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