Sunday, September 21, 2008

-- F1 Singapore Grand Prix preview

The most anticipated race of the 2008 calendar (for me), Singapore GP!!

I know i'm no expert, but since it's a street circuit, there's a lot of edgy corners from normal road junctions meant for normal cars.
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The Raffles Boulevard (along Marina Square and Ritz Carlton) will be the fastest part of the circuit, heading into 3 continuous sharp turns. And the other straight, part of it being on a bridge, heading towards Esplanade will provide some nice scenery indeed.
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Let's see how team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is preparing the car to face the night... (i swear to you, it's a joke.... lol)

Straight faced all the way... lol.

The weird thing about this race is the race time ofcoz. Normally, drivers (and basically the whole team) work and race in the day. But for this, it's night time, which is a problem itself as our human bodies would naturally adjust to the daytime/night-time of the country.

And so, the drivers and teams will maintain the UK time (body-wise), and wake up late in the afternoon, and work late past midnight, and with the help of the hotels, like blacking out a section to give an impression of nighttime.

Alright... some sexy night shots of parts of the circuit.
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If still pictures are not enough, how about a 3D simulation, driving around the circuit by Torro Rosso? narrated by Mark Webber.


And here's some comments by Mark Webber on the Singapore GP and circuit twist and turns whilst driving on the road itself.


If you're wondering, the floodlights are put up high, along the side of the circuit... all, the, way. So i'm sure you can imagine just how many floodlights were used... *pengsan*

Looks freaking costly!! I can't imagine the Malaysian GP one turning like that.