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

[Setroc]

button looking pretty twitchy indeed on his outlap

 

[CaptainRAVE]

BBC Sport's Sarah Holt in Singapore: "The McLaren drivers sat tight until the very closing stages of first practice. The team have what they are describing as a 'big upgrade' in Singapore and are confident about their potential. Lewis Hamilton says: 'I think we are back on the pace and others have also backed up.' Does he reckon McLaren will get blown away by Red and Ferrari on Singapore's high-downforce circuit? 'I'm not expecting it,' he says. 'It's known that when they put more downforce on they go quicker but they were gaining a huge amount from two particular parts of the front wing and the floor. They were potentially illegal so the rules were changed and I think they will have lost the advantage that they had.'"

Interesting. Certainly can't wait for quali!

 

[Masterdog]

Pretty unenlightening FP. Hopefully a dry second practice will give more info.

 

[Glaucus]

Webber leads damp Singapore practice
Championship leader Mark Webber was fastest in first practice at Singapore.
The session started on a wet track and the championship contenders avoided the first hour of running as the track dried out.

Iplayer - The Singapore Grand Prix - Practice One
Live coverage of the first practice session from the Singapore Grand Prix.The McLaren team will be trying to edge closer to Red Bull-Renault.

 

[GravyMonster]

Missed half of the session, but looks like a great effort from Kovalainen there - only 2.1 off the leader.

 

[therealnerd2]

And for this weekend's challenge...

How to get from comfort of my sofa for qualifying, to zone 4 walkabout for the race.

Only 21 hours between end of quali and race. Ahh it'll be fine.

 

[Weebull]

Seems strange they barely bothered to run, even just to see how the track handles when wet.

 

[Tysonator]

Well if it rains, which now seems likely.
This should mix the race the up bit and bring other players to the front.
LH and JB should be good in the wet !

 

[Dutch Guy]

Seems strange they barely bothered to run, even just to see how the track handles when wet.

Maybe they decided that it's not really difficult to think of a setup as it is maximum downforce anyway?

 

[ShakenNstirred]

practise 2 just about to start on red button
love it when its night, the cars look great

 

[Sp00n]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9030094.stm

also there, its now up and running live

 

[el_dazza]

Nice commentated lap there from Glock

 

[Locke]

Sweet, Karun Chandhok is on

 

[el_dazza]

Are the Toro Rosso's genuinely quick here?

 

[Mr Jack]

How come HRT brought Klein and not Chandhok in to replace useless-boy?

 

[Weebull]

Maybe they decided that it's not really difficult to think of a setup as it is maximum downforce anyway?

Practice is more than just aero though. I just find it odd that they wouldn't have wanted to see which areas of the track were drying out quicker, say, rather than all waiting for it to be mostly dry.

 

[el_dazza]

Alguersuari finally puts it in the wall, somehow gets away with it!

 

[Witor]

Just 5 minutes before Alguersari's knock, did anyone check out Alonso over the chicane kerbs? Bloody impressive.

 

[Masterdog]

Are the Toro Rosso's genuinely quick here?

Hope so, Sutil's in my Fantasy Racers for this weekend.

 

[Mr Jack]

Hope so, Sutil's in my Fantasy Racers for this weekend.

Since when did Sutil race for Toro Rosso?