Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

Did anyone see the little bit in Autosport that said they are testing helmet cameras in F1? They are only about 10 million years behind the Americans. I remember watching a CART race where they had cameras actually inside the helmets, that gave you a proper drivers view of the track, dirty visor and everything. Hopefully we will actually get these cameras for the BBC broadcasts next year, and not just for people paying Bernie for his special service.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta8WL7T4aro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9owkZTpz6Tw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOUJS3F-5XY

Porsche Supercup already one helmet camera in Spa... since it runs on GP weekends, might have been a test?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWgSSemdhhA

Not good for following the action, but definitely good for seeing the action in the cockpit. Gives much better sense of speed.

Yeh that was the F1 helmet cam being tested, looks quite good, should be able to see Hamilton hitting the wrong buttons on his steering wheel really easily now.

Quote from samjh :

AFAIK, only two drivers have raced at night: David Coulthard and Sebastien Bourdais. Both of them in Le Mans 24-Hours races:
* Coulthard in 93 in a GT Jaguar but was disqualified (illegal exhaust).
* Bourdais in 99-02 in LMP900 (DNF, 4th, 4th, 10th), 04 (DNF) and 07 (2nd) in LMP1.

(Mark Webber also competed in Le Mans 24-Hours in 99, but his car flipped during practice and didn't race).

The problem I think, will be if there is heavy rain. Floodlights will wreak havoc with the spray. Light rain might be tolerable, but heavy rain would result in red-flagging, IMHO.

Bourdais has many formula night race experience in champ car
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwgJQ5ISAA

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Hamilton for the win , Because my country doesn't have any top drivers.

I agree 100%.

Being a night race is just a gimmick to make it more convenient for the majority of fans to see it at a reasonable time. Anyone who saw the MotoGP night race at Qatar knows that with the number of floodlights around the light levels are pretty close to daytime. It's not as though the drivers will be struggling to find the track...

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

The only way that would be interesting is if he is driving James Allen and they do a Matrix and crash into a wall in a massive fireball, thus killing them both in the real world.

Did anyone see the little bit in Autosport that said they are testing helmet cameras in F1? They are only about 10 million years behind the Americans. I remember watching a CART race where they had cameras actually inside the helmets, that gave you a proper drivers view of the track, dirty visor and everything. Hopefully we will actually get these cameras for the BBC broadcasts next year, and not just for people paying Bernie for his special service.

1994 early enough for you?

Seriously though, I'd love to see more helmet cams in every type of motorsport, especially F1.

Quote from amp88 :

Anyone who saw the MotoGP night race at Qatar knows that with the number of floodlights around the light levels are pretty close to daytime. It's not as though the drivers will be struggling to find the track...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5w8-zFDdoE&NR=1

That gives probably pretty good idea...

Also:

Quote from amp88 :

1994 early enough for you?

Seriously though, I'd love to see more helmet cams in every type of motorsport, especially F1.

I want helmet cams in Hockey, so I can see every move that the players (or referees) are doing. Helmet cams for referees would make it cool especially (and more plausable, due to Referees not getting in so many incidents).

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

I want helmet cams in Hockey, so I can see every move that the players (or referees) are doing. Helmet cams for referees would make it cool especially (and more plausable, due to Referees not getting in so many incidents).

If you mean Ice Hockey then that would be crazy, why risk damaging expensive head cams in a sport where they seem to be hell bent on killing each other.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

If you mean Ice Hockey then that would be crazy, why risk damaging expensive head cams in a sport where they seem to be hell bent on killing each other.

"I went to see a fight and a damn ice hockey game broke out!".

Another F1 helmet cam

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

If you mean Ice Hockey then that would be crazy, why risk damaging expensive head cams in a sport where they seem to be hell bent on killing each other.

Hence why putting it on the referee's would be a better option.

.. If hockey is "hell bent on killing each other" (which only Russian (and Professional) hockey is, minor hockey is a lot more civilized) ... what is American Football then?

why would anyone want to see hamiltons helmet?

If NKPro's Singapore F1 demo is anything to go by (laughter), it's going to be a very very boring race. All sorts of nasty 90 degree slow corners.

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Massa for the win

Massah FTW

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

what is American Football then?

Rugby for wimps.

I predict that Vettel will get a podium, and Hamilton will win, Kimi on the podium too.

Quote :

David Coulthard, Red Bull:
“I am staying up late at night, I am going out to nightclubs, and I’m eating a lot of carrots because they apparently help you to see better in the dark. I will work on the simulator on Monday. You see I’m doing all the preparations that I can possibly do. I will touch down in Singapore Tuesday morning and then I will head for the track. I will walk it, crawl it, will cycle it, have someone take me around it on their back - you name it, I’ll do it!”

And Raikkonen :

Quote :

“I don’t know what time the race is. Is it in the evening? Good. I enjoy evenings and night time more anyhow. I like to sleep until noon every day so for me this seems the perfect venue.

Just LOL.


http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/9/8405.html








PS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... pojBA&feature=related

Quote from aroX123 :

Too early? I dont care

So, how is this going to be? A race at nigth.
Since this is a new track anyone could take Pole or Win.
What do you think?

Please, could you at least write a decent first post with trackmap, point standings, weekend schedule and maybe few useful links such as live timing? Topics with zero information are waste of time.

Posted a quick example below...

Singapore
Race Date: 28 Sep 2008
Number of Laps: 61
Circuit Length: 5.067 km
Race Distance: 309.087 km
Lap Record: n/a -



Weekend schedule

Fri 26 September 2008
Friday Practice 1 12:00 - 13:30 GMT
Friday Practice 2 14:30 - 16:00 GMT

Sat 27 September 2008
Saturday Practice 12:00 - 13:00 GMT
Qualifying 15:00 GMT

Sun 28 September 2008
Race 13:00 GMT



Championship standings

Drivers:

Teams:

Links:
Official Formula 1 news
Live timing*Requires free registration*
ITV live stream *UK only*

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Hence why putting it on the referee's would be a better option.

.. If hockey is "hell bent on killing each other" (which only Russian (and Professional) hockey is, minor hockey is a lot more civilized) ... what is American Football then?

A really bad idea, yet I still do it every sodding Sunday.

Quote from chanoman315 :

PS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... pojBA&feature=related

If Singapore is light, then there is pitch black for proper night races, this video is then probably the medium. Not many lights there and so far away from the track, so I think it will be much much lighter.

The track will be approximately one-third as bright as daytime. Similar to a sunlit room.

Here's a photo:

Weather Forecast : Scattered Thunderstorms.

60% chance of rain.

http://www.weather.com/outlook ... nday/SNXX0006?dp=precipdp


Still 6 days to go, so this is probably not very accurate.

it just happens to be the raining season over here, so more than likely there will be rain at some point during the day.

at the very least it will be humid in the evening, which i think may make the track a little greasy or 'green' as the drivers like to say.

edit: mind you, after my failed predictions for the malaysian GP...i might just keep quiet

Quote from copy & :

Pitlane and start / finish:


Between turns 9 and 10:


Between turns 13 and 14, in the dark:


Turn 18:


Turn 23:


Turn 1:


Start / Finish:


Some final preparation pictures:

From turn 17 to turn 18, alongside the seatinggallery / Bay Grandstand:


Bay Grandstand:


Turn 18... tight???


Turn 19; the tunnel, with lighting:

Everything but the last 4 pics could be weeks old, so that explains lack of barriers etc.

3D lap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXCEIYvYSlc

wow, that "tunnel" is gonna be uber noisy in there.