Official F1 Journal Track Guide- Singapore

Singapore really is one of a kind and lead the way for not just future night races but also new street racks all over the world joining the calendar but this year it is also at the centre of the 2008 World Championship controversy. its a race of many disaplines and in 13 races here there have been 5 different winners and its one Max Vertsappen has never won! Will he continue his run of wins or can Perez make it 2 in a row after his 2022 win here? 

Track Changes For 2023 

.Due to the building of Multi function outdoor events venue the NS Square 4 corners have been removed from the circuit layout.  The Chicane of turns 16, 17, 18 & 19 has been removed and there is now a straight from the unchanged turn 15 down to what used to be turns 20 & 21 or what is now turns 16 & 17. 

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 Stats 

Laps- 62
Circuit Length - 4.940km
Race Distance- 306.28km
Corners- 19   13 Left   6 Right 
​DRS Zones- 3 
   Activation 1-Middle Turn 4
        Deployment 1- Exit Turn 5 
   Activation 2- Exit Turn 12
        Deployment 2- Exit Turn 13
    Activation 3- Exit Turn 17
         Deployment- Exit Turn 19 
Down Force Level- HIGH   
Tyre Degradation- Medium 
Time @ Full Throttle- 50%
Gear Changes- 74 per lap
Time Lost in Pitlane- 29.8-30.4sec 
Pole Side- Right 
​Tyre Compounds- 
            Hard       Medium      Soft 
             C3             C4            C5
Minimum Starting
Tyre Pressures-       Front         Rear
                               22.0psi      19.0psi
Maximum Tyre 
Camber-                  Front         Rear 
                                -3.50°      -2.00°
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Track Stats 

Times Held- 13
First held- 2008
Finishing Percentage-76%
Pole record- 1.36.015 HAM 2018
(Prior to 2023 track changes)
Lap Record- 1.41.905 MAG 2019 
​(Prior to 2023 track changes)
Winners- 5
Pole Sitters-6
Top 3 Finishers- 14 
Most Driver Poles- 4  Vettel/Hamilton 
Most Team Poles-  7 Ferrari 
Most Driver Wins- 5 Vettel
Most Team Wins- Redbull 5
Most Driver Podiums- 8 Vettel
Most Team Podiums-  14 Redbull 
Times Won From Pole- 8
Times Won From Front Row- 9
Lowest Starting
Position to Win- 15th Alonso 2008 (Cheated)
Smallest Win Margin- 0.293secs Alonso 2010
Largest Win Margin- 32.627secs Vettel 2013

Weekend Schedule 

Previous Results 

2018

Qualifying-
                 1 HAM 1.36.015
                   2 VER 1.36.334
                    3 VET 1.36.628
Race Result-
                    1 HAM (1 stop)
                      2 VER (1 stop)
                        3 VET (1 stop)
Fastest Lap- 1.14.905 MAG Lap 50

2019

Qualifying-
                1 LEC 1.36.217
                  2 HAM 1.36.408
                   3 VET 1.36.437
Race Result- 
                     1 VET (1 stop)
                       2 LEC (1 stop)
                         3 VER ( 1 stop)
Fastest Lap- 1.42.301 MAG  Lap 58

2022(no Singapore Grand Prix 2020 or 2021)

Qualifying-
                 1 LEC 1.49.412
                   2 PER 1.49.484
                    3 HAM 1.49.466
Race Result-
                    1 PER (1 stop)
                      2 LEC (1 stop)
                       3 SAI (1 stop)
Fastest Lap- 1.46.458 RUS Lap 54 

Random Facts 

• Alonso and Vettel have both scored Grand Slams at Singapore ( Pole, Win & Fastest lap)
• Redbull have finished on every Singapore podium since 2010 
• 276 cars have started the Singapore Grand Prix and 210 have finished giving it one of the highest finishing averages for the whole F1 calendar with 76% of cars starting crossing the finish line.
• The first Singapore Grand Prix in 2008 was won by Alonso and the Renault team in one of the most famous cheating scandals the sport has ever seen. Nelson Piquet Jr was instructed by team boss Flavio Briatori and Chief Engineer Pat Simmons to crash into the wall at turn 17(removed for 2023) because there was no crane in that area and it would guarantee a safety car, he agreed to do so with the understanding that he would be resigned to the Renault team for 2009. On lap 13 Renault pit Alonso, lap 14 Piquet crashes into the wall and when everyone else pits Alonso assumes the lead and bish bash bosh Renault win the very first Singapore Grand Prix...............but they didn't resign Piquet Jr and he wasn't happy about it, so he exposed the whole thing to the FIA and the world. Briatori was orginally given a life time ban for participating in any FIA governed motorsport (this was lifted a while ago), Pat Simmons took a short ban but ultimately returned to the F1 pitlane years later. Alonso was allowed to keep the win and the result stood with everyone keeping their points, but this has now become the center of the Massa legal case for having the 2008 championship result changed because the points for this race should never have been given if Renault cheated. We wait with baited breath to see the outcome of this first of it's kind court case. Its important to state that Alonso still denies any knowledge of the events taking place around him ( but didnt question why he was pit 11 laps early) and to this day claims this win as one of his best.
• 108,423 meters of cable light the Singapore race track
• The whole F1 paddock stay on European time over the Singapore to avoid the jet lag 

Joanna Blackmore 
Writer @ F1 Journal