The 1st Grand Prix F1 Night race Singapore held over the weekend proved to be a tremendous success. I was watching in amazement the qualifying race on Saturday night, and then the finals on Sunday night.
Alonso's technical problem with his car forced him out into 15th place during the qualifying rounds. That was such a disappointment. However, during the finals race, Alonso's final positioning also gave him the opportunity to use all his planned strategy, moving up from last to first.
During the 61-lap race, there were 3 crashes and a couple of freaky pit-stop accidents. I think during the 15th lap, Piquet's Renault crashed. Then Massa's Ferrari got into trouble in the pit-stop, moving off at the green lights but with the fuel line still attached. One of his pit crew was seen flying and probably a few others injured. Massa got slapped with a 50km/h drive-thru penalty, tearing him from 1st position to last!
Interestingly, Coulthard in his Red Bull committed the same mistake made by Massa, moving off with the fuel hose intact. He also knocked off one of his pit-crew, who had to be stretchered off. And then in lap 49, Massa's Ferrari spun and narrowly missing the barrier, but Sutil in a Force India crashed as he tried to avoid Massa. That was so drama... ...
And when the race went into the last 4 laps, Ferrari's other team-mate Raikkonen, skipped the curb, lost control of his car, and crashed straight into the barrier. That declared game over for team Ferrari. ( And I was happy! Muahahaha!)
Twice during the race, the safety car had to be dispatched by Race Control. That safety car is the Mercedes SL 63 AMG, and it is ultimate chio-ness. It's specially modified in weight, engine and brakes to be able to take the F1 race and maintain a specific speed and comfortable pace for the F1 machines so that they can resume the race without dropping too much speed. And, the sight of the SL63 AMG leading a pack of monster machines behind thru the track is simply very awesome and smart. I am sooooooo in love with that car!
So after a whole serious of adrenalin pumping action last night, Alonso in his Renault took the 1st place at the inaugural F1 Night Street Race hosted in Singapore! Rosberg in the Williams Toyota took the 2nd place, and Hamilton in the Maclaren Mercedes (my fav and I was hoping he'd win)came in 3rd place.
Not too bad. It was quite a dramatic race, 61 laps with a distance of more than 309km and 24 corners/turns. The roads were bumpy, sparks flew and the monstrous machines flew thru the corners at more than 100km/h and then almost 300km/h on the few straight stretches. I was so so so impressed! Now I feel like I also wanna drive my "race car" and tear down the highway at 260km/h! Wheeeeeeee........
P/S: I didn't wanna mention this, but, our Grid Girls were... ... Sigh... Forget it!
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