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Thursday, September 24, 2009

as always, S'pore GP for F1 i must touch on. so this is the 2nd year for us to race the worldwide recognised race, but our race was a bit image destroyed with the crashgate scandal last year, where ex-Renault Nelson Piquet Jr was told to crash at a wall so as to allow fellow Renault player Fernando Alonso win. in the end Renault will be suspended for 2 years with effect from next season onwards. so ya.

ok, back to the circuit. as usual, this will be the only night race that happens in the F1 calendar. last year, drivers complained abt the bumpy tracks which really did damgae the base floor of their cars. for this year, major changes have been made in the marina bay street circuit.

the most significant change is the pit entry, if can be rmb last year, the entry point was a bit unsatisfactory as the line made the drivers confused abt whether to allow the drivers entering the pits to go 1st or what? so in this year, pit entry has been realigned to before turn 22, while join the track after the 1st corner.

new kerbs are installed this year, turn 1 and 5, and a smooth surface has been put between turn 5 and 7.

The second and third apexes of Turn 10 have been moved left and right respectively to make the chicane slower, and the three apexes of Turn 10 have been redesigned in order to reduce the risk of a car being damaged if it crosses them. The apexes of Turns 13 and 14 have been tightened slightly. And the wall around the outside of Turns 22 and 23 has been moved closer to the track.

the whole race contains 61 laps, last year fastest lap record is 1 min 45s for Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. expect that to change with the better speed the car having this year.

tmr Practice 1 will start at 6pm at ch 5, Practice 2 will be abit later, the actual is 9:30pm, but on ch 5 is 10pm.

No Practice 3 live same as last year. Qualifying starts at 10pm at ch5 and ch 24.

and then, the race, at Marina Bay, Raceday will be at 7pm for ch24, actual race starts from 8pm for both ch 5 and 24.

9:16 PM