History of singapore grand prix:
The singapore grand prix finally signed a five year contract with Bernie Eccelstone to take part in the formula one event. It was introduced in may 2007. In 2008 Singapore had the honour of hosting the first circuit to be held at night and Fernando Alonso also had the honour to become the first winnrer of the cicuit in his off pace F1 renault car. He also holds the highest amound of victories with two wins in 2008, and 2010. 2012 marked the fifth singapore grand prix and it was won by sebastion vetal who also had pole position for that race.
About singapore grand prix:
Since 2008 Singapore has hosted the marina bay circuit. The latest singapore grand prix was held on the 23rd of september 2012. Actually the first practice session of the grand prix is being held as i am writing. The circuit name is called the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The singapore grand prix is one of the only three circuits that are held in a regular street, Alongside the catalunyan grand prix and Monte Carlo Grand prix. The circuit length is 5.1 km. The entire race has a total of 61 laps which makes the total distance of the race 309km. Raikonnen currently holds the record for the fastest lap recorded in the singapore circuit. He did a 1.45.559 in his scuderia ferrari.
DID YOU KNOW:
- Singapore is so spotless that it is illegal to buy gum due to the high temptation of littering in the streets.
- Singapore is one of the 20 smallest countries in the world but is second on the charts as the most densely populated country in the world after monaco.
- Though there is no scientific explanation for this, but singapore has the highest number of child births in october than any other month in the year.
- The world's first Zoo ' The night safari' is located in singapore.
- The offical meaning of singapore is lion city
ABOUT SINGAPORE CIRCUIT:
The singapore circuit is known to have many charactersitics which hold the records in formula one, other than being the first country to host a formula one grand prix in the dark. First of all singapore has the longest pit stop times known in formula one history having to spend an average of 26 seconds for each pit stop. Another thing is that singapore has the slowest turn in all of the circuits in formula one at turn three of the circuit. Another thing is that singapore has been known to have a safety car every year. There has never been a time where the singapore was held without a safety car coming out. Infact the latest singapore event was held yesterday and two safety cars where deployed. Ohne for the HRT car for Narain Karthikeyan and the other one was for the collision between the Mercedes car of Micheal Shumacher and the torro rosso of jean eric vergne. The final point that im going to make is that the singapore grand prix is the longest grand prix known to formula one history. The lastest singapore grand prix was so long that it had to be changed from being counted from laps to time. Sebastion vettel finished first with a whole total time of 2:00:46. He reached the two hour mark which is the maximum amount of time a race should be held, due to safety reasons. Drivers have been complaining about this since 2008. Therefore what should have been a 61 lap race ended up at 59 laps, as the two safety cars and the general long race track put the formula one singapore race past the two hour mark.
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