The 2011 Singapore Grand Prix Thread

Ed · Joined: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 22090

This is the place to discuss everything related to the fourteenth round of the 2011 season taking place at the Singapore street circuit between the 23rd and 25th of September.

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Track Layout

The event timetable for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 18:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
2nd Practice 21:30 local time - 13:30 GMT

Saturday
Practice 19:00 local time - 11:00 GMT
Qualifying 22:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 20:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

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Ed · Joined: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 22090

Qualifying Results

Vettel takes Pole with a 1:44.381 from Webber (1:44.732) and Button (1:44.804). Hamilton is 4th with a 1:44.809 ahead of Alonso (1:44.874), Massa (1:45.800) and Rosberg (1:46.013). Schumacher is 8th from Sutil and di Resta. Those three didn't set times in Q3

Knocked out of Q2: Perez, Barrichello, Maldonado, Buemi, Senna, Alguersuari and Kobayashi

knocked out of Q1: Petrov, Kovalainen, Trulli, Glock, d'Ambrosio, Ricciardo and Liuzzi

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Race results:

Vettel
Button +1.7
Webber +29.2
Alonso +55.4
Hamilton +67.7
di Resta +1 lap
Rosberg +1 lap
Sutil +1 lap
Massa +1 lap
Perez + lap
Maldonado +1 lap
Buemi +1 lap
Barrichello +1 lap
Kobayashi +2 laps
Senna + 2 laps
Kovalainen +2 laps
Petrov +2 laps
d'Ambrosio +2 laps
Ricciardo +4 laps
Liuzzi +4 laps

Retirements
Alguersuari +5 laps (crashed)
Trulli - retired (engine)
Schumacher - retired (crash)
Glock - retired (crash)

Thaddeus · Joined: 31 Jul 2010 Posts: 229 Location: Yorkshire

Vettel, surely, must be driver of the day.

Supreme pace, effortless victory, only slightly under pressure at the end.

Button also did very well, I thought.

jacfan · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject:

Thaddeus · Joined: 31 Jul 2010 Posts: 229 Location: Yorkshire

Aye, I slightly forgot about di Resta, who did very well indeed.

In retrospect, I would change my driver of the day, but to Button rather than di Resta. He (Button) had a stomach bug and lost some weight due to dehydration, so to do so well in a race where hydration is an issue even for a healthy driver is excellent.

I think di Resta is easily the best of the newcomers, and could be a potential world champion in a few years, but I think his sixth place was impressive rather than superb.

jacfan · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject:

my vote went to Button this week. Easy to win in the best car and from the front.
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Thaddeus · Joined: 31 Jul 2010 Posts: 229 Location: Yorkshire

I think that does a slight disservice to Vettel.

He's consistently and significantly outperformed his team mate. Yes, the Red Bull's a great car and has mostly been the fastest in races (although McLaren could've won in Monaco and Spain) but he's still driving extremely well.

jacfan · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:18 pm Post subject:

I did not mean to insinuate that Vettel did not deserve the win or even DotD, my point was that it is a lot easier to lead from the front than to play catch up. Obviously he is a great driver. He could not win back to back championship wins by just being in the top car and being in the front but it sure makes it a tad easier.

I did not mean to upset you. Just giving my opinion for what it is worth.
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Thaddeus · Joined: 31 Jul 2010 Posts: 229 Location: Yorkshire

Np, jacfan. I wasn't upset, I just disagree (with the Driver of the Day).

I do agree that it's a lot easier to drive away at the front. During the race (particularly about 12-15 laps from the end) it struck me that Singapore seems to be one of those that naturally creates gaps between the cars (plus Vettel's been driving well all season). For a long while there was a reasonable gap from Vettel to Button to Webber to Alonso.

Singapore's not a favourite of mine. I'd rather axe it and keep Turkey, though I understand the commercial reasons why this hasn't (and won't) occur.

Come 2013, when the big teams may be changing their lineups, it'll be interesting to see if di Resta gets a chance with a front-running team.

jacfan · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:38 pm Post subject:

Fair enough.
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