6.16 pm

Lets Hope Some Things Are Meant To Be.

It is another Saturday. I woke up at 9.30 am then eat breakfast n then on computer le. Bal bal bal ..... I then went to tution at 2.30 pm n came back at about 5.45 pm. I had a shower then blog le. I still have homework not done so i better get on it so that i can relax at night n watch Formula 1 - Practice Session at 7 pm n Qualifying Session at 10 pm. See the live timing online at http://www.formula1.com/ n also the timing for the session, when it starts. That is all.

News From Formula Website :

26 Sep 2009
Saturday weather update - threat of thunderstorms remains

Welcome to qualifying day for the 14th round of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Singapore Grand Prix.

It will be dry and humid, with an ambient temperature high of 31 degrees Celsius. That will drop to 29 on race day, and there remains a threat of thunderstorms in the region.

The race will run over 61 laps of the 5.073-kilometre (3.152-mile) circuit, or 309.316 kilometres (192.209 miles). It starts at 2000 hours local time, which is eight hours ahead of GMT.

There have been several changes to the track. The pit entry has been realigned to leave the track before Turn 22, and the pit exit has been realigned to join the track after the first corner. There are new kerbs on the entry to Turns One and Five, and a new surface between Turns Five and Seven.

The second and third apexes of Turn 10 have been moved left and right respectively to make the chicane slower, and the three apexes of Turn 10 have been redesigned in order to reduce the risk of a car being damaged if it crosses them. The apexes of Turns 13 and 14 have been tightened slightly. And the wall around the outside of Turns 22 and 23 has been moved closer to the track.

26 Sep 2009
Practice Two - Vettel puts Red Bull in the clear in Singapore

Sebastian Vettel pushed to the head of the timesheets in the second practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix on Friday evening, as Red Bull team mate Mark Webber set the initial pace before crashing.

The Australian lapped his RB5 in 1m 49.317s to Vettel's 1m 49.621s, but then spun in the final corner and damaged the right-hand side of his car against the wall, bringing out the red flag for the second time in the day. When the session resumed Vettel soon pushed ahead, with 1m 48.650s.

Fernando Alonso improved to 1m 48.924s for Renault right at the end of the hour and a half, pushing Heikki Kovalainen down to third, the Finn having lapped his McLaren in 1m 48.952s.

Nick Heidfeld, who had earlier on been quickest for BMW Sauber, was fourth on 1m 49.098s. The German had a gearbox change in the earlier session, but it remains to be seen whether he will incur a grid penalty.

Jenson Button was fifth for Brawn on 1m 49.311s, with Webber sixth on the strength of his 1m 49.317s. Yet again the times in the midfield were very tight; Nico Rosberg was seventh for Williams on 1m 49.333s, just ahead of Timo Glock who took his Toyota round in 1m 49.342s and Lewis Hamilton, who did 1m 49.358s in the second McLaren. Then came BMw Sauber's Robert Kubica (1m 49.609s), Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello (1m 49.616s), Force India's Adrian Sutil (1m 49.710s), Toyota's Jarno Trulli (1m 49.795s) and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen (1m 49.941s), rounded out those below 1m 50s.

Kazuki Nakajima was 15th in the second Williams on 1m 50.023s, ahead of Ferrari's Giancarlo Fisichella (1m 50.253s), Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi (1m 50.527s), Force India's Tonio Liuzzi (1m 50.605s) and Renault's Romain Grosjean (1m 50.972s). Jaime Alguersuari brought up the tail of the field for Toro Rosso on 1m 51.423s.

The track was very slippery, and the bumps notably upset several cars. But besides Webber, Sutil was the only spinner, in Turn Seven.

25 Sep 2009
Practice One - Barrichello and Brawn light up Singapore

Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button got their Singapore Grand Prix campaigns off to a great start by setting the fastest times in Friday evening's first practice session. Button set the pace for most of the hour and a half, but it was Barrichello who ended up the quicker with a lap of 1m 50.179s. Button improved to 1m 50.356s right at the end.

Adding spice to the proceedings, however, Mark Webber was fast throughout and took third slot with 1m 50.416s for Red Bull, with mileage-restricted team mate Sebastian Vettel fifth on 1m 50.614s. Last year's winner, Fernando Alonso, was fourth for the beleaguered Renault team, with 1m 50.567s.

There was another moment of unwanted embarrassment for the French manufacturer when their rookie Romain Grosjean caused a red flag period by spinning and nosing into the wall at Turn 17, partway through the session. It may have been the same place as Nelson Piquet's crash during last years race, but this time it was a genuine driving error.

Heikki Kovalainen was McLaren's lead runner with 1m 50.699s, with team mate Lewis Hamilton in his wheeltracks on 1m 50.715s. Then came Robert Kubica in the improving BMW Sauber on 1m 50.815s and Kimi Raikkonen on 1m 50.865s for Ferrari.

Kazuki Nakajima rounded out the top 10 with 1m 51.089s ahead of his Williams partner Nico Rosberg on 1m 51.427s, with Adrian Sutil 12th for Force India on 1m 51.544s ahead of early pacesetter Sebastien Buemi on 1m 51.643s for Toro Rosso, Nick Heidfeld on 1m 51.656s in the second BMW Sauber, and the Toyotas of Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli on 1m 52.083s and 1m 52.135s respectively.

Giancarlo Fisichella took 17th in the second Ferrari on 1m 52.390s, ahead of Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi on 1m 52.905s, Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari on 1m 53.232s and Grosjean on 1m 53.458s.

It was a relatively uneventful session apart from Grosjean's misdemeanour; Kovalainen spun in Turn 3, while Sutil and Heidfeld also had minor offs.

Singapore / Marina Bay
25,26,27 September 2009

QUALIFYING SESSION TODAY