion (which I respect) but I do not think it is the reality!

I for one think this is the best year in ages, new drivers challenging and winning, lower ranked teams in the mix in some races, new tracks (ignore valencia!) and a little bit of contraversy to mix it all up

A.Wayne

Street races are different when in attendance .......

Professor Helmüt Tester

Pro wrestling has big audiences and big revenue. "Legitimacy" is a whole other issue.

A.Wayne

By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde Thursday, September 25th 2008, 11:26 GMT

Felipe Massa says he would be a worthy world champion even if he wins the title by one point, despite the controversy of the Belgian Grand Prix.


http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70826


Alonso says Turn 10 kerbs a concern

By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde Thursday, September 25th 2008, 12:48 GMT

Fernando Alonso has voiced his concerns about the effect the bumps at Turn 10 could have during the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70830

ew928

KERS for the generators?
They're throwing a LOT of wattage on the circuit.
Would still rather see McLaren's wingbar lights.

potent951turbo

Ferrari 1st and 2nd, Massa with the win.

A.Wayne

it's going to be a wet race go ahead roll the dice again