Singapore F1 2008 - date out subject to circuit approval

[Abba]

2008 Formula One calendar

Mar 16 Australia (Melbourne)

Mar 23 Malaysia (Sepang)

Apr 6 Bahrain (Sakhir)

Apr 27 Spain (Barcelona)

May 11 Turkey (Istanbul)

May 25 Monaco (Monte Carlo)

Jun 8 Canada* (Montreal)

Jun 22 France (Magny Cours)

Jul 6 Britain (Silverstone)

Jul 20 Germany (Hockenheim)

Aug 3 Hungary (Hungaroring)

Aug 24 Europe (Valencia)**

Sep 7 Italy (Monza)

Sep 14 Belgium (Spa Francorchamps)

Sep 28 Singapore**

Oct 12 China (Shanghai)

Oct 19 Japan (Fuji)

Nov 2 Brazil (Interlagos)

 

* Provisional

** subject to circuit approval

[Jonbummer]

hope the weather then next year will be good.

 

else we can expect this

[Abba]

He was running full wet tyres. The engine was hardly ticking over as he had to get on-off the throttle. The citezens in Sao Paulo dun seem to interested in F1

[Jonbummer]

not much people as i think most roads are closed

within the vicinity

plus the rain is actually quite heavy

 

i think the RBR car did not go beyond 3rd gear

too scary to drive

[Yaoxing]

hehe.... he can drive faster than that in the pit lane.... pit lane speed limit 80km/h right?

[Jonbummer]

most pitlane speed limit is about the speed of 80km/h

(slow is about the speed of some highway)

 

Monaco is at 60km/h, i think, cos of the space constraint.

 

basically in such wet condition, F1cars becomes undrive-able

with their low chassis and the bottom been flat, they will

become a boat.... as seen in the last race at Nurburgring.

[Abba]

They are ~20mm from the ground, In Nurburgring they were basically passengers in a boat skiing across the track

[Jonbummer]

Singapore officials are confident construction work on its new

grand prix facility will begin next month after submitting plans

for approval to Formula 1

[inlinesix]

I could confirm that they had clear up the area b4 Singapore flyer. But no construction of paddock or road yet. Once construction started, i will take some pic.

[Contax]

You are involved in the project and your offices in the vincinity ?

[inlinesix]

I m not involved in d project. Everyday, i will ride past d area 2 work. So, i monitor its progress. During the flattening stage, a lot of trees had been cut. I got pics of it. I hope these trees r not burned.

[Karbonphyber]

sxxt...... why am i not back to see F1 in singapore. i wanna driveeeeeeeeeeeee

[inlinesix]

4 those who r interested, there will b a groundbreaking ceremony 4 F1 paddock, grandstand & other related building.

Time: About 10am (Based on representation of prep. crew)

Place: Raffles Boulevard (in btw ECP overpass & Singapore Flyer)

[Jonbummer]

Singapore began construction work for its Formula 1 race on Friday with a ground-breaking ceremony at the Marina Bayfront, where the pit buildings will be constructed. The 350m-long, three-storey building will house the race control, media centre, garages and VIP hospitality. It is not clear what use it will have for the rest of the year. The building work is expected to take nine months and there is therefore plenty of time to get everything in place before the first race, which is scheduled to take place on September 28 next year. The building will cost around $20m. The design features extensive use of glass to provide the VIPs and media with views of the start-finish straight.

 

Singapore's Land Transport Authority will begin its work on the roads next month. This will include the construction of a 0.75-mile section of road at the eastern end of the circuit and will include an underpass and access roads elsewhere by the pit buildings, widening of the promenade between the existing outdoor seating gallery and the floating platform in Marina Bay, widening of Raffles Boulevard and modifications to existing kerbs and traffic islands. The circuit design is yet to be fully finalised but around 70% of the track will be on the existing roads.

 

The aim remains for the Singapore race to take place at night and as a result of this there has been work going on to test out lighting techniques with the first trials of the light balloons which will be used taking in place in France (where they are manufactured) in July. There is to be a second test in October before the FIA agrees that it is safe to race at night. One question is whether or not the lightning is usable in rainy conditions.

 

** what happen if this test do not satisfied the strict criteria of the FIA is another big big question **

 

The city of Singapore is currently building two casino resorts and a 165-foot Ferris Wheel, the world's largest, to help draw tourists and the convention trade.

[Jonbummer]

 

[Abba]

Latest 2008 F1 calender

 

2008 FIA Formula One World Championship Revised Calendar:

 

16 March

[Abba]

FIA approves Singapore street circuit

Still no news on night Grand Prix status

 

F1's governing body has signalled a green light to the inaugural Singapore grand prix next year.

 

The Paris based FIA has given in-principle approval to the city-state's street circuit, but Singapore officials are still waiting to hear if the race can be held under lights, the news agency Channel NewsAsia reported on Friday.

 

Work at the site, including the construction of pit and paddock buildings, will begin imminently.

 

"We have refined the proposed street circuit and submitted the plans to the FIA for its assessment and endorsement," the Singapore Tourism Board's Lim Neo Chian said last month.

 

The race's communications director Jonathan Hallett, meanwhile, said in July: "We will carry out a night race only if the FIA and Formula One Administration find that the safety of drivers and spectators is not compromised."

 

Source GMM

CAPSIS International

[Jonbummer]

hmmm

the issue remains that nite race will be a 1st

in the F1 modern history

 

it can be a spectacle and also a disaster.

 

safety is the utmost concern when cars are moving

at almost speed of sound