Singapore GP 2013 - Preview

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The thirteenth round is coming up in Singapore for the spectacular night race at the Marina Bay street circuit.

The big F1 news since last race is Ferrari signing Raikkonen to partner Alonso next year.  It’s quite an interesting prospect to line up two of the current four best drivers as equals in a  team that has been operating with a number one driver since 1996. The last time Ferrari had 2 world champions was 1953 (Ascari & Farina). Opinions are already polarized: either it would be a disaster of it would make them the best team. 

What an exciting season 2014 is shaping up to be.

Three drivers had dominated this difficult circuit on its previous 5 episodes: Vettel, Alonso & Hamilton. The Red Bull driver has won the last two, Alonso has won two as well (he’s got 4 podiums) and Hamilton once, although he was very unlucky last year when he retired from the lead to handle victory to Vettel. This is the most difficult race of the season: it’s hot, very humid, very bumpy, with slippery traffic paint lines, with the most corners (23), no runoffs, and very long with every edition close to the 2-hour limit mark (laps around 1.45). No wonder the Safety Car has a 100% rate of intervention (8 times in the 5 previous races). At least this year there are not showers forecasted for the weekend.

The CFA experts struggle in Singapore too. Matias won last year with 9 points (two 3-pointers) but we recorded our worst scores in our history when 2 members got only 2 points and another 7 couldn't get more than 3. So be prepared...

Let’s connect again tomorrow after the FP sessions. 

Looking forward

Cato

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