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Fantasy Formula 1 - Singapore GP Preview
7:01 AM on September 17th, 2012 by Nathan Susanto

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Motor racing around the streets of Singapore can be traced back to when the Southeast Asian city-state was still part of the Malayan federation. The Orient Year GP, as it was known in 1961, was held at the Thomson Road Circuit but it was renamed the Malaysian GP the following year. After Singapore gained its independence from Malaysia in 1965, the event was called the Singapore GP and it continued to run until 1973.

Those initial races were run under Formula Libre rules and it wasn't until the 21st century before talks began to bring Formula 1 to the tiny republic. A deal was struck in 2007 and the first Formula 1 event in Singapore was held the next season. That inaugural race became historic because it was the series' first grand prix to be run at night. The time difference (UTC+8) meant that it was run at the same time as European grands prix, meaning the live broadcast would be at a convenient time for the sport's largest fan base.

The 2008 event was won by Fernando Alonso after he had started down in 15th on the grid. However, a year later it was discovered Alonso's Renault teammate at the time, Nelson Piquet Jr., had been asked by the team to deliberately crash his car to trigger a safety car period. This would help Alonso - who had already made a pit stop - move up the field while the leaders pitted. Renault - which has since morphed into Lotus F1 - was handed a suspended ban for race fixing and team principal Flavio Briatore and engineer Pat Symonds were banished from the sport, although their bans were subsequently overturned.

Formula 1 heads east for the fourteenth round of the 2012 season. The Singapore GP, held under the lights at Marina Bay, will take place on Sunday, September 23rd at 8 AM ET. Fernando Alonso - a two-time winner around the streets of Singapore - still tops the drivers' standings but his nearest challenger now is Lewis Hamilton, who won the final race in Europe at Monza. The Ferrari driver's lead looks healthy at 37 points, but the chasing pack is closely bunched with Hamilton only one point ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel a further point behind.

Remember to make your game picks in the 2012 Fantasy Formula 1 thread before the deadline of Saturday, September 22nd at 8:55 AM ET, five minutes before qualifying begins. Here we run down some Singapore GP facts and season stats.



Race Info
Grand Prix Singapore GP
Round 14 of 20
Circuit Marina Bay Street Circuit
Location Marina Bay
Circuit Type Street circuit
Circuit Length 3.150 mi (5.073 km)
Circuit Direction Counter/Anti-Clockwise
Turns 23 (14 Left, 9 Right)
Lap Record 1:45.599, Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari), 2008
Race Length 192.066 mi (309.087 km)
Laps 61
2011 Polesitter Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing)
2011 Winner Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing)
Timetable
Free Practice 1 Friday, September 21st at 6 AM ET - 7:30 AM ET
Free Practice 2 Friday, September 21st at 9:30 AM ET - 11:00 AM ET
Free Practice 3 Saturday, September 22nd at 6 AM ET - 7 AM ET
Fantasy Deadline Saturday, September 22nd at 8:55 AM ET
Qualifying Saturday, September 22nd at 9 AM ET
Race Sunday, September 23rd at 8 AM ET



Marina Bay facts:
  • The polesitter has won the last three Singapore GP.
  • The only Marina Bay polesitter not to win finished 13th.
  • No driver has claimed more than one pole position at Marina Bay.
  • All four Singapore GP podiums have featured at least one driver who started from the front row.
  • Three podiums have featured at least one driver who started from behind the front two rows.
  • Both front row drivers have finished on the podium in the last two Marina Bay races.
  • Fernando Alonso (2) is the only multiple winner at Marina Bay.
  • No team has won more than one Formula 1 Singapore GP.
  • Red Bull (4) and McLaren (3) are the only teams to have claimed more than one podium finish.
  • Red Bull (2010 & 2011) is the only team to achieve two podium finishes at a race.
  • The most positions gained at Marina Bay is 16 by Felipe Massa in 2010.
  • Three of the four grands prix at Marina Bay have seen at least six retirements.
  • There have been no first lap retirements so far in the four Singapore GP.
  • The safety car has been deployed at all four Singapore GP.
  • On two occasions the safety car has been deployed more than once at Marina Bay.



2011 Singapore GP Qualifying Results
Rank
Driver Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Grid
1.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing
1:46.397
1:44.931
1:44.381
1
2.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing
1:47.332
1:45.651
1:44.732
2
3.
Jenson Button
McLaren
1:46.956
1:45.472
1:44.804
3
4.
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
1:47.014
1:46.829
1:44.809
4
5.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:47.054
1:45.779
1:44.874
5
6.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:47.945
1:45.955
1:45.800
6
7.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:47.688
1:46.405
1:46.013
7
8.
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:48.819
1:46.043
No Time
8*
9.
Adrian Sutil
Force India
1:47.952
1:47.093
No Time
9
10
Paul di Resta
Force India
1:48.022
1:47.486
No Time
10
11.
Sergio Pérez
Sauber
1:47.717
1:47.616
-
11
12.
Rubens Barrichello
Williams
1:48.061
1:48.082
-
12
13.
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
1:49.710
1:48.270
-
13
14.
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
1:48.753
1:48.634
-
14
15.
Bruno Senna
Renault
1:48.861
1:48.662
-
15
16.
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso
1:49.588
1:49.862
-
16
17.
Kamui Kobyashi
Sauber
1:48.054
No Time
-
17
18.
Vitaly Petrov
Renault
1:49.835
-
-
18
19.
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus
1:50.948
-
-
19
20.
Jarno Trulli
Lotus
1:51.012
-
-
20
21.
Timo Glock
Virgin Racing
1:52.154
-
-
21
22.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Virgin Racing
1:52.363
-
-
22
23.
Daniel Ricciardo
Hispania Racing
1:52.404
-
-
23
24.
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Hispania Racing
1:52:810
-
-
24


107% Time:
1:53.844






Qualifying Notes
Red Bull had two cars in the top-2.
McLaren had two cars in the top-4.
Ferrari had two cars in the top-6.
Mercedes and Force India had two cars in the top-10.
Michael Schumacher only drove an out-lap in Q3 and so did not set a time.
Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta elected not to take to the circuit in Q3 and so did not set a time.
* = Driving an out-lap takes precedence over not taking to the circuit.
Kamui Kobyashi crashed on his out-lap in Q2 and so did not set a time.
Vitantonio Liuzzi was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an accident at the previous event but qualified
last anyway.



2011 Singapore GP Race Results and Drivers' Fantasy Points
Rank
Driver Team Retirement
Q.P.
R.P.
C.F.
L.L.
M.L.
F.L.
TOTAL
1.
Sebastien Vettel
Red Bull Racing

5
40
1
1
2
0
49
2.
Jenson Button
McLaren

2
38
1
0
0
1
42
3.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing

3
36
1
0
0
0
40
4.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari

1
34
1
0
0
0
36
5.
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren

1
32
1
0
0
0
34
6.
Paul di Resta
Force India

1
30
1
0
0
0
32
7.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes

1
28
1
0
0
0
30
8.
Adrian Sutil
Force India

1
26
1
0
0
0
28
9.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari

1
24
1
0
0
0
26
10.
Sergio Pérez
Sauber

0
22
1
0
0
0
23
11.
Pastor Maldonado
Williams

0
20
1
0
0
0
21
12.
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso

0
18
1
0
0
0
19
13.
Rubens Barrichello
Williams

0
16
1
0
0
0
17
14.
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber

0
14
1
0
0
0
15
15.
Bruno Senna
Renault

0
12
1
0
0
0
13
16.
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus

0
10
1
0
0
0
11
17.
Vitaly Petrov
Renault

0
8
1
0
0
0
9
18.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Virgin Racing

0
6
1
0
0
0
7
19.
Daniel Ricciardo
Hispania Racing

0
4
1
0
0
0
5
20.
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Hispania Racing

0
2
1
0
0
0
3
21.
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso
Accident
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Ret.
Jarno Trulli
Lotus
Gearbox
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ret.
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
Collision
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Ret.
Timo Glock
Virgin Racing
Accident
0
0
0
0
0
0
0



2011 Singapore GP Teams' Fantasy Points
Team Drivers
Q.P.
R.P.
C.F.
L.L.
M.L.
F.L.
TOTAL
Red Bull Racing
(Sebastian Vettel/Mark Webber)
5
38
2
1
2
0
48
McLaren (Lewis Hamilton/Jenson Button)
3
35
2
0
0
1
41
Ferrari (Fernando Alonso/Felipe Massa)
2
29
2
0
0
0
33
Mercedes (Michael Scumacher/Nico Rosberg)
1
14
0
0
0
0
15
Renault (Bruno Senna/Vitaly Petrov)
0
11
2
0
0
0
13
Williams (Rubens Barrichello/Pastor Maldonado)
0
18
2
0
0
0
20
Force India (Adrian Sutil/Paul di Resta)
1
28
2
0
0
0
31
Sauber (Kamui Kobayashi/Sergio Pérez)
0
18
2
0
0
0
20
Toro Rosso
(Sébastien Buemi/Jaime Alguersuari)
0
9
2
0
0
0
11
Lotus (Heikki Kovalainen/Jarno Trulli)
0
5
0
0
0
0
5
Hispania Racing
(Daniel Ricciardo/Vitantonio Liuzzi)
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
Virgin Racing (Timo Glock/Jérôme d'Ambrosio)
0
3
0
0
0
0
3



Race Notes
Classified finishers Top-21 drivers.
Two classified finishers Red Bull, McLaren, Force India, Ferrari, Williams, Sauber, Renault, HRT,
Toro Rosso.
Race leaders Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Laps led Vettel (1-61).
Fastest lap Jenson Button (McLaren) on lap 54 (1:48.454).
Miscellaneous Jaime Alguersuari retired on lap 57/61 but was a classified finisher (+4 laps).



Points and Bonus Points Key
Q.P.
Qualifying Points
R.P.
Race Points
C.F.
Classified Finisher(s) Bonus Point(s)
L.L.
Lap Led Bonus Point
M.L.
Most Laps Led Bonus Points
F.L.
Fastest Lap Bonus Point



Singapore GP 2008 - 2011 and This Season's Statistics
List
Driver/Team
TM
This
Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
A
Sebastian Vettel
RBR
Race
4
1
3.00
3.00
1
4
4
1
40.75
Season
13
3
5.31
6.92
1
10
9
1
32.23
A
Mark Webber
RBR
Race
4
0
6.00
10.25
3
2
2
0
23.25
Season
13
1
6.85
6.31
1
11
7
2
31.85
A
Jenson Button
MCL
Race
4
0
7.75
5.00
2
4
3
0
34.00
Season
13
1
6.77
9.69
1
8
4
2
26.08
A
Lewis Hamilton
MCL
Race
4
1
2.50
7.00
1
3
3
1
32.25
Season
13
4
3.33
8.23
1
10
7
3
30.85
A
Fernando Alonso
FER
Race
4
1
6.75
2.25
1
4
4
2
42.50
Season
13
2
6.54
5.08
1
12
10
3
35.62
A
Felipe Massa
FER
Race
3
1
10.33
10.00
8
2
0
0
25.33
Season
13
0
10.69
10.38
4
7
3
0
22.69
B
Michael Schumacher
MER
Race
2
0
8.50
18.00
13
0
0
0
9.50
Season
13
0
7.69
14.08
3
11
1
0
17.23
B
Nico Rosberg
MER
Race
4
0
6.50
6.25
2
3
2
0
32.00
Season
13
1
8.38
8.08
1
9
2
1
28.31
B
Kimi Räikkönen
LOT
Race
2
0
8.00
12.50
10
1
0
0
19.50
Season
13
0
7.77
5.23
2
12
9
0
33.62
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
Race
1
0
19.00
20.00
20
0
0
0
2.00
Season
12
0
6.83
12.75
2
6
4
0
19.83
B
Paul di Resta
FI
Race
1
0
10.00
6.00
6
1
0
0
32.00
Season
13
0
11.15
10.62
6
7
0
0
22.54
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
Race
1
0
12.00
10.00
10
1
0
0
23.00
Season
13
0
12.23
11.54
4
6
2
0
20.38
B
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
Race
2
0
13.50
17.50
14
0
0
0
8.00
Season
13
0
10.46
12.62
4
6
2
0
18.62
B
Sergio Pérez
SAU
Race
1
0
11.00
10.00
10
1
0
0
23.00
Season
13
0
12.54
10.77
2
6
3
0
22.08
B
Daniel Ricciardo
TR
Race
1
0
23.00
19.00
19
0
0
0
5.00
Season
13
0
14.15
13.08
9
2
0
0
16.92
B
Jean-Éric Vergne
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
13
0
16.69
14.38
8
2
0
0
14.85
B
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
Race
1
0
13.00
11.00
11
0
0
0
21.00
Season
13
1
8.85
14.46
1
2
1
1
15.92
B
Bruno Senna
WIL
Race
2
0
19.00
18.50
15
0
0
0
6.50
Season
13
0
14.46
12.77
6
7
0
0
18.00
B
Heikki Kovalainen
CAT
Race
4
0
13.25
12.25
7
2
0
0
19.00
Season
13
0
18.38
17.00
13
0
0
0
9.23
B
Vitaly Petrov
CAT
Race
2
0
15.50
14.00
11
0
0
0
15.00
Season
13
0
19.54
16.83
13
0
0
0
8.46
B
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
13
0
22.23
20.25
17
0
0
0
2.92
B
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
13
0
23.46
20.75
15
0
0
0
2.62
B
Timo Glock
MAR
Race
4
0
13.50
11.75
2
2
2
0
21.00
Season
12
0
21.25
17.92
14
0
0
0
7.25
B
Charles Pic
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
13
0
21.92
18.77
15
0
0
0
5.69
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
Race
4
1
5.38
6.88
1
6
5
1
32.50
Season
13
4
6.08
6.62
1
21
16
3
33.23
TM
McLaren
MCL
Race
4
1
4.00
6.38
1
7
5
1
34.00
Season
13
5
5.12
8.96
1
18
11
5
29.69
TM
Ferrari
FER
Race
4
2
8.88
9.13
1
5
2
1
28.50
Season
13
2
8.62
7.73
1
19
13
3
29.85
TM
Mercedes
MER
Race
2
0
7.75
12.00
5
2
1
0
21.00
Season
13
1
8.04
11.08
1
16
3
1
23.00
TM
Lotus
LOT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
13
0
7.65
9.00
2
18
13
0
27.23
TM
Force India
FI
Race
4
0
15.88
13.75
6
3
0
0
16.00
Season
13
0
11.69
11.08
4
13
2
0
22.00
TM
Sauber
SAU
Race
4
0
10.00
13.38
6
3
0
0
17.00
Season
13
0
11.50
11.69
2
12
5
0
20.69
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
Race
4
0
13.75
13.38
5
1
1
0
16.75
Season
13
0
15.42
13.73
8
4
0
0
16.46
TM
Williams
WIL
Race
4
0
9.50
8.75
2
5
1
0
27.00
Season
13
1
11.65
13.62
1
9
1
1
17.15
TM
Caterham
CAT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
13
0
18.96
16.92
13
0
0
0
9.54
TM
HRT
HRT
Race
2
0
23.00
20.25
19
0
0
0
3.00
Season
13
0
22.85
20.50
15
0
0
0
3.15
TM
Marussia
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
13
0
21.60
18.36
14
0
0
0
6.62



Recent Form Table
List
Driver/Team
TM
Last 4 Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
B
Kimi Räikkönen
LOT
5,3,2,3
0
6.75
3.25
2
4
4
0
37.75
A
Jenson Button
MCL
DNF,1,6,2
1
3.50
8.00
1
3
2
1
31.00
A
Fernando Alonso
FER
3,DNF,5,1
1
5.75
7.75
1
3
3
1
30.50
TM
Ferrari
FER
3,DNF,5,1
1
7.63
7.63
1
6
5
1
29.75
4,5,9,12
A
Sebastian Vettel
RBR
22CF,2,4,5
0
5.50
8.25
2
3
3
0
29.00
A
Felipe Massa
FER
4,5,9,12
0
9.50
7.50
4
3
2
0
28.75
TM
McLaren
MCL
DNF,1,6,2
3
4.00
10.13
1
5
4
3
28.75
1,DNF,1,DNF
TM
Lotus
LOT
5,3,2,3
0
8.63
8.88
2
5
5
0
27.50
13,DNF,3,18
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
22CF,2,4,5
0
6.75
9.38
2
6
3
0
26.75
20CF,6,8,8
A
Lewis Hamilton
MCL
1,DNF,1,DNF
2
4.50
12.25
1
2
2
2
25.00
TM
Mercedes
MER
6,7,DNF,7
0
11.75
10.25
6
6
0
0
24.50
7,11,10,10
B
Nico Rosberg
MER
7,11,10,10
0
13.75
9.50
7
3
0
0
24.50
B
Paul di Resta
FI
8,10,12,11
0
8.75
10.25
8
2
0
0
23.25
B
Michael Schumacher
MER
6,7,DNF,7
0
9.75
11.00
6
3
0
0
23.00
TM
Force India
FI
8,10,12,11
0
10.75
10.75
4
4
1
0
22.75
21CF,4,11,9
A
Mark Webber
RBR
20CF,6,8,8
0
8.00
10.50
6
3
0
0
22.75
TM
Sauber
SAU
9,13,18,4
0
10.38
10.88
2
4
2
0
22.50
2,DNF,14,6
B
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
9,13,18,4
0
9.75
11.00
4
2
1
0
22.00
B
Sergio Pérez
SAU
2,DNF,14,6
0
11.00
10.75
2
2
1
0
21.75
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
21CF,4,11,9
0
12.75
11.25
4
2
1
0
21.00
B
Bruno Senna
WIL
10,12,7,17
0
14.00
11.50
7
2
0
0
20.50
B
Daniel Ricciardo
TR
12,9,15,13
0
15.00
12.25
9
1
0
0
18.50
TM
Williams
WIL
11,DNF,13,15
0
10.63
13.13
7
2
0
0
17.75
10,12,7,17
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
12,9,15,13
0
15.75
13.88
8
2
0
0
16.50
DNF,8,16,14
B
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
11,DNF,13,15
0
7.25
14.75
11
0
0
0
14.25
B
Jean-Éric Vergne
TR
DNF,8,16,14
0
16.50
15.50
8
1
0
0
13.25
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
DNR,DNF,3,18
0
8.67
15.00
3
1
1
0
12.25
TM
Caterham
CAT
14,17,17,19
0
19.25
16.38
14
0
0
0
11.25
15,14,19,16
B
Vitaly Petrov
CAT
15,14,19,16
0
19.75
16.00
14
0
0
0
11.00
B
Heikki Kovalainen
CAT
14,17,17,19
0
18.75
16.75
14
0
0
0
9.50
TM
Marussia
MAR
17,15,21,22
0
21.38
18.38
15
0
0
0
7.50
16,16,20,20
B
Charles Pic
MAR
16,16,20,20
0
21.50
18.00
16
0
0
0
7.00
B
Timo Glock
MAR
17,15,21,22
0
21.25
18.75
15
0
0
0
6.00
B
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
18,18,22,21
0
22.75
19.75
18
0
0
0
4.00
TM
HRT
HRT
18,18,22,21
0
23.13
20.38
18
0
0
0
3.50
19,DNF,DNF,23
B
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
19,DNF,DNF,23
0
23.50
21.00
23
0
0
0
2.50

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