Monday, September 22, 2008

Singtel Singapore Grand Prix @ Singapore 26 27 28 September

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Race (Sunday 2000 hours)

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 61 Winner
2 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota 61 + 2.9 secs
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 61 + 5.9 secs
4 Timo Glock Toyota 61 + 8.1 secs
5 Sebastian Vettel STR Ferrari 61 + 10.2 secs
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 61 + 11.1 secs
7 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault 61 + 16.3 secs
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota 61 + 18.4 secs
9 Jenson Button Honda 61 + 19.8 secs
10 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 61 + 26.9 secs
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 61 + 27.9 secs
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari 61 + 29.4 secs
13 Felipe Massa Ferrari 61 + 35.1 secs
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Ferrari 61 + 43.5 secs
15 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 + 4 Laps
Ret Jarno Trulli Toyota 50 + 11 Laps
Ret Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari 49 + 12 Laps
Ret Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 29 + 32 Laps
Ret Rubens Barrichello Honda 14 + 47 Laps
Ret Nelsinho Piquet Renault 13 + 48 Laps

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday 2200 hours)

1 Felipe Massa Ferrari
1:44.519 1:44.014 1:44.801 (16 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
1:44.501 1:44.932 1:45.465 (14)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
1:44.282 1:44.232 1:45.617 (16)
4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
1:44.740 1:44.519 1:45.779 (18)
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes
1:44.311 1:44.207 1:45.873 (19)
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber *
1:45.548 1:44.520 1:45.964 (19)
7 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari
1:45.042 1:44.261 1:46.244 (15)
8 Timo Glock Toyota
1:45.184 1:44.441 1:46.328 (21)
9 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota
1:45.103 1:44.429 1:46.611 (17)
10 Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota
1:45.127 1:44.826 1:47.547 (20)
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota
1:45.642 1:45.038 (12)
12 Jenson Button Honda
1:45.660 1:45.133 (14)
13 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault
1:45.493 1:45.212 (12)
14 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault
1:46.028 1:45.298 (16)
15 Fernando Alonso Renault
1:44.971 no time (6)
16 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
1:46.037 (6)
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari
1:46.389 (6)
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda
1:46.583 (7)
19 Adrian Sutil Force India Ferrari
1:47.940 (10)
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari
no time (2)

* 3 place grid penalty for blocking Rubens Barichello when driving into the pit lane

Practice 3 (Saturday 1900 hours)

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:44.506 (19 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.119 + 0.613 (13)
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.246 + 0.740 (16)
4 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:45.249 + 0.743 (18)
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:45.386 + 0.880 (17)
6 Jenson Button Honda 1:45.409 + 0.903 (20)
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:45.425 + 0.919 (17)
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:45.450 + 0.944 (21)
9 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:45.477 + 0.971 (19)
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:45.599 + 1.093 (18)
11 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:45.689 + 1.183 (19)
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:45.982 + 1.476 (18)
13 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.982 + 1.476 (13)
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:46.073 + 1.567 (21)
15 Timo Glock Toyota 1:46.180 + 1.674 (23)
16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:46.221 + 1.715 (19)
17 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:46.482 + 1.976 (10)
18 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:46.794 + 2.288 (6)
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:47.166 + 2.660 (14)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:47.727 + 3.221 (19)

1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:45.654 (30 laps)
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.752 + 0.098 (28)
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.793 + 0.139 (31)
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.797 + 0.143 (31)
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:46.164 + 0.510 (34)
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:46.384 + 0.730 (36)
7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:46.580 + 0.926 (25)
8 Jenson Button Honda 1:46.901 1.247 (32)
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:47.013 + 1.359 (32)
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:47.046 + 1.392 (22)
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:47.137 + 1.483 (15)
12 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:47.145 + 1.491 (35)
13 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:47.300 + 1.646 (33)
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:47.487 + 1.833 (24)
15 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:47.640 + 1.986 (31)
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:47.760 + 2.106 (36)
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:47.965 + 2.311 (12)
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:48.009 + 2.355 (25)
19 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:48.059 + 2.405 (28)
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:48.311 + 2.657 (36)

Practice 1 (Friday 1900 hours)

1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.518 ( 20 laps)
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.598 + 0.080 (23)
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:45.961 + 0.443 (24)
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes + 1:46.463 0.945 (20)
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber + 1:46.618 1.100 (23)
6 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota + 1:46.710 1.192 (25)
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:46.725 + 1.207 (29)
8 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:46.964 + 1.446 (24)
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:47.175 + 1.657 (30)
10 Jenson Button Honda 1:47.277 + 1.759 (30)
11 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:47.570 + 2.052 (28)
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:47.662 + 2.144 (23)
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1:47.706 + 2.188 (27)
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:48.097 + 2.579 (16)
15 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:48.517 + 2.999 (23)
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:48.725 + 3.207 (19)
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:48.839 + 3.321 (24)
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari + 1:48.906 3.388 (25)
19 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:49.064 + 3.546 (29)
20 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:53.703 + 8.185 (4)

Pre race comment

Pre race comment

Felipe Massa - "A positive dayThis is only the start of the weekend and
there is still a lot of work to do, but we have got off on the right foot. The
car is handling well, especially on the harder tyres, but we know track
conditions will improve so it is too early to draw conclusions. I think we
will be competitive: whether we will be more or less so than our rivals, I
cannot yet say."

Kimi Räikkönen - "At the start of the day, we had a well balanced car
and then, in the afternoon, we tried a modification to the front end that
we had tried at the Mugello test last week, but it did not produce the
effect we hoped for, but there was not enough time to switch back,"

Fernando Alonso - "The first day of work has gone well. The circuit is
interesting, very bumpy in places, especially into turn number seven,
and we have to keep an eye on that because it can become a problem.
In terms of the lighting, when I walked the track I was impressed, but
behind the wheel at 300 km/h some parts of the track are a bit dark. But
despite that, this is an amazing opportunity for the spectators to attend
a night race and I am satisfied with my day."

Nelsinho Piquet - "It was an interesting experience to drive today during
the night and the organisers have done a remarkable job to make this
possible. The behaviour of the car felt good and it reacted well to the
different set-up options that we tried. However, we still have a bit of work
to do ahead of qualifying tomorrow, but the first signs are encouraging."

Nico Rosberg - “In general I think we can be quite happy with our
performance today.We have started well and I feel quite confident that
we can have a good weekend. Of course there is some way to go to see
how we will shape up with the competition around us.”

Kazuki Nakajima - “In the second session I had a bit of a moment as I
made contact with the wall, but fortunately the damage was minor and I
could complete the planned programme,” he said. Looking ahead, I know
exactly the places on the track where I need to improve and I will have a
good go at this tomorrow. t’s a very tough track, hot and bumpy, probably
the bumpiest track surface we encounter all season. As a consequence,
I think it will be a pretty demanding race. The grip level is not at all bad,
maybe a little low at the moment, but by the time we get into qualifying
and the race, the track will have rubbered in well.”

Timo Glock - "I am really looking forward to this race because I believe we have a good chance to score more points. Things didn't work out for us in Monza, with the changing track conditions coming at just the wrong time for our strategy and the fight for fourth in the constructors' championship isvery close now. We are really motivated to come out on top." After Friday -
"They were both quite difficult sessions for me today. The track is really bumpy and the car is quite tricky to handle at the moment. It was a different experience driving in the lights and the whole track is a bit unusual. At the end of second practice I just lost the car when I hit a kerb and that was it, I made contact with the barrier. But that didn't affect our programme and overall we got through a lot of work today, so it was successful in that sense. So far I am not totally happy with the car and we have quite a lot to improve but I will sit down with my engineers and I'm sure we will make progress before qualifying."

Jarno Trulli - "High-downforce tracks suit our car very well and after bad luck in Spa and Monza I am looking forward to returning to the points" Defends 'safe' U-turn - “In first practice unfortunately I had a spin at the last corner and I wanted to move off the racing line as safely as possible, so I decided to go down the pit lane,” he said. I took the quickest and safest option available to me and the other cars. I have been penalised and I accept that but I know I did the safest thing for me and the other drivers – it is one of the quickest corners on the track and you don't want to have a crash there. We have been improving gradually throughout the two sessions, We are trying to find the right set-up and we have changed quite a lot on the car."

Sebastian Vettel - “I’m not happy with my car yet as it feels very loose and I don’t think we will have an easy time. So tonight we must work hard to improve it and hopefully make a step forward tomorrow.”

Sebastien Bourdais - “It’s a very nice track but, unfortunately, the quick parts are the bumpiest and so we are having to run the cars quite high, which obviously reduces performance. Globally the car is not too bad and today we have been trying to find the best set-up and assess the two types of tyre.There are no worries about running under the lights and I even ran with a lightly smoked visor. There are hardly any shadows and you can see very well.”

Nick Heidfeld - “Overall I had a good first practice day here, although my fastest lap from the second session doesn't give that impression."

Robert Kubica - “As expected the track is quite demanding – not only for the driver but also for the car. You are always going round corners and the surface is very bumpy, especially in two or three places. It is very important to have a stable car here as you can easily lose a lot of time in several corners.On the first lap I got used to the track and, as I was going at a good pace immediately, we were then able to start working on the set-up. In the second session we did the tyre comparison. Now we have to analyse the data andsee what we have to change for tomorrow.”