Singapore Grand Prix 2010, Marina Bay Street Circuit - Race 15/19

Baboonanza · 23 Sep 2010 at 09:20

Very, very excited.

Just been reading the driver's quotes:

Lewis Hamilton said:
I definitely want to score as many points as possible in this Grand Prix.

No **** sherlock

GravyMonster · 23 Sep 2010 at 09:35

@CroftyF1 said:
Lots of rain here in Singapore today, glad I brought my mac, could make the weekend very interesting

Looks like a wet practise at least.

Be interesting to see how much glare the track lights cause - especially with the spray.

CaptainRAVE · 23 Sep 2010 at 09:44

Would love to see a team like Lotus win

gord · 23 Sep 2010 at 09:52

CaptainRAVE said:
Wet race would make my life.

I enjoy a wet race, but not when there is enough rain to actually stop the race. That's bad amounts of rain.

GravyMonster · 23 Sep 2010 at 10:01

CaptainRAVE said:
Would love to see a team like Lotus win

Would be good, Kovalainen just said on Twitter he's hoping for a torrential downpour in the race

CaptainRAVE · 23 Sep 2010 at 10:04

Spunkey said:
Would be good, Kovalainen just said on Twitter he's hoping for a torrential downpour in the race

They are in a great position for a complete gamble on the conditions.

gord said:
I enjoy a wet race, but not when there is enough rain to actually stop the race. That's bad amounts of rain.

No, we don't want that to happen - hopefully with the forceast of heavy showers, they will just pass leaving the track really slippery and wet

TaKeN · 23 Sep 2010 at 10:17

Soooo much rain that we see the safety car come out enough times to run it out of fuel?

Shimmy · 23 Sep 2010 at 10:28

Should be a decent chance of rain in Singapore, especially as it's a night race.

One of my weeks holidays this Summer was in Malaysia and Singapore, as it's so humid all year round there's often heavy down pours in the late afternoon/early evening.

GravyMonster · 23 Sep 2010 at 11:05

*Ignore - being a tard

SPARC · 23 Sep 2010 at 11:05

But surely in a hot humid country like that, it doesn't just rain it's a flash flood. This weekend has major major potential to be a classic

oh please rain.

SPARC · 23 Sep 2010 at 11:06

Spunkey said:
*Ignore - being a tard

Weebull · 23 Sep 2010 at 11:18

I was going to ask why you didn't bother putting the current standings in, then realised it was my arsey work filter blocking the image.

Hoping for a Vettel/Button/Alonso 1-2-3, in any particular order. All I want right now is this Championship to be as ridiculously close as possible, down to the very wire.

SPARC · 23 Sep 2010 at 12:04

All I want right now is this Championship to be as ridiculously close as possible, down to the very wire.

As long as Hamilton comes out on top.

Masterdog · 23 Sep 2010 at 12:34

SPARC said:
As long as Hamilton comes out on top.

Or Webber...as much as I dislike Red Bull, Webber's shown himself in a very good light this season, both on and off the racetrack. Certain collisions notwithstanding, of course.

Tysonator · 23 Sep 2010 at 12:41

I am looking forward to this race for a number of reasons.
mainly to see if Red Bull can achieve the win over the McLaren’s & Ferrari’s !

CaptainRAVE · 23 Sep 2010 at 12:44

Tysonator said:
I am looking forward to this race for a number of reasons.
mainly to see if Red Bull can achieve the win over the McLaren’s & Ferrari’s !

It will indeed be interesting to see where the pace is. Of course, it is rains again, then who knows where people will end up!

Dutch Guy · 23 Sep 2010 at 13:11

There are thunderstorms forecast, not just rain, I just hope it won't be driving behind the safetycar for 10 laps before they stop the entire race.
Visibility is bad in normal daylight with rain, I can't imagine it very safe or fun driving in the artificial lights in the rain.

Setroc · 23 Sep 2010 at 14:06

Dutch Guy said:
There are thunderstorms forecast, not just rain, I just hope it won't be driving behind the safetycar for 10 laps before they stop the entire race.
Visibility is bad in normal daylight with rain, I can't imagine it very safe or fun driving in the artificial lights in the rain.

This is what I'm worried about. The visibility is going to be terrible. Let's keep our fingers crossed for just the right amount of rain!

Masterdog · 23 Sep 2010 at 14:17

Also something to bear in mind is that last year the race lasted 1 hr 56 minutes in the dry with one safety car. Throw in a bit of rain and the race could easily go over the 2 hour mark and be stopped early.

Ceryndrion · 23 Sep 2010 at 14:40

I see that Bernie is bleating on about 'gold medals' again, apparantly he thinks that the new points system doesn't work..

If that ever comes in, I personally hope somebody dominates the first half of the season, and then all the teams abandon the rest of the year since there will be no point playing anymore.