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18000 rpm’s in symphony. Cars, shrieking in anger being manhandled at 300 kmph. High-octane fuel and an even higher dose of glamour. No wonder they call it Formula One. Formula One cars race at high speeds - at up to 360 km/h (220 mph) with engines revving up to 18,000 rpm. F1 cars are capable of lateral acceleration in excess of 5G in corners, where performance is dependent on electronics, aerodynamics, suspension, and tyres.
Formula One Grand Prix events span a weekend and are watched by nearly a billion people on live television. Each event begins with two free practice sessions on Friday, a qualifying session on Saturday to determine the grid order and the main race on Sunday. Come and live the "Must experience, once in a lifetime" event.
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2011 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix |
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2011 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix
Scheduled Dates: 23 Sep - 25 Sep 2011 |
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2011 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix |
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The 2011 Formula One season will be the 62nd FIA Formula One season. The calendar will expand to twenty rounds – the longest season in the sport's sixty-year history – with the inaugural running of the Indian Grand Prix. Pirelli returns to the sport as tyre supplier for all teams, taking over from Bridgestone. Red Bull Racing enter 2011 as the reigning Constuctor's Champions. Sebastian Vettel will be the defending Driver's Champion. Malaysian GP is the 3rd race on the calendar after Bahrain and Alber Park – Australia.
Take a heady mixture of Grand Prix fans and the spicy aromas of the exotic orient and you have a race that is breathtaking. The tropical atmosphere and torrential downpours often make a mockery of the driver rankings and there is never a lack of excitement in Malaysia. Teams spend millions of dollars guessing which tyres to use - inters, primes or super softs and the introduction of Pirelli in 2011 is just going to make the racing in Sepang even more interesting!
One thing is certain, Malaysian Grand Prix races are never ever boring! |
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2010 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix |
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Singapore’s night race spectacular served up another twist in the 2010 championship story.
Race Review:
Fernando Alonso moved a step closer to the championship with an impressive win on the streets of Singapore. He came under sustained pressure from Sebastian Vettel in the closing stages and crossed the line just three tenths of a second ahead of the Red Bull. But Lewis Hamilton’s title hopes suffered a severe blow after contact with Mark Webber put him out of the race.
The race got off to an orderly start with the leading drivers all keeping their positions: Alonso ahead of Vettel - just - and Hamilton. Jenson Button had beaten his team mate to the front corner but Hamilton out-braked him comfortably to take third place back.Mark Webber held onto fifth at the start. Within two laps the safety car was out and Red Bull took a pivotal decision to pit the championship leader while his title rivals stayed onto the track.This was a significant gamble but one that ultimately allowed him to get ahead of the two McLarens. It wouldn’t have worked if he hadn’t made such rapid progress through the traffic: he took Kamui Kobayashi and Michael Schumacher, each making mistakes at turn three. Kubica battled his way back up to seventh with a string of passes on both Toro Rossos, team mate Vitaly Petrov, Felipe Massa, Nico Hülkenberg and finally Adrian Sutil.
Massa salvaged tenth place after starting last. He pitted on the end of the first lap but with so many other cars pitting after the first safety car period he couldn’t make much progress.Jaime Alguersuari was 12th after being forced to surrender his 11th-placed starting position on the grid and start from the pit lane due to a water leak.Michael Schumacher had a bruising run to 13th. He was hit by Kobayashi early in the race, then returned the favour to the Sauber driver’s team mate Nick Heidfeld.Kovalainen’s drama began when he made contact with Sebastien Buemi, who finished 14th. It severed a fuel line, prompting a huge fire.He elected not to pit his Lotus and parked on the start/finish line. The back of the car now completely ablaze, Kovalainen grabbed a fire extinguisher and set about dousing the flames while the other cars completed the final two laps. Despite all this, the safety car was not summoned a third time. Kovalainen’s retirement left Lucas di Grassi as the highest-finishing of the new teams’ cars in 15th. Team mate Timo Glock had an excellent run early in the race. He avoided pitting during the first safety car period and successfully kept Adrian Sutil behind for nine laps.His race was compromised by the second safety car period, which came after Alonso had lapped him but before Kovalainen had been lapped. He later retired.
Alonso’s victory means he is now within 11 points of Webber with four races remaining. The 15 points Webber scored today thanks to the strength of his front wheel could prove very valuable.
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Yet another wet race, challenging every drivers’s skills in the wet.
Race Review:
Sebastian Vettel led a Red Bull one-two in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The German driver passed team mate Mark Webber on the first lap and kept the lead for almost every lap of the race. Felipe Massa took over the lead of the drivers’ championship after climbing from 21st to seventh, finishing behind Lewis Hamilton who had also battled through the field from 20th to sixth. Nico Rosberg finished third after a quiet race in his Mercedes, with Robert Kubica in fourth place behind him. Adrian Sutil brought his Force India home in fifth, defending his position from Hamilton who closed in on him at the end of the race. ... Read More Hamilton raced his way up to sixth place thanks to a great start where he gained seven places passing, among others, team mate Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari.So did Alonso - but only briefly. He had been struggling with a gearbox problem for much of the race and when he finally got past Button at turn one he ran wide and suddenly a blast of smoke from the Ferrari signalled the end of his race.
Alonso’s demise promoted two drivers who scored their first ever points - Jaime Alguersuari, taking ninth for Toro Rosso, and Nico Hülkenberg, who might have expected more from his Williams after starting fifth. Sebastien Buemi and Rubens Barrichello took 11th and 12th and Alonso collected 13th. Behind him was Lucas di Grassi, taking Virgin to their first race finish, the HRT pair and Jarno Trulli’s ailing Lotus. Among the drivers who failed to finish was Michael Schumacher, who’s Mercedes stopped with a car problem early in the race. Neither Sauber saw the chequered flag - poor Pedro de la Rosa didn’t even see the start of the race after his engine blew on his installation lap. But perhaps the biggest surprise of the race was the failure of the widely-predicted rain to arrive.
Vettel’s win puts him level with Alonso for second in the championship, two points behind Massa, who is yet to win a race. ... Read Less |
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