Following a two-year absence from the F1 schedule, the discipline has returned to the Marina Bay Circuit which supplies place to Round 17 of the FIA Formula One World Championship, the Singapore Grand Prix. F1Technical’s Balázs Szabó picks out a number of important facts forward of the first of six-race closing sequence of ‘flyaway’ races.
Slowly a fixture – Singapore has established itself as a fixture on the calendar. The occasion joined the calendar in 2008 and has been an ever-present race since. Today’s race shall be the thirteenth Formula One Singapore Grand Prix.
The quick Dane – The file for the quickest ever race lap is held by Kevin Magnussen. The Dane went quickest with a lap time of 1m41.905 with Haas in 2018. The quickest ever lap was recorded by Lewis Hamilton who clocked in a 1m36.015 to take pole place for the 2018 Singapore Grand Prix.
Long observe – The Marina Bay Circuit is a observe that options excessive temperatures, unforgiving partitions and a bumpy floor. The 5.063km circuit consists of 23 corners. Drivers have to finish 61 laps to cowl the complete race distance of 308.706km.
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The dominant staff – Mercedes is the most profitable constructor in Singapore with 4 victories of which three have been clinched by Lewis Hamilton and the fourth one by Nico Rosberg. With three triumphs apiece, Red Bull and Ferrari occupy the second place on this checklist with Renault and McLaren have taken victory as soon as respectively.
German success – Sebastian Vettel ist the most succesful driver on the subject of wins earned in the Singapore Grand Prix historical past. The four-time world champion has received 5 occasions – thrice with Red Bull and twice with Ferrari. The German is adopted by Lewis Hamilton, who has received on 4 events at the Marina Bay Circuit.
Fernando Alonso is the solely different repeat winner in Singapore. He took the victory in the first ever Formula One Singapore Grand Prix in 2008 in controversial circumstances. Driving at Ferrari, the Spaniard claimed his second victory on the Marina Bay Circuit in 2010 following an epic battle with Sebastian Vettel.
Unknown territory – Numerous drivers will make their Singapore debut this weekend, with Nicholas Latifi, Zhou Guanyu, Yuki Tsunoda, and Mick Schumacher all getting their first style of the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
The Stewards – The group of the three worldwide race stewards consists of Gerd Ennser, Matthew Selley and Derek Warwick. They are joined by Nish Shetty, the nationwide steward.
Changes to the observe – The circuit has been resurfaced in quite a lot of areas, most importantly full-width sections the size of the pit straight to shortly after T1, from T5 to simply earlier than the braking level for T7, from T12 to T13, from the braking level for T14 to simply after the nook, and from earlier than T15 by way of to T19.
Overtaking assist – There shall be three DRS zones in Singapore. The first detection level shall be at the exit of T4 and the first activation level shall be 48m after T5. The second detection level shall be 102m earlier than T13 with activation 78m after T13. The third detection level shall be 180m earlier than the apex of T22, and the activation level shall be 43m after apex of T23.
Vettel at each ends – The smallest profitable margin in Singapore F1 Grand Prix historical past got here in 2010 when Alonso beat Vettel by simply 0.239s. Coincidentally the greatest profitable margin at the venue concerned the identical two drivers and got here in 2013 when Vettel completed 32.627s forward of Alonso.
Artificially lit – Singapore turned the first ever evening race of Formula One. The late beginning time was chosen to accommodate to the time zone distinction between Western nations and Singapore. Although many doubted the success of the occasion and a few feared that visibility would make driving harmful, it has by no means turn into an issue. Fitted alongside the observe are 1,600 lighting projectors, every consisting of a projector with inside reflectors that challenge the gentle beams at totally different angles to forestall it from blinding the drivers. As a consequence, the observe is 4 occasions extra brightly lit than a stadium.
Huge preparation – As the Singapore Grand Prix is a avenue cicuit, organizers need to start their preparations lengthy earlier than the occasion kick off. To stand up to excessive speeds generated by the Formula One vehicles, the manholes at the Marina Bay Street Circuit need to be welded shut earlier than every race.
Very excessive – Since 2014, the security automobile or the digital security automobile was deployed no less than as soon as in each race. Their deployment might have large affect on race methods as pitting in regular circumstances takes 27 seconds whereas that point drops to solely 16 seconds below security automobile circumstances and 20 seconds below digital security automobile circumstances.
Track place is significant – Starting from the first row is often key round the difficult structure of the Marina Bay Circuit. Eight of the twelve races have been received by the driver ranging from the pole place. On the 4 different events when aside from the pole-sitter received at Singapore, some type of an incident occurred to the quickest driver of the qualifying session. In 2008, Felipe Massa was robbed the victory after his staff launched him from the tyre change with the gas hose hooked up. In 2012, Lewis Hamilton retired with a gearbox challenge whereas main. In 2017, Sebastian Vettel was concerned in a primary nook incident with Kimi Räikkönen and Max Verstappen which ended the race for all of them.
