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Post by Anna on Sept 17, 2011 23:35:39 GMT
Right seeing as I'm working most of next week I can see myself forgetting to post this, so because I'm that brilliant I'm opening it today before the thought of work drives it out of my mind. For all the information on the Singapore GP. And yes.... I won't be around for qualifying but I will be here for the race. Unfortunately I can't even be here for Friday practice because I'm working Friday (as well as Tuesday... And Wednesday... And Saturday us part timers don't like overtime) .
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Post by Anna on Sept 19, 2011 11:31:01 GMT
Formula 1 test and reserve drivers set for Singapore fashion show By Jonathan Noble Monday, September 19th 2011, 09:17 GMT
Formula 1 test and reserve drivers including Karun Chandhok and Romain Grosjean are to take part in a special Amber Lounge Fashion Show at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Although the drivers' fashion show has become a regular in Monaco, this is the first time that the event will be held in Singapore.
As well as Chandhok and Grosjean, Jules Bianchi, Sam Bird, Alexander Rossi, Luiz Razia, Robert Wickens and Sakon Yamamoto have agreed to take part in the event, which will be held on Saturday night.
British pop sensation Taio Cruz will also be performing at the show, as well as at the post-race party on Sunday night.
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Post by Pete on Sept 20, 2011 21:47:43 GMT
Fashion shows. Blah! That isn't important! They need karoke competitions get them singing and dancing then fans would be interested. Half these drivers (even the test ones who tend to look like Pedro de la Rosa) look like freakin' models. Make them look like idiots! People love that .
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Post by Anna on Sept 20, 2011 21:54:06 GMT
I had a brilliant idea they should make them put on the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Monaco next year. Forget Amber Fashion shows! Make them take to the stage singing in suspenders . I thought all the drivers would be ugly other then Jules, then heard the good news that Sam will be there for me that is awesome! Though I'm not sure why the first names they advertise is possibly the two ugliest .
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Post by Pete on Sept 20, 2011 22:08:54 GMT
That would be fun I'd hate to see it but see it I would the images it conjures ;D .
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Post by kelli52 on Sept 21, 2011 13:44:52 GMT
Right, so.... who reckons Vettel will clinch the championship this weekend then?
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Post by kelli52 on Sept 21, 2011 15:38:47 GMT
Jenson Button says the Singapore Grand Prix is too demanding for the drivers and that they would like to see it shortened.
A grand prix distance is 300km plus one lap, which equates to 61 laps of the 5.073km Marina Bay track. However, last year's race was won by Fernando Alonso in 1 hour 57 minutes and 52 seconds, and the drivers are made to work hard due to the stop-start nature of the street circuit. With the race so close to the two-hour time limit and run in high humidity, Button says it really takes its toll.
"It's a very tough race because it's long, the longest on the calendar, normally about two hours," Button told Sporting Life. "Mentally it's very tiring because it's low speed, like Monaco in a way with the barriers so close to the circuit, very bumpy, dark, so it's very demanding for the drivers. We find it very, very tough, and after the race you are shattered, in pieces.
"It's one of the races we actually think is a little too long, that they need to maybe shorten. We do as much as we can physically, but you can't train for the bumpiness of the circuit, so it's tough for us. I do a lot of work in a hot climate beforehand. This year I was in Japan where it's very humid at the moment, which is great, perfect for Singapore."
The only current race to receive special dispensation to run under 300km is the Monaco Grand Prix, which is run to a distance of just over 260km.
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Post by kelli52 on Sept 21, 2011 15:39:06 GMT
The FIA has confirmed that there will be just one DRS zone at the Marina Bay circuit for the Singapore Grand Prix.
The Italian Grand Prix at Monza saw two separate zones with two separate detection points used for the first time, following on from double zones in Canada and Valencia. On the bumpy street circuit in Singapore, however, the FIA has reverted to a single DRS zone which will be placed between turns five and seven.
The detection point for the zone is 230m before turn five, with the activation point located 35m after the apex of the corner. With the slight right hand kink of turn six taken completely flat out, the drivers can then use the DRS until the braking zone for turn seven, which is the best overtaking opportunity on the circuit.
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 21, 2011 17:20:23 GMT
"It's a very tough race because it's long, the longest on the calendar, normally about two hours," Button told Sporting Life. "Mentally it's very tiring because it's low speed, like Monaco in a way with the barriers so close to the circuit, very bumpy, dark, so it's very demanding for the drivers. We find it very, very tough, and after the race you are shattered, in pieces. "It's one of the races we actually think is a little too long, that they need to maybe shorten. We do as much as we can physically, but you can't train for the bumpiness of the circuit, so it's tough for us. I do a lot of work in a hot climate beforehand. This year I was in Japan where it's very humid at the moment, which is great, perfect for Singapore." Exactly how it should be! they're the worlds best drivers am sure they can handle the challenge of a longer race and some bumps. They're spoilt with how flat and smooth tracks are these days. Personally like the longer race time as well, makes it a unique race and a challenge to the drivers.
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Post by Anna on Sept 21, 2011 19:15:15 GMT
I don't like the long races. They lag in the middle, but I don't agree they should be shorter because its too challenging. I just think if we had shorter races they'd be more fighty, in the middle stint some of them just sit there for a few laps before getting a fresh set of tyres which is a waste of up to 20 minutes of everyone's lives. @kelli, I'm not sure whether I think he'll do it. The car is awesome, but Nando is good here so I can see him blocking the championship win and maybe getting in the way of the win depending on circumstances. It will be interesting though .
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Post by Amanda on Sept 21, 2011 21:10:22 GMT
At a glance: Marina Bay pole position winners
21 September 2011 Three different Singapore Grands Prix and three different pole position winners, although Ferrari can boast about the fact that they enjoyed two of them. For 2011, few would doubt a Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel top grid spot…
Marina Bay pole positions winners:
2010 Fernando Alonso – Ferrari 2009 Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes 2008 Felipe Massa – Ferrari
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Post by Amanda on Sept 21, 2011 21:10:39 GMT
At a glance: Marina Bay Grand Prix winners
21 September 2011 Two of the three Singapore Grands Prix to date have been won from pole position, although many still believe Nico Rosberg should have been handed a career-first success for Williams after Renault cheated they way to their front in 2008.
Marina Bay Grand Prix winners:
2010 Fernando Alonso – Ferrari * 2009 Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes * 2008 Fernando Alonso - Renault
* Victory from pole position
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Post by Amanda on Sept 21, 2011 21:15:57 GMT
Right, so.... who reckons Vettel will clinch the championship this weekend then? He'll have a fight on his hands ;D it'll be interesting to see how he deals with the weekend, though Sebi is such a cool character I doubt he'll worry about it.
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Post by r1ch91 on Sept 23, 2011 12:55:24 GMT
Lewis Hamilton tops shortened first practice for the Singapore Grand Prix By Matt Beer Friday, September 23rd 2011, 11:31 GMT
Lewis Hamilton was quickest for McLaren in a truncated opening practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix.
Issues with the kerbing on the exit of Turns 3 and 14 developed during support race session, and led to an half-hour delay while the kerbs were removed before the session could get underway.
With only a two-hour gap between Friday practice sessions in Singapore, practice one was reduced to just 60 minutes to keep the timetable on schedule, although a further problem with the kerbing - this time at Turn 7 - brought the red flags out eight minutes from the end. Quick work by marshals saw the offending kerb section removed within five minutes so a little more running could take place.
When the session had initially got underway, Ferrari's Felipe Massa was the early pacesetter, sitting atop the times with a 1m52.043s lap for a long while.
It was only as twilight became darkness in the final 20 minutes that things began to hot up at the front. McLaren had completed little running in the first half of the session, but Jenson Button deposed Massa with a 1m50.952s when he did get going.
That was comfortably beaten by a 1m50.082s from Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull two minutes later, with the championship leader finding another 0.4s next time around.
Lewis Hamilton then had a brief turn in front with 12 minutes to go, edging a tenth ahead of Vettel. The German soon fought back and delivered a lap half a second quicker than the McLaren's - but Hamilton had more speed to come as well, putting in a 1m48.599s to reclaim the top spot by 0.406s.
The second kerb problem prevented any further changes at the front, with most of the field braving the traffic jam at the pit exit but only a handful of drivers improving in the three minutes of running that followed the green light.
Vettel retained second, with team-mate Mark Webber third.
Aero work early in the session meant Fernando Alonso only had a few flying laps in his Ferrari. He took fourth, ahead of Button and Massa.
A strong session for Force India saw Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta seventh and ninth, split by Michael Schumacher's Mercedes, with Nico Rosberg 10th in the sister silver car.
In his first appearance since Nurburgring practice in July, Narain Karthikeyan was 23rd fastest, ahead of HRT team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. The Indian was given Tonio Liuzzi's car for this session as a warm-up for his racing return at his inaugural home grand prix next month.
In addition to the kerb issues, there was another a brief red flag interruption at the session's halfway point when Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus came to a halt with its front brakes on fire. Unlike last year, when the Finn famously had to put out a blaze on his Lotus himself in the race, Kovalainen was able to summon marshals to extinguish the fires, though he still assisted with pushing the car off the circuit.
The session's other main incident was a collision between Webber and Timo Glock. Contact was made as the Red Bull tried to pass the Virgin into the penultimate corner, smashing a chunk from Webber's front wing and leaving Glock with a puncture.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m48.599s + 10 2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m49.005s + 0.406 15 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m50.066s + 1.467 16 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m50.596s + 1.997 11 5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m50.952s + 2.353 12 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m52.043s + 3.444 14 7. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m52.251s + 3.652 13 8. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m52.416s + 3.817 12 9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m52.435s + 3.836 13 10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m52.815s + 4.216 13 11. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m52.991s + 4.392 17 12. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m53.050s + 4.451 17 13. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m53.399s + 4.800 18 14. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m53.703s + 5.104 19 15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m53.749s + 5.150 12 16. Bruno Senna Renault 1m53.765s + 5.166 17 17. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m53.785s + 5.186 16 18. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m54.736s + 6.137 8 19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m54.821s + 6.222 9 20. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m56.198s + 7.599 8 21. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m57.798s + 9.199 13 22. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m58.792s + 10.193 6 23. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m59.169s + 10.570 17 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m59.214s + 10.615 18 All Timing Unofficial
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Post by Anna on Sept 23, 2011 16:03:55 GMT
Sebastian Vettel fastest in second Singapore Grand Prix practice By Matt Beer Friday, September 23rd 2011, 15:03 GMT
Sebastian Vettel was quickest in second practice in Singapore, completing a strong start to the weekend that could see him crowned world champion for the second straight year.
The Red Bull driver set the early practice two pace with a 1m47.375s lap - 0.7 seconds ahead of team-mate Mark Webber as the champion squad dominated the initial running.
Those times stood until drivers began switching to super-soft tyres in the second half of the session. Ferrari's Felipe Massa was the first of the frontrunners to do so and clocked a 1m47.120s to go quickest with 41 minutes to go. His team-mate Fernando Alonso then beat that time by 0.6s 10 minutes later to hit the front.
Vettel backed off on his first super-soft lap when he encountered Timo Glock's Virgin, but his second attempt resulted in a 1m46.374s, putting him on top by 0.201s over Alonso. With the top teams all switching to long runs thereafter, Vettel's position was secure.
Lewis Hamilton took third for McLaren, while his team-mate Jenson Button's evening ended very early when he slid straight on at Turn 14 just before the session's halfway point. Although Button stopped without hitting the barriers, he was unable to make his car reverse back on course, so had to abandon the McLaren. He tumbled to 10th in the times as a result.
Massa was pushed back to fourth in the end, just ahead of Mark Webber in the second Red Bull.
Michael Schumacher's strong recent run continued with sixth place for Mercedes, followed by Adrian Sutil's Force India and the Saubers of Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi. The latter enlivened the evening with a wild misjudging of the Turn 10 chicane that resulted in the Sauber flying through the air over the middle kerb.
A tough night for Toro Rosso saw Jaime Alguersuari sidelined in the garage with a mechanical issue after 14 laps, though his time before then was still good enough for 11th, and Sebastien Buemi derange his suspension when he made firm contact with the wall at the penultimate corner.
Schumacher also hit the barriers, in his case at Turn 3, as he almost spun the Mercedes on an early run. But the wall nudged the car back onto the correct line and Schumacher continued without damage.
Paul di Resta spent most of the session in the pits while Force India attended to a time-consuming issue on his car. He got back out with a few minutes to go, and was able to lift himself from 17th to 13th.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m46.374s 33 2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m46.575s + 0.201 28 3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m47.115s + 0.741 22 4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m47.120s + 0.746 23 5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m47.265s + 0.891 28 6. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m48.418s + 2.044 27 7. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m48.866s + 2.492 32 8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m49.578s + 3.204 27 9. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m49.730s + 3.356 29 10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m49.751s + 3.377 10 11. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.792s + 3.418 14 12. Bruno Senna Renault 1m50.241s + 3.867 31 13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m50.345s + 3.971 8 14. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m50.399s + 4.025 29 15. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m50.790s + 4.416 28 16. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m50.897s + 4.523 24 17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m50.937s + 4.563 30 18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m51.950s + 5.576 26 19. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m52.257s + 5.883 15 20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m52.489s + 6.115 25 21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m53.579s + 7.205 25 22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m54.649s + 8.275 25 23. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m54.754s + 8.380 29 24. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m55.198s + 8.824 26
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