Singapore GP 2012- Preview

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Seven races left in the Championship. The countdown moves to Singapore this weekend, the only GP to take place at night in the history of Formula 1. And if the narrow, mostly 90-degree 23 corners of the street layout is the most unnatural place for F1 cars, the weather forecast calls for isolated showers typical of the region for every one of the next few days. No wonder the Safety Car has intervened in each one of the four editions at the Marina Bay Circuit.

McLaren is clearly the car to have right now; they won the last 3 from pole in very different type of circuits and Hamilton has become the most serious challenger to Alonso for the championship. But if the Silver cars are pre-race favorites we can’t discount Ferrari as potential race winners, the Italians had developed their disappointing F2012 into a front runner in the last races. The other question is Red Bull: they dominated on the other street circuits of the season in Monaco and Valencia, and of course we have to keep an eye on Lotus, the underachievers of the season, they say the kind of tracks left on the calendar are ideal for their E20. We shall see.

I have a nice surprise for you. Let’s be honest here: isn’t it true that every race you wonder what could had happened if this or that driver was third instead of fourth, for example? Don’t you always think “would I had won if not Perez had not passed Alosno for second?” or if Button had not retired?  That’s the question that always lingers in our minds at the end of every race, and now Manbos has giving us the answer to our natural curiosity: the points Simulator.

Now you can see what could have been in every possible scenario, and it’s super entertaining! Go to the bottom menu (the CFA menu on the home page) and click Simulator at the extreme right. There you could input the top six positions that ‘could have been’ and see how yours and everybody’s scores would change. It’s brilliant. This page is available only after the race starts and the betting is closed, you could play with the top 6 positions as the race unfolds and see how close (or far) were you from winning a CFA Grand Prix. Enjoy, and thanks for the new toy Manbos!

Try it out, these are the ‘possible’ Italian GP  results as an example: http://f1.manbos.com/simulator.asp?gpn=Italy

So, let’s get (virtually) together tomorrow for another intriguing, exciting and unpredictable GP, just the way we 

like it.

Cheers

Cato

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