Singapore Grand Prix
 Marina Bay Street Circuit
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| Main sponsor: | Singapore Airlines (since 2014) |
| in the racing calendar: | since 2008 |
| Route length: | 5.063 km |
| Race length: | 308.843 km in 61 laps |
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| Lap record: | 1: 41,905 ( 2018 , Kevin Magnussen , Haas - Ferrari ) |
| Lap record qualification: | 1: 36.015 (2018, Lewis Hamilton , Mercedes ) |
| Most wins: | Sebastian Vettel (5) |
| Most Poles: | Lewis Hamilton / Sebastian Vettel (4 each) |
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The Singapore Grand Prix is a car race in the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore , which was held for the first time in the 2008 season (on September 28) as part of the Formula 1 World Championship on the specially built Marina Bay Street Circuit .
Today's 5.063 km long racetrack is driven counter-clockwise and offers space for 80,000 to 90,000 spectators. 70% of it consists of otherwise public roads. The permanent parts, designed by the German civil engineer and race track specialist Hermann Tilke , cost around 16 million euros and were completed by July 2008.
The Singapore Grand Prix is held as a night race - the start is usually at 8 p.m. local time (2 p.m. CEST) - a novelty in Formula 1. 1485 headlights are in use, which provide an average illuminance of 3000 lux on the track and can be powered by twelve generators equipped with backup systems (a 13th generator is on a truck and serves as an emergency unit). The spotlights made by the Italian company Valerio Maioli SpA are mounted at a height of 10 m; their overall performance with 3 mega watt indicated - with a headlight, a power of 2000 watts and a luminous flux of 220,000 lumen has. If two successive headlights fail, the driver's view would still not be restricted. On October 25, 2007, the event was approved by the World Automobile Federation FIA ; This means that the live broadcast of the race in Europe will take place in the afternoon as usual due to the time difference.
Prior to the project showed the Malaysian government concerned, the new Grand Prix on the F1 calendar could the economic profitability of the 300 km taking place Grand Prix of Malaysia at risk.
From 1966 to 1973, the Singapore Grand Prix was a formula-free race ( Formule Libre ) that was held on a street-only circuit within the city. Until Singapore was excluded from the Malaysia Federation, this motorsport event was also known as the “Malaysian Grand Prix”. Ultimately, it was discontinued due to increased traffic and safety reasons.
Results
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| abbreviation | class | comment |
| F1 | formula 1 | Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 |
| F2 | Formula 2 | |
| FL | Formula libre | Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer |
| SW | Sports car | |
| TW | Touring car | |
| GP | Grand Prix vehicles | |
| ↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓ | ||
| Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship. | ||
| Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship . | ||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Singapore fully on schedule (news from July 17, 2008 on Motorsport-Total.com)
- ^ "Another step towards night racing" (motorsport-total.com on October 17, 2007)
- ↑ a b Motorsport aktuell : issue 45 (October 30th - November 5th 2007), page 12 Singapore GP: engine on, lights on
- ↑ “FIA approves first night race in Formula 1” ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Handelsblatt .de on October 25, 2007)
- ↑ Malaysia jittery over Singapore F1 roar ( Today article on March 27, 2007 ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-1/news/formel-1-2020-baku-singapur-und-suzuka-offiziell-abgesagt-20061203
Web links
- Official website (English)
In the racing calendar of the 2020 season
Australia 1 |
Bahrain 1 |
Vietnam 1 |
China 1 |
Netherlands 1 |
Monaco 1 |
Azerbaijan 1 |
Canada 1 |
France 1 |
Austria |
Styria |
Hungary |
Great Britain |
70th anniversary |
Spain |
Belgium |
Italy |
Tuscany |
Singapore 1 |
Russia |
Eifel |
Japan 1 |
Portugal |
Emilia-Romagna |
USA 1 |
Mexico 1 |
Brazil 1 |
Turkey |
Bahrain |
Sachir |
Abu Dhabi
1) canceled / postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Currently not in the race calendar
Argentina |
Germany |
Europe |
Indianapolis 500 |
India |
Korea |
Luxembourg |
Las Vegas |
Malaysia |
Morocco |
Pacific |
Pescara |
San Marino |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
South Africa |
USA East |
USA West
Coordinates: 1 ° 17 ′ 31 ″ N , 103 ° 51 ′ 28 ″ E