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FP1
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:45.518 20
2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:45.598 + 0.080 23
3. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:45.961 + 0.443 24
4. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:46.463 + 0.945 20
5. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:46.618 + 1.100 23
6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:46.710 + 1.192 25
7. Alonso Renault (B) 1:46.725 + 1.207 29
8. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:46.964 + 1.446 24
9. Piquet Renault (B) 1:47.175 + 1.657 30
10. Button Honda (B) 1:47.277 + 1.759 30
11. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:47.570 + 2.052 28
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:47.662 + 2.144 23
13. Glock Toyota (B) 1:47.706 + 2.188 27
14. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:48.097 + 2.579 16
15. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:48.517 + 2.999 23
16. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:48.725 + 3.207 19
17. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:48.839 + 3.321 24
18. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:48.906 + 3.388 25
19. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:49.064 + 3.546 29
20. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:53.703 + 8.185 4


FP2
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Alonso Renault (B) 1:45.654 30
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:45.752 + 0.098 28
3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:45.793 + 0.139 31
4. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:45.797 + 0.143 31
5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:46.164 + 0.510 34
6. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:46.384 + 0.730 36
7. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:46.580 + 0.926 25
8. Button Honda (B) 1:46.901 + 1.247 32
9. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:47.013 + 1.359 32
10. Glock Toyota (B) 1:47.046 + 1.392 22
11. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:47.137 + 1.483 15
12. Piquet Renault (B) 1:47.145 + 1.491 35
13. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:47.300 + 1.646 33
14. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:47.487 + 1.833 24
15. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:47.640 + 1.986 31
16. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:47.760 + 2.106 36
17. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:47.965 + 2.311 12
18. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:48.009 + 2.355 25
19. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:48.059 + 2.405 28
20. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:48.311 + 2.657 36

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FP3

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Alonso Renault (B) 1:44.506 19
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:45.119 + 0.613 13
3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:45.246 + 0.740 16
4. Piquet Renault (B) 1:45.249 + 0.743 18
5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:45.386 + 0.880 17
6. Button Honda (B) 1:45.409 + 0.903 20
7. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:45.425 + 0.919 17
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:45.450 + 0.944 21
9. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:45.477 + 0.971 19
10. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:45.599 + 1.093 18
11. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:45.689 + 1.183 19
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:45.982 + 1.476 18
13. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:45.982 + 1.476 13
14. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:46.073 + 1.567 21
15. Glock Toyota (B) 1:46.180 + 1.674 23
16. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:46.221 + 1.715 19
17. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:46.482 + 1.976 10
18. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:46.794 + 2.288 6
19. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:47.166 + 2.660 14
20. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:47.727 + 3.221 19

[Racer Duck]

looks like Renault found some speed.

[DOF_power]

Or dumped some fuel. But then an STR won so who knows.

[onearmsteve]

Massa really dialed it in on the last lap.

[DOF_power]

Race:

[Racer Duck]

Renault's Fernando Alonso streaks under the Singapore lights to his first Formula One victory this season!
Credit: Renault/Glenn Dunbar/LAT

The inaugural Singapore Grand Prix is over, and what a wild race it was as Formula One raced under the lights for the very first time!

It all started when Nelson ‘Don’t Call Me Junior’ Piquet pile-drove his underpowered Renault mercifully into the concrete barrier. In the ensuing chaos, Ferrari erred mightily and ultimately scored no points. The foolhardy FIA stewards continued their follies as they were ridiculously slow with their decisions. And Fernando Alonso drove like the two-time Formula One World Driver’s Champion that he is.

In the end, Renault captured their first Formula One victory since Alonso won the Japanese Grand Prix for the team back in 2006, it is the team’s 34th victory overall. For Alonso, he won his first race since the Italian Grand Prix in 2007 when he drove to victory for McLaren. In doing so, he has quite possibly contractually locked himself into a drive with Renault for the 2009 season, as the team are now safely into fourth in the constructors title fight.

Alonso said of his brilliant drive and 20th career victory, “Fantastic! Well done guys! Not like yesterday, it was a good car everywhere! ” The team had struggled yesterday with a mechanical gremlin, but had no issues today. The Spaniard continued, “I’m extremely happy, I can’t believe it right now that we’ve won a race this year! It seemed impossible! We tried to make up as many places as possible at the start, and then we were very lucky! But… the pace was there.”

Source: Paddock Talk

[onearmsteve]

the cars sure looked neat under the lights. needless to say, it was a bit odd watching an F1 night race.

[logano-fan]

When your engine blows up in the lead 3 laps from the finish.... and then the fuel problem, you know its not meant to be your year for the championship.

It's unfortunate for Massa, I was hoping he would take the championship.

[DOF_power]

The organizers really needs to take out some of those bumps on the brake zones; it should allow a little more overtaking.

[WestCoast]

I had a VCR "malfunction". @#%*&

[Bob Tanner]

I missed the entire race because I was in the Dublin airport waiting for Air France to decide whether we were actually going to return to the States or have to become Irish citizens!

I remember the good old days when flying was actually fun! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

OK, would one of you kind souls please give me a condensed Readers Digest version of how you thought the Singapore race went? I find the opinions of the fans here often give me a better perspective on what actually happened than what I read in the media.

Any opinion would be greatly appreciated.

[DOF_power]

To put it short:


a] the drama and unpredictability was in the safety cars, pit lottery, incidents/accidents with little to no passing, except for the start and restarts

b] the pit exit is dangerous and some (very bumpy) braking areas are quite dangerous

c] the scenery and atmosphere beats even Monaco

d] it was a difficult and physical race :

"The drinks bottle didn't work. On lap two I tried and I said 58 laps with no water. If I tried on lap 20 it was better but on lap two it was a little bit hard."
"On the podium I was seeing red spots and couldn't recognise people."
- F. Alonso