The Singapore Grand Prix is the second night race on the Formula 1 calendar and the 14th round of the 2014 season.
This year’s event will be the seventh time that the sport has raced around the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Despite joining the schedule in 2008, the Singapore Grand Prix has produced some very memorable moments. Here are a few of them.
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Crashgate
The inaugural race around the 3.147 mile street track saw Fernando Alonso take victory despite a disastrous qualifying session, due to a mechanical problem. He benefitted from an early pit stop when the safety car was deployed, moving to the top spot and going on to finish three seconds ahead of Nico Rosberg.
The safety car period was caused by his team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr’s crash in the final sector. However, in September 2009 Piquet Jr revealed - after he had been dropped - that the Renault F1 squad had instructed him to crash on purpose to deploy the safety car and help Alonso move up the order.
The Enstone-based squad admitted to giving the Brazilian driver the command in a World Motor Sport Council Meeting. The team was disqualified from F1, which was suspended for two years pending any further rule infringements.
Team principal Flavio Briatore was banned from FIA-sanctioned events for life and chief engineer Pat Symonds for five years, but these were both later overturned.
A close battle
The 2010 Singapore Grand Prix was won by Alonso, but this time it was a true victory and a very close one too. He started from pole and quickly established a comfortable lead, although this was cut down with a mid-race safety car period.
He looked to have everything under control, but title rival Sebastian Vettel closed in on the Spaniard in the final laps and finished just two tenths behind Alonso by the chequered flag. Webber recovered to third after pulling off an alternative strategy and emerging unscathed from contact with Lewis Hamilton.
Hitching a lift
Webber’s Red Bull RB9 broke down on the penultimate lap of the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix, with the Aussie stopping his fiery car at turn seven. He then hitched a lift with his good friend Alonso on the slow-down lap, but did so in a dangerous manner after running across the circuit in front of on-coming traffic.
Both were given reprimands, but as it was Webber’s third, he was handed a 10-place grid penalty for Korea.
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For more on the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix, be sure to check out my race preview here: http://bit.ly/1AQUpeX
Crashgate
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The inaugural race around the 3.147 mile street track saw Fernando Alonso take victory despite a disastrous qualifying session, due to a mechanical problem. He benefitted from an early pit stop when the safety car was deployed, moving to the top spot and going on to finish three seconds ahead of Nico Rosberg.
The safety car period was caused by his team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr’s crash in the final sector. However, in September 2009 Piquet Jr revealed - after he had been dropped - that the Renault F1 squad had instructed him to crash on purpose to deploy the safety car and help Alonso move up the order.
The Enstone-based squad admitted to giving the Brazilian driver the command in a World Motor Sport Council Meeting. The team was disqualified from F1, which was suspended for two years pending any further rule infringements.
Team principal Flavio Briatore was banned from FIA-sanctioned events for life and chief engineer Pat Symonds for five years, but these were both later overturned.
A close battle
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The 2010 Singapore Grand Prix was won by Alonso, but this time it was a true victory and a very close one too. He started from pole and quickly established a comfortable lead, although this was cut down with a mid-race safety car period.
He looked to have everything under control, but title rival Sebastian Vettel closed in on the Spaniard in the final laps and finished just two tenths behind Alonso by the chequered flag. Webber recovered to third after pulling off an alternative strategy and emerging unscathed from contact with Lewis Hamilton.
Hitching a lift
Webber’s Red Bull RB9 broke down on the penultimate lap of the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix, with the Aussie stopping his fiery car at turn seven. He then hitched a lift with his good friend Alonso on the slow-down lap, but did so in a dangerous manner after running across the circuit in front of on-coming traffic.
Both were given reprimands, but as it was Webber’s third, he was handed a 10-place grid penalty for Korea.
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