Singapore Grand Prix 2010 - Marina Bay

[Sean H]

The aerodynamic advantage of red bull is only apparent near 160km/h, the only reason red bull got pole in Monaco was sector 3. Webber was going flat through the swimming pool, everyone else lifted.
Singapore is more like Hungary, but bumpier and slower

The only reason RB got pole in Monaco is that Alonso threw it into the wall in FP3. He was well onto his way of dominating the weekend before that mistake.

[raymondu999]

We don't know that. He showed similarly strong in FP1/2 in Spa before not making any impression in qualy. And the Bulls this year are strong mechanically too, not just aerodynamically. We saw that towards last year, they were flying in Singapore and Vettel had a good chance of pole had Barrichello not wiped the wall.

[siskue2005]

The aerodynamic advantage of red bull is only apparent near 160km/h, the only reason red bull got pole in Monaco was sector 3. Webber was going flat through the swimming pool, everyone else lifted.
Singapore is more like Hungary, but bumpier and slower

The only reason RB got pole in Monaco is that Alonso threw it into the wall in FP3. He was well onto his way of dominating the weekend before that mistake.

no
that bulls were really strong there, almost like Hungary

[ARENA]

Atleast in 2008, Valencia Q results were very similar to Singapore Q results:
P01 Massa (P01 in Singapore)
P02 Hamilton (P02)
P03 Kubica (P04)
P04 Raikkonen (P03)
P05 Kovalainen (P05)
P06 Vettel (P07)
P07 Trulli (P11)
P08 Heidfeld (P06)
P09 Rosberg (P09)

[raymondu999]

That's what I'm saying. If you're looking for a baseline for singapore performance, the closest thing is probably Valencia due to the track layout. It's all straight lines and angles on paper.

[Lurk]

So McLaren should be fine.
At Valencia, they were matching RB race pace with an "old" car.

[raymondu999]

that depends on how their new suspension handles the bumps in Singapore

[forty-two]

With the temperature at night on the day of the race currently forecast to be 25-30 degrees centigrade, will this have an effect on some car's in terms of cooling / running in hot air behind others?

I noticed Alonso getting out of Button's slipstream whenever he could during the 1st half of the Monza GP, and that's on home turf!

[raymondu999]

I guess bigger brake ducts and bigger cooling in/out-lets are in order. Singapore is hardly windy especially between those barriers

[forty-two]

I was thinking specifically of engine cooling, and Mark Webber's catastrophic brake failure there.

[marcush.]

Oh ..I´m looking forward to watch Nick coming home ....

Will he beat Kobayashi first time out or will it be an epic fight nose to tail with two of the best overtakers in F1 ?

[horse]

Will he beat Kobayashi first time out or will it be an epic fight nose to tail with two of the best overtakers in F1 ?

I don't think quick Nick has a chance of outshining Kobayashi. I would be amazed if, on his first weekend in a 2010 F1 car that he has never driven, he could match Kobayashi's pace.

[raymondu999]

I don't think Quick Nick would match Kobayashi, at least not in the first weeks. We all know the stuff of what happened with Alguersuari, Fisichella, and Badoer last year.

[horse]

I don't think Quick Nick would match Kobayashi, at least not in the first weeks.

He is good at overtaking though. It's a bit of an enigma that he's never won a GP.

[raymondu999]

I'm not talking of overtaking, I'm talking about how he's been out of a car for what, 9 months?