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Fri practice almost start with a crash of a Renault car at the exact same turn that is the focus of a race KELONG... however, let's stick to the action on track, which has the qualifying just finished. when i thought the Brawns and particularly Button can tighten his hold on the championship lead, they messed it up big time. Button cannot get past Q2, and will start at 12th. his team mate and close championship challenger, will start 10th but his crash at the final moments of the qualifying may just bring more frown to the Brazilian, i suspect. Hamilton, as from last year, did very well in street circuit which demands a lot from all the driver. he was rather critical about the track stating it was "very dangerous" and the bumps and humps are still present with promise that it will be sorted this year. well, Hamilton welcome to Singapore... "THEY" always promise a lot and only deliver this much. if you ask me, Hamilton will be the man to watch for the race, and very likely to finish 1st.... unless.... SC is deployed for whatever reason. Red Bull Racing seems to recover from a slump. Vettel, i suspect, might just got pole from Rosberg and Hamilton, had Barrichello not crashed. dun forget 2 Red Bull teams cars got 'special' metal strips beneath their car to combat the statics that is allegedly discharged from the MRT passing below! Williams... or shld i just say Rosberg. with the similar car (i assume) one man is starting at 3rd and another at 11th shows that the driver is an important element in a racing machine. Rosberg shld very well like he did here last year ( however one has to argue that he was indirectly aid by the SC too) he showed real pace and aggression in tackling the turns wat surprised me in the Qualifying is the failure of 2 Ferraris in the Q3, and the 2 BMWs in it with a good mix of cars again in the starting grid from this qualifying, i'm sure there will be some great racing tomorrow the only issue is whether can the Marina Bay circuit provide the opportunities for the drivers to show the paying spectators what racing is really about... i hope so! and i do still hope for the sky to open up just before race start! 1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.891 2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:48.204 3. Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:48.348 4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:48.722 5. Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:48.828 * 5 place penalty, Gearbox 6. Fernando Alonso Renault 1:49.054 7. Timo Glock Toyota 1:49.180 8. Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:49.307 9. Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:49.514 10. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:49.778 11. Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:47.013 12. Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:47.141 13. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:47.177 14. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:47.369 15. Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:47.413 16. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:48.231 17. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:48.340 18. Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 1:48.350 19. Romain Grosjean Renault 1:48.544 20. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:48.792

[inline "image 2.jpg"] [inline "image 1.jpg"] The cage is only held in place by a flimsy catch, cant if it flungs open. oh, there are abt 10+ pple behind in there... and yes, they can see that my front passenger is taking pics of them m tsk tsk ... driver / person-in-charge ought to be mice