2009 Singapore Grand Prix

[sejtur]

Alonso made my day. Great driving skills, and he uses lots of oversteer on this track. I think it's at this track, when people push, or overdrive, you can see it the clearest.

It was pretty funny though, Stewart commentating, he commentated Vettel's lap as if he was making mistakes all of the time, and really had to go for it next lap. At the end of the lap, he set the fastest time of the day.

 

[Peter]

Anyone think that Fisi might score some points here? Or is he still learning the car?

 

[sejtur]

Doesn't look good for Ferrari this weekend, so I think no. I even doubt if Kimi get in the points.

 

[spyrrari]

Doesn't look good for Ferrari this weekend, so I think no. I even doubt if Kimi get in the points.

Its still only friday man,ferrari wern't in the top of the list the last few races at friday....and you know they did pretty well on sunday...(i meen only Kimi ofcourse...)...

Lets see tomorrow after quali and after the weights have been published...than we know more...

I wouldn't be surprised if Kimi would get onother podium on sunday aswell...👍




spyrrari.

 

[Ardius]

Am I the only one who thinks the Singapore track looks way, way better in the daylight? You can see the city aspect a lot better with the motorway overpass, etc and it feels more street-like. Whereas at night it turns into a dull concrete track like Valencia, as the darkness obscures most of the features.
Yes, the night lights are nice but I think the circuit looks way more lively in daylight.

A shame in my mind.

 

[LSX]

Yeah, I like the dusk shots from FP1 highlights that I had seen better than full night. I really think Sepang would look great at night instead of Singapore.

 

[Hun200kmh]

Button strugling, Mclaren and RBR looking good, BMW not bad also.

I'm very curious about quali

 

[Prince.M5]

Yeah BMW did a fantastic job!!! Let see what they can do for quali!!!

 

[Cultlife]

Dear lord, you'd think they'd realise by now they're not going to get Bernie to say anything he doesn't want to say.

That interview made me want to hide.

 

[Ian Poole]

And JB is struggling for grip again, dear god!

 

[yeti]

New gearbox for rubens = -5 grid spots...

C.

 

[Ian Poole]

New gearbox for rubens = -5 grid spots...

C.

that might hurt around Singapore as well

 

[niky]

Definitely hurt... unless Rubens runs ultralight and Jenson accidentally stuffs it into the barriers right after his pitstop.

Just sayin... maybe Grosjean will do it for him, if he asks nicely.

 

[Ian Poole]

Definitely hurt... unless Rubens runs ultralight and Jenson accidentally stuffs it into the barriers right after his pitstop.

Just sayin... maybe Grosjean will do it for him, if he asks nicely.

Or maybe they could go and find Piquet to do it

Anyone else agree with me and Brundle that that chicane and turn 10 doesnt look right?

 

[orimarc]

Button, out of Q3...
Vettel, starting in 2nd place...

Do I smell...COMEBACK?

 

[killanite]

Button, out of Q3...
Vettel, starting in 2nd place...

Do I smell...COMEBACK?

No, that's the smell of Vettel's engine on fire.

 

[mipuumal]

Unbelievable... Rubens gets a huge gift from Jenson and gives it back to him again.

Assuming the team can even fix his car they will probably have to break the parc ferme rules so he'll start from the pitlane if at all.

Championship over.

 

[yeti]

Nah - they usually can put a car back together in a morning - it's happened a couple of times this season...

C.

 

[Ian Poole]

No, that's the smell of Vettel's engine on fire.

Are you sure it's not Barrichello's chargrilled Spa gearbox?

 

[yeti]

The irony is - Rubens putting it into the wall means he could've had a free gearbox change - and then he'd be 5th on the grid!!

C.

 

[mipuumal]

The irony is - Rubens putting it into the wall means he could've had a free gearbox change - and then he'd be 5th on the grid!!

C.

It doesn't matter how you break your gearbox, changing it before running 4 races will give a penalty.

 

[yeti]

It doesn't matter how you break your gearbox, changing it before running 4 races will give a penalty.

Not if you write it off in a crash...

Brawn said in the post race interview - that the new gearbox would need to be changed as he hit it hard... he's not getting 2 5 place grid penalties for that is he?

C.

 

[Ardius]

Another loopy Qualy session, great job by Rosberg, I had a feeling he could have got pole.
Jenson has it hard again but with Rubens only 2 places ahead of him its once again a case of his closest rival doing the worst out of the 3.

I look forward to a possible Williams podium and a few more turn 1 dramas.

 

[yeti]

Rosbergs Q2 lap was immense... no-one has got close to that the entire weekend!!

C.

 

[Ardius]

No one posting weights? Ok:

1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 660.5
2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 651.0
3. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 657.5
4. Webber Red Bull-Renault 654.5
5. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 655.5
6. Alonso Renault 658.0
7. Glock Toyota 660.5
8. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 650.0
9. Kubica BMW-Sauber 664.0
10. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 664.5
11. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 680.7
12. Button Brawn-Mercedes 683.0
13. Raikkonen Ferrari 680.5
14. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 678.0
15. Trulli Toyota 690.9
16. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 693.0
17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 683.5
18. Fisichella Ferrari 678.5
19. Grosjean Renault 683.0
20. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 656.0

 

[Prince.M5]

Hmmm... It does looks like trouble for Heidfeld He's the lightest of the two BMW and if he couldn't get pass Glock and Alonso, he'll be in deep trouble!!!

On the other hands, I think Lewis is lying on the sofa

 

[Ardius]

To be fair to some of those drivers, we don't really know their true pace with those fuel loads because they couldn't finish their second laps because of Rubens crash.
For all we know Rosberg, Vettel or anyone else could have beaten Lewis.

Button has a good chance to gain some positions with that fuel strategy though especially if many of the top 10 are held up by someone.

 

[NapoleonMikey]

im hoping vettle can pull off a win here. id love to see another season where the championship comes down to the last race.

 

[yeti]

Lewis looks like he's got this...

Hold up vettel whilst heavy - then cain him whilst he's in the pits...

Job done.

To be fair to some of those drivers, we don't really know their true pace with those fuel loads because they couldn't finish their second laps because of Rubens crash.
For all we know Rosberg, Vettel or anyone else could have beaten Lewis.

Yes - but they could've got it done on the first lap - they had much less fuel than lewis - yet he put down the lap time...

They all had 1 shot - they didn't realise it - but they did - and Lewis put the best lap in - with a lot more fuel...

C.

 

[Prince.M5]

To be fair to some of those drivers, we don't really know their true pace with those fuel loads because they couldn't finish their second laps because of Rubens crash.
For all we know Rosberg, Vettel or anyone else could have beaten Lewis.

Button has a good chance to gain some positions with that fuel strategy though especially if many of the top 10 are held up by someone.

Yeah I know about that... Lewis could be beaten by Rosberg or Vettel perhaps any other drivers on the grid... But for now, according to the weight and fuel load, he is on a sofa... Just have to wait till tomorrow for my coverage where they also calculate the amount of laps with the weight before the first pit stop...