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it won't rain during the race guys
every year the same talk about rain
but there is no rain predicted, and there usually is none during the night at Singapore

Wet or dry, I don't care, as long as it's entertaining.

Getting a feeling this is either gonna be a boring race with extremely exciting consequences for the standings in the championship (Vettel wins, Button 2nd, Alonso 3rd, Hamilton outside top 6 and Webbo in P10, somewhere along that line)

OR

this is gonna be a truly epic race with little or no changes in the championship at the end.

F1.com still predicting scattered thunderstorms for all 3 days... Damp and/or green track at the start, could be nice

Can the drivers not wear tinted visors to reduce glare from nighttime dampness on the track? It makes sense that a wet race would be difficult under the lights, but you would think F1 had planned appropriately for such a contingency.

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We are witnessing the pussification of America.

They have planned appropriately, postpone. There is only so much you can do and there are fewer difficult conditions than rain + lights. It would be highly entertaining though.

Anyway it will be fine for the race, 4-6 like clockwork usually.

Has anyone actually asked Bernie about this situation?

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"Well we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past and we don't seem to be getting one!" James Hunt - Monaco 1982

I thought the reason why it was a night race was because it doesn't rain in the evenings over there this time of year, just during the day?

and for European TV audiences



Speaking of Live on One, will they really show Suzuka halfway through the Bathurst 1000?

MikeGascoyne

new chicane:

Another angle of the chicane:

http://plixi.com/p/46649367

oh... not as bad as i was expecting. It looks not much different to what they had before. I think FP1 and FP2 will be a threat for rain and possibly before SP3.

Interesting tweet....

"The rain stopped hours ago, but the track is still damp - and the pitlane surface very slippery. Now is when the race would be on"

I think this rain thing has been there since they race in Singapore. Kinda like Sepang, it will always rain, but most likely not before the race has ended. And in this case, the rain will be gone during the night. The only thing that might happen is what F1Fan93 said.

Having said this, I'm pretty sure it will be completely the other way around.

a local said to me the rain has arrived in the evening lately instead of afternoon...

The grand prix starts at 5pm our time and usually Bathurst has just finished by then so might all work out neatly.

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"Well we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past and we don't seem to be getting one!" James Hunt - Monaco 1982

I swear it started like 1 or 2 hours after bathurst. I'm probably tripping though.

Im only going by formula1.coms time converter. Says 5pm melbourne time, but i dont know if they ve accounted for daylight savings. If anything wouldnt that mean the race would be at 6pm?

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"Well we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past and we don't seem to be getting one!" James Hunt - Monaco 1982

we will know in 2 weeks

Dude daylight savings is 1st weekend of october.

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"Well we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past and we don't seem to be getting one!" James Hunt - Monaco 1982

Yep so that means no overlap.

I wonder what the weathers like out at singapore atm.

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"Well we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past and we don't seem to be getting one!" James Hunt - Monaco 1982