http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/ Autoblog Comments for Singapore gets first F1 race in 2008, and it's at night! http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 14th 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/
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So Alonzo is right to be concerned. After all, F1 races when it rains, no postponements and no red flagging the race until it stops. Imagine low light conditions combined with rooster tails on a course with blind entires into corners where all the painted lines are slippery when wet.

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At least not in recent history. But races have been red flagged in the past. Last time was probably after Senna's crash at Imola. ]]>May 14th 2007 6:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 14th 2007 6:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 14th 2007 6:40PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/
Are you watching the same F1 I am? Have you ever watched NASCAR or DTM? How about drag racing? Check out an oval track race then let's talk boring.

The only people who have a right to call F1 boring should be fighter pilots, astronauts and brain surgeons.]]>May 27th 2007 10:53AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 14th 2007 7:16PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 14th 2007 8:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/With the proper preparation everything will of course be fine. The curcuit itself look far smoother and better to race on then Monaco.
I think the race should run in February as that's when I will next be in SIngapore.]]>May 14th 2007 8:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/
ha ha.. i bet the rest didint know that chewing gum is BANNED in singapore......]]>May 14th 2007 8:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/
I am sure the course will be lit up well, but it still wont be as straightforward as sportcar or IRL oval racing]]>May 14th 2007 11:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 15th 2007 12:58AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 15th 2007 3:51AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 15th 2007 10:40AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/May 15th 2007 1:16PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/14/singapore-gets-f1-race-in-2008-but-night-or-day/
I do however, think that there’s no point to zoom into conclusion that it is a success from a sporting standpoint because safety is the biggest issue with night F1 racing. I don’t want to see my favorite driver lose his life just for a night spectacle.

It’s difficult enough to keep up with the 22 drivers on a racing track in mid day… let alone with floodlights? Two-time world champion, Fernando Alonso, didn’t believe floodlights will ever be enough to make night racing safe, so why isn’t anybody listening? Must we have another Ayrton Senna-style death before we put safety back into the priority instead of looking for a novel way to make more money?

Get excited with the prospect of the first Singapore GP, but I mourn the arrival of night racing, as an F1 purist and enthusiast.

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