Skip to main content

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe
Live text
Formula 1 Singapore GP

2010 Singapore Grand Prix Race day in Singapore

Live Text

Sort by
Lap 3: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 3: Liuzzi is out of the race with clear suspension damage on the Force India.
Lap 3: Nick Heidfeld has been into the pits for a new front wing, as we see Tonio Liuzzi crabbing to a halt on the circuit.
Lap 2: Replays of the start show Button got the early advantage over team-mate Hamilton but the latter fought back to retain grid order.
Lap 2: Behind the championship contenders, Rosberg is sixth, with Kubica seventh, Barrichello eighth and Schumacher in ninth position.
Lap 2: Massa is straight into the pits to get rid of the soft tyres. He takes on the hard the compound and gets away quickly.
Lap 2: Alonso is clear off out in front and leads Vettel by a second into lap two.
Lap 2: Alguersuari got away after the field had taken the start and he is at the rear of the pack.
Lap 1: Rosberg is up to sixth, with Kubica seventh and Barrichello down to eighth.
Lap 1: There is contact towards the rear of the field with a Force India involved and Massa is up to 21st.
Lap 1: Rattling through the Singapore Sling chicane it is Alonso from Vettel, Hamilton, Button and Webber.
Lap 1: Alonso gets off the line well and covers Vettel as they go into Turn 1. Alonso holds the position and leads ahead of Vettel and Hamilton.
Lap 1: The five red lights go out and we are racing in Singapore!
Massa rolls into position at the rear of the field as we await the lights ...
Alguersuari is released from the Toro Rosso garage and takes up position at the end of the pitlane.
The field is keeping to the right on the racing line before peeling off into their grid positions.
Alonso makes the turn for home and brings his Ferrari F10 onto the start-finish straight.
This circuit has proven hard on brakes in the past, with the heavy fuel load adding to the worry with numerous braking zones and high ambient temperatures.
The field goes under the grandstand towards the end of the lap, to give the spectators an amazing view of the cars passing underneath them.
Alonso makes his way through Turns 7 and 8, as he weaves from side to side to generate heat into his soft tyres.
The super-soft tyre is the widespread choice of the field, even those outside the top 10 with the freedom to select their tyre compound.
The formation lap begins at Marina Bay. Fernando Alonso leads the field of 23 off the grid, with Jaime Alguersuari to start from the pits.
The engines fire with a minute to go before the formation lap.
Rob Smedley leans in over the cockpit of Felipe Massa is Ferrari to give his driver last-minute instructions, as he prepares for the formation lap.
The track temperature is 31 Celsius, with no chance of rain this evening.
There are five minutes to go until the formation lap begins at Marina Bay.
The problem affecting Jaime Alguersuari's Toro Rosso is cooling related. In Singapore's extreme heat, he could be in for a very early bath.
Robert Kubica receives last-minute information and data from his race engineer, as he stands on the grid with a damp towel wrapped around his neck to keep cool.
Felipe Massa is getting final instructions from race engineer Rob Smedley. He has a tough night ahead from the back of the grid.
Quote
"The soft tyres may only last 10 or 15 laps, so getting the timing right is going to be very important to go onto the primes."
Nico Rosberg, grid P7, speaking to BBC TV
Michael Schumacher is getting ready to climb aboard his Mercedes ahead of the German's first start here.
Jaime Alguersuari did not make it onto the grid before the pits closed. The Spaniard is now forced to start the race from the pitlane.
A huge crowd of spectators are packing the circuit and they rise in unison to respect the Singapore national anthem, as it rings out over Marina Bay.
The pitlane has now closed. Any car not on the grid by now, will be required to start from the pitlane - after the rest have taken the start.
Massa is now on his final tour to take up position at the back of the grid.
Quote
"You have to be very focused, very concentrated. There is no room for mistakes. I think we are up there, and that is what counts. I think we will have a good race."
Sebastian Vettel, grid P2, speaking to BBC TV
Massa is underway again after installation checks but is also popping through the pits to get his car tuned in with a practice launch.
Alonso has been practicing starts at the end of the pitlane but is now heading around to take up his place on the grid.
Lewis Hamilton is also now on the grid, climbing out of his McLaren from his third-place spot on the clean side of the track.
Jenson Button has stepped out of his McLaren on the grid and is off for a chat with his engineers.

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton

Published: