Singapore Grand Prix 2012, Marina Bay - Race 14/20

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Singapore

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 Times

Fri 21 Sept 2012
Practice 1 11:00 - 12:30
Practice 2 14:30 - 16:00

Sat 22 Sept 2012
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00

Sun 23 Sept 2012
Race 13:00


All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here. FIA 2011 race edit can be found here.



Track:

Track Diagram

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Track DRS

Detection point for the DRS zone is 230m before T5, with the activation point located 35m after the apex of the corner.


Circuit information

Circuit Name: Marina Bay Street Circuit
Number of Laps: 61
Circuit Length: 5.073 km
Race Distance: 309.316 km
Lap Record: 1:45.599 - K Raikkonen (2008)



Current Standings

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Technical Changes

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



Photos from the event

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/877/general/thursday.html & http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/20/2012-singapore-grand-prix-thursday-pictures/

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/877/general/friday.html & http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/21/2012-singapore-grand-prix-practice-pictures/

Saturday -

Sunday -


FIA Press Conference

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/9/13811.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/9/13823.html

Saturday -

Sunday -


Practice 1
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m50.566            24
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m50.615s  + 0.049  15
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m51.459s  + 0.893  17
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m51.525s  + 0.959  20
 5.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m51.576s  + 1.010  20
 6.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m51.655s  + 1.089  19
 7.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m51.658s  + 1.092  24
 8.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m51.943s  + 1.377  21
 9.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m52.275s  + 1.709  24
10.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m52.296s  + 1.730  19
11.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m52.629s  + 2.063  25
12.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m52.716s  + 2.150  16
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m52.839s  + 2.273  23
14.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m52.986s  + 2.420  21
15.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m53.028s  + 2.462  20
16.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m53.080s  + 2.514  17
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m53.189s  + 2.623  25
18.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m53.227s  + 2.661  25
19.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m54.908s  + 4.342  20
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m55.091s  + 4.525  16
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m55.335s  + 4.769  22
22.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m55.760s  + 5.194  22
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m56.656s  + 6.090  21
24.  Ma Qing  Hua          HRT-Cosworth          1m58.053s  + 7.487  20


Practice 2
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                  Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m48.340             27
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m48.651s  + 0.311   24
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m48.896s  + 0.556   26
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m48.964s  + 0.624   26
 5.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m49.086s  + 0.746   28
 6.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m49.300s  + 0.960   30
 7.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m49.339s  + 0.999   31
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m49.790s  + 1.450   32
 9.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m50.039s  + 1.699   28
10.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m50.161s  + 1.821   23
11.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m50.263s  + 1.923   23
12.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m50.345s  + 2.005   24
13.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m50.636s  + 2.296   32
14.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m50.791s  + 2.451   26
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m51.122s  + 2.782   28
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m51.450s  + 3.110   21
17.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m51.452s  + 3.112   11
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m52.00$s  + 3.669   31
19.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m52.218s  + 3.878   29
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m52.576s  + 4.236   27
21.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m52.863s  + 4.523   27
22.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m52.936s  + 4.596   25
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m54.448s  + 6.108   25
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m54.514s  + 6.174   30


Practice 3
Code: 
[b]Pos. 	Driver 			Car 			Best lap 	Gap 	Laps[/b]
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull-Renault 	1’47.947 		15
2 	Lewis Hamilton 		McLaren-Mercedes 	1’48.272 	0.325 	15
3 	Fernando Alonso 	Ferrari 		1’48.623 	0.676 	11
4 	Nico Hulkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes 	1’48.859 	0.912 	16
5 	Kimi Raikkonen 		Lotus-Renault 		1’48.865 	0.918 	17
6 	Felipe Massa 		Ferrari 		1’49.458 	1.511 	13
7 	Paul di Resta 		Force India-Mercedes 	1’49.684 	1.737 	15
8 	Nico Rosberg 		Mercedes 		1’49.699 	1.752 	16
9 	Bruno Senna 		Williams-Renault 	1’49.715 	1.768 	14
10 	Michael Schumacher 	Mercedes 		1’49.981 	2.034 	14
11 	Mark Webber 		Red Bull-Renault 	1’50.110 	2.163 	12
12 	Jenson Button 		McLaren-Mercedes 	1’50.524 	2.577 	10
13 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	1’50.664 	2.717 	16
14 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sauber-Ferrari 		1’50.777 	2.830 	15
15 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus-Renault 		1’50.840 	2.893 	15
16 	Pastor Maldonado 	Williams-Renault 	1’51.012 	3.065 	15
17 	Jean-Eric Vergne 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	1’51.059 	3.112 	17
18 	Sergio Perez 		Sauber-Ferrari 		1’51.272 	3.325 	10
19 	Charles Pic 		Marussia-Cosworth 	1’52.290 	4.343 	16
20 	Vitaly Petrov 		Caterham-Renault 	1’53.781 	5.834 	12
21 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Caterham-Renault 	1’54.326 	6.379 	14
22 	Narain Karthikeyan 	HRT-Cosworth 		1’54.421 	6.474 	14
23 	Timo Glock 		Marussia-Cosworth 	1’54.630 	6.683 	9
24 	Pedro de la Rosa 	HRT-Cosworth 		1’54.875 	6.928 	14


Qualifying
Code: 
[B]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time         Gap[/B]   
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m46.362s           
 2.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m46.804s  + 0.442  
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m46.905s  + 0.543  
 4.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m46.939s  + 0.577  
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m47.216s  + 0.854  
 6.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m47.241s  + 0.879  
 7.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m47.475s  + 1.113  
 8.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m47.788s  + 1.426  
 9.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             no time              
10.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             no time              
Q2 cut-off time: 1m47.943s                                   Gap **
11.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m47.975s  + 1.310
12.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m48.261s  + 1.596
13.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m48.344s  + 1.679
14.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m48.505s  + 1.840
15.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m48.774s  + 2.109
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m48.849s  + 2.184
17.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     no time
Q1 cut-off time: 1m49.809s                                    Gap *
18.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m49.933s  + 2.245
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m50.846s  + 3.158
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m51.137s  + 3.449
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m51.370s  + 3.682
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m51.762s  + 4.074
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m52.372s  + 4.684
24.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m53.355s  + 5.667
107% time: 1m55.226s


Race
Code: 
[b]Pos 	Driver 			Team 			Laps 	Time/Retired 	Pts[/b]
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull Racing-Renault 59 	2:00:26.144  	25
2 	Jenson Button 		McLaren-Mercedes 	59 	+8.9 secs 	18
3 	Fernando Alonso 	Ferrari 		59 	+15.2 secs 	15
4 	Paul di Resta 		Force India-Mercedes 	59 	+19.0 secs 	12
5 	Nico Rosberg 		Mercedes 		59 	+34.7 secs 	10
6 	Kimi Räikkönen 		Lotus-Renault 		59 	+35.7 secs 	 8
7 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus-Renault 		59 	+36.6 secs 	 6
8 	Felipe Massa 		Ferrari 		59 	+42.8 secs 	 4
9 	Daniel Ricciardo 	STR-Ferrari 		59 	+45.8 secs 	 2
10 	Sergio Perez 		Sauber-Ferrari 		59 	+50.6 secs 	 1
11 	Mark Webber 		Red Bull Racing-Renault 59 	+67.1 secs 	 	
12 	Timo Glock 		Marussia-Cosworth 	59 	+91.9 secs 	 	
13 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Sauber-Ferrari 		59 	+97.1 secs 	 	
14 	Nico Hulkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes 	59 	+99.4 secs 	 	
15 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Caterham-Renault 	59 	+107.9 secs 	 	
16 	Charles Pic 		Marussia-Cosworth 	59 	+132.9 secs 	 	
17 	Pedro de la Rosa 	HRT-Cosworth 		58 	+1 Lap 	 	
18 	Bruno Senna 		Williams-Renault 	57 	+2 Lap 	 	
19 	Vitaly Petrov 		Caterham-Renault 	57 	+2 Lap 	 	
Ret 	Jean-Eric Vergne 	STR-Ferrari 		38 	Accident 	 	
Ret 	Michael Schumacher 	Mercedes 		38 	Accident 	 	
Ret 	Pastor Maldonado 	Williams-Renault 	36 	Hydraulics 	 	
Ret 	Narain Karthikeyan 	HRT-Cosworth 		30 	Accident 	 	
Ret 	Lewis Hamilton 		McLaren-Mercedes 	22 	Gearbox
 
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should be a good race.
merc will hopefully use there new exhaust and the triple DRS.
They needed a small diameter exhaust to properly direct the flow where they need it, doing this meant the engine map they had been using was causing the car to suffocate so they are switching to mclarens engine map which is rumoured to be as much as 30% different when compared to the one mercedes had originally used.

the regs state you cant change your engine map by more than i think 2% but your allowed to use another teams engine map as a base if they have the same engine.

so we might see some really big unexpected gains
new spec sound

old spec sound
 
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Surprisingly I can't remember there ever being a wet session at all in the 4 years they've been at this venue practice/qualy or race?

Not come across what would happen should it chuck it down at night in the race! Presume safety car or red flag, don't know if they would play it by ear though as doubt anyone has tested a car under the lights in those conditions.
 
I think they have tested it in the rain and its OK. I'm fairly certain that the forecast has been for thunderstorms every year we have been here, but they usually happen during the day, so before any track action.
 
Watch qually then assume those are the final standings.

I expect almost no overtaking :(
 
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