The First Ever Night Race – Singapore

What do I say!! One of the most fantastic races I dever seen. The first ever night race, a circuit which is illuminated with 16000 lights, the humidity, the feel of racing under lights, drivers race for the championship points, tyre conditions, drivers fitness. Hats off to those who have made this circuit and the amount of hard work gone inside to set it up.

Alonso wouldn’t have even dreamt that he would be the first ever driver to win a formula one race under lights starting from 13th on the grid. His own team mate Nelson Piquet Jr. who had crashed on the 14th lap of the race bringing the safety car in had helped Alonso clinch to the first place. He built up a huge lead, lost it all when the second safety car deployment came on the 51st lap, then calmly opened it up again. He praised his car’s performance all evening, but the success owed as much to the man behind the wheel.

Hamilton had to struggle to regain his positions as he was stuck behind David Coulthard for a long time and then tried finding a way to finish 3rd. He was happy at one end since his rivals Ferrari dint manage to take any championship points this race. Bad race for Kimi as he had to push his Ferrari which was fully loaded with fuel at the start of the race, but unfortunately crashed out at the finishing stages.

But a royal treat for the viewers as I think many would have admired the circuits beauty rather than concentrating much on the race.


Race Results
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 61 1:57:16.304
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 Accident 3

Sebastian Vettel stuns Italy

The rookie stunned Formula One as the sport's youngest race winner at the age of 21 on Sunday with victory for tiny Toro Rosso at their home Italian Grand Prix.

It was a brilliant race for Sebastian Vittal who took pole position and made it all the way to finish the Italian grand prix under wet weather conditions. Toro Rosso's mechanics worked on a good strategy and brilliant pit work which made the team happy for their hero to win his first ever formula1 win at Monza.

Kimi set the fastest lap but could not better ninth place ahead of Renault’s Nelson Piquet, Toyota’s Timo Glock, Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima, Toyota’s Jarno Trulli, Williams’ Nico Rosberg, Honda’s Jenson Button, Red Bull’s David Coulthard, Honda’s Rubens Barrichello and Bourdais.

The Mclarens were all set to race and planned to get their first 2 places ahead of Vettel but unscheduled pit stops by the Mclaren team due to weather conditions made them shuffle in their positions. Kovalainen’s expected challenge, but was finally settled in 2nd place ahead of Kubica who was on a single pit stop strategy.

Race Results
1 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 53 1:26:47.494
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 53 +12.5 secs
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 53 +20.4 secs
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 53 +23.9 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 53 +27.7 secs
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 53 +28.8 secs
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 53 +29.9 secs
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 53 +32.0 secs
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53 +39.4 secs
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 53 +54.4 secs
11 Timo Glock Toyota 53 +58.8 secs
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 53 +62.0 secs
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota 53 +65.9 secs
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 53 +68.6 secs
15 Jenson Button Honda 53 +73.3 secs
16 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 52 +1 Lap
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 52 +1 Lap
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 51 +2 Laps