Singapore Grand Prix 2011, Marina Bay Street Circuit - Race 14/19

Duke · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:36

Singapore Grand Prix 2011, Marina Bay Street Circuit - Race 14/19

In 2008 Singapore had the honour of hosting the first night-time event in Formula One history. The inaugural Singapore Grand Prix proved a huge hit, staged on a new street circuit, with the city's famous skyline providing a truly spectacular backdrop.

The race was announced in May 2007 following the agreement of a five-year deal between Formula One Management CEO Bernie Ecclestone, Singapore entrepreneur Mr Ong Beng Seng, and the Singapore Tourism Board.

It instantly established itself as one of the most dramatic and atmospheric races on the calendar. The timing of the event also means it can be broadcast at a convenient time for European television audiences as well as thrilling local fans.

Using public roads around the Marina Bay area, the circuit utilises powerful lighting systems to replicate daylight conditions and the most stringent safety protocols ensure driver and spectator safety.

Grandstand seating and hospitality areas lining the track can accommodate more than 80,000 spectators, while a permanent pit area with deluxe paddock facilities is located adjacent to the Singapore Flyer complex.

The event is more than just a motor race. "We envision it to be a national festival, and one that presents many opportunities for participation for everyone, both visitors and Singaporeans alike," said Singapore's Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr S Iswaran.

Session & TV Times

Friday 23rd September
First practice: 11am - 12.30pm
Second practice: 2.30pm - 4.00pm

Saturday 24th September
Third practice: 12pm - 1pm
Qualifying: 3pm - 4pm

Sunday 25th September
Grand Prix live: 1pm start

Track

Track Diagram

Track DRS

Circuit information
Lap length: 5.073 km
Race laps: 61
Race distance: 309.316 km
Pole position:
Lap record: 1:45.599 - K Raikkonen (2008)
Fastest lap:
Maximum speed:

Car performance
Full throttle:
Power loss:
Tyre energy (1-3):
Brake energy (1-3):
Downforce level:
Gear changes per lap:
Fuel use per lap:

Team Preview

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/9/12534.html

Technical Changes

http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2011/

Monza Race Edit

http://www.formula1.com/video/race_edits

Weather Forecast

News

Lotus bring new floor for Singapore - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/94665
Race preview @ F1 Fanatic - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/09/21/2011-singapore-grand-prix-preview/
How Vettel can win the WDC this race - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/09/22/vettel-win-championship-singapore/
Tech updates - http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2011/

Driver Changes

None.

FIA Press Conferences

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/9/12551.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/9/12561.html

Post-qualifying -

Practice 1

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                  Time               Laps[/b]
 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

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                    Time                Laps[/b]
 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

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m46.081s           15
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m46.108s  + 0.027  17
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m46.345s  + 0.264  14
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m46.396s  + 0.315  14
 5.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m46.936s  + 0.855  20
 6.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m47.831s  + 1.750  14
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m47.837s  + 1.756  12
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m48.711s  + 2.630  12
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m49.057s  + 2.976  15
10.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m49.304s  + 3.223  16
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m49.583s  + 3.502  17
12.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m49.679s  + 3.598  18
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m49.816s  + 3.735  18
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m49.851s  + 3.770  17
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m50.189s  + 4.108  15
16.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m50.229s  + 4.148  15
17.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m50.523s  + 4.442  14
18.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m50.547s  + 4.466  17
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m52.510s  + 6.429  17
20.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m52.697s  + 6.616  19
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m53.728s  + 7.647  17
22.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m53.823s  + 7.742  18
23.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m53.829s  + 7.748  16
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth           1m55.203s  + 9.122  17

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time            Gap   [/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m44.381s
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m44.732s   + 0.351
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m44.804s   + 0.423
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m44.809s   + 0.428
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m44.874s   + 0.493
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m45.800s   + 1.419
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m46.013s   + 1.632
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             no time
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes no time
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes no time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m47.486s                                  Gap **
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m47.616s   + 2.685
12.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m48.082s   + 3.151
13.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m48.270s   + 3.339
14.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m48.634s   + 3.703
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m48.662s   + 3.731
16.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m49.862s   + 4.931
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       No time
Q1 cut-off time: 1m49.588s                                    Gap *
18.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m49.835s   + 3.438
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m50.948s   + 4.551
20.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m51.012s   + 4.615
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m52.154s   + 5.757
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m52.363s   + 5.966
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m52.404s   + 6.007
24.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m52.810s   + 6.413

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h59:06.537
 2.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     1.737
 3.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    29.279
 4.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    55.449
 5.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:07.766
 6.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +  1:51.067
 7.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     1 lap
 8.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
 9.  Massa         Ferrari                    +     1 lap
10.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
12.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
13.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
14.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    2 laps
15.  Senna         Renault                    +    2 laps
16.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
17.  Petrov        Renault                    +    2 laps
18.  D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
19.  Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth               +    4 laps
20.  Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth               +    4 laps
21.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    5 laps

Fastest lap: Button, 1:48.454

Not classified/retirements:

[b]Driver        Team                         On lap[/b]
Trulli        Lotus-Renault                48
Schumacher    Mercedes                     29
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              10

World Championship standings, round 14:

Code:

[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Vettel       309        1.  Red Bull-Renault          491
 2.  Button       185        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          353
 3.  Alonso       184        3.  Ferrari                   268
 4.  Webber       182        4.  Mercedes                  114
 5.  Hamilton     168        5.  Renault                    70
 6.  Massa         84        6.  Force India-Mercedes       48
 7.  Rosberg       62        7.  Sauber-Ferrari             36
 8.  Schumacher    52        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         29
 9.  Heidfeld      34        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Petrov        34       
11.  Sutil         28       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Di Resta      20       
14.  Alguersuari   16       
15.  Buemi         13       
16.  Perez          9       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1

Epic fails: The kerbs

smr · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:37

Great stuff Duke !

This weekend is going to be all the more special considering :

1) It's a Formula 1 weekend anyway \o/
2) F1 2011 is out so some Sebastian Vettel stylee time trialling around Singapore will be a blast!
3) The season could be wrapped up this weekend ... will be so interesting to see how the race unfolds
4) DRS at Singapore for the first time ... should liven things up a bit, I'm guessing 5-6 with activation at 4.

Can't wait

Ceryndrion · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:38

Hmmm, thinking that DRS detection will be around turn 18, with activation on the main start/finish straight. Though more interesting would be to have detection around turn 22, but the activation not until just after Turn 5

Skeeter · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:40

Excellent, cheers Duke.

I do like Singapore. I think they layout is bad for racing, but the atmosphere and the look is great. I also really enjoy driving it on the F1 games.

Wether forceast looks epic!

Any rumours on where/how many DRS zones? I'm going to assume it will be between turns 5 and 7?

Duke · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:41

Always thought the cars look great under the lights

Two things to note.. the practice and qually times are not the same as the European races, so don't miss them and also F1 2011 game is out this week so go buy it :cool:

smr · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:45

Skeeter said:
Excellent, cheers Duke.

I do like Singapore. I think they layout is bad for racing, but the atmosphere and the look is great. I also really enjoy driving it on the F1 games.

Wether forceast looks epic!

Any rumours on where/how many DRS zones? I'm going to assume it will be between turns 5 and 7?

It is such a nice circuit to drive on I agree... the balance of throttle and braking is awesome.

And :eek:

at the weather idd!

Guerrilla · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:49

Cheers Duke

I do like this track, makes for a very pretty race. The weather could certainly turn things ugly though!

Skeeter · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:49

smr said:
It is such a nice circuit to drive on I agree... the balance of throttle and braking is awesome.

It has the rewarding factor like Monaco of getting it wrong means your in a wall. You feel a sense of achievement if you complete a hard race without crashing.

Flibster · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:58

And I've got to go to someone I've only met onces wedding this weekend.

Arse.

pingwing · 21 Sep 2011 at 11:21

Pretty much the best of the recent additions to F1, always look forward to watching the racing here as it looks good under lights and the track really rewards bravery and driving on the edge...

alchemistkevin · 21 Sep 2011 at 11:27

It should be a good race this weekend with Vettel going for his title No.2!

Not sure if it's going to be wet or dry though...

GravyMonster · 21 Sep 2011 at 11:36

*Starts doing a rain dance*

Be interesting to see how much of a problem the glare from the lights becomes from the drivers if it does rain.

Duke · 21 Sep 2011 at 12:21

Spunkey said:
*Starts doing a rain dance*

Be interesting to see how much of a problem the glare from the lights becomes from the drivers if it does rain.

I remember that coming up each year, but not sure if we've had rain there yet?

GravyMonster · 21 Sep 2011 at 12:39

Not yet, even in practise, so it could still be an issue.

Kevin Clark · 21 Sep 2011 at 12:42

DRS zone

KnightStalker · 21 Sep 2011 at 12:51

That DRS looks good on paper, lets see how it pans out in the race i guess.

gord · 21 Sep 2011 at 12:53

We've had that forecast each year and it doesn't rain. I'm excited nonetheless!

Kenai · 21 Sep 2011 at 13:11

If the weather does end up as bad as those forecasts imply, we won't be seeing any racing, they'll all run back to the pits crying and it'll be called off on safety grounds, especially somewhere like Singapore with no gigantic runoffs

PinkFloyd · 21 Sep 2011 at 13:28

^^ What Kenei said. Cn't see them attempting to race in a thunderstorm at night under the lights.
They won't be able to find a clear enough visor for Felipe Baby

Glaucus · 21 Sep 2011 at 13:33

Nice one Duke. I'm going to miss it only back home Saturday, then 6-6 shift Sunday with another week in hotels. Just hope it has decent wifi so I can catch it on Iplayer.