Excerpts from Joes Award:
When the F1 circus arrived in Singapore, Renault F1 had not won a race for almost two years. The pressure was on Renault F1 to justify the cost of the sport and there were many rumours that Renault boss Carlos Ghosn was going to stop the programme.
Singapore was a big new event with a great opportunity to make an impact in Asia. In qualifying Alonso was only 15th, with Piquet 16th. The track offered no real opportunities for overtaking and so winning from that position was virtually impossible, no matter how fast the car was.
Alonso started the race with fuel for only 12 laps. He made up some places and was 11th when he pitted but, of course, this dropped him to 20th place as a result of the stop. Piquet then crashed on lap 14 and the pitlane was closed, the only team getting its cars into pitlane before the Safety Car was deployed being Red Bull Racing. Two drivers (Nico Rosberg and Robert Kubica) had to pit when the pitlane was closed because they did not have the fuel to go further. Most of the others pitted when the pitlane was declared open.
The result was that Alonso emerged in fifth place, behind Rosberg, Jarno Trulli, Giancarlo Fisichella and Kubica. Trulli and Fisichella pitted later and Rosberg and Kubica were penalised and so Alonso took the lead on lap 34 and was able to remain ahead all the way to the finish.
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F1 is so passe.
Don’t know why people are raving about it.
that”s cos the circus has come to Singapore.
I dislike the smell during and after the race.
quite hazzardous to health, imho.
*cough*cough*
I will not visit the racing site for personal health reasons. but then this is just my preference.
feel free to go there.
some other racers complaint the mrt trains disruot their formula 1 racecar as well
so in singapore havin a cheatin fixed games is nothin NEW…
afterall if pollin votes can be grouped from 1 vote=6 winners(GRC hor)
what else singapore cannot simply fixed?..let alone the oppositions…
to 4) , fully agree with you.
a piece of cake fixing the F1 outcome, if we look at how the elections, judiciary, media, laws, meritocracy, political succession, selection of the president, etc, can all be fixed.
LOL, you guys are right.
The old fart would have been extremely successful if he were a big time Bookie instead of being a political conman. He would have made even more money than Bill Gates, fixing all the bets in EPL,World Cup, Horse racing, F1, Motor GP, etc, etc.
The old fart would have surpass all the big betting houses like Ladbrookes put together and have one named after him.
Please lah – this is more a Renault scandal than a Singapore scandal.
@ T , the comparison is made to show that it is easy to fix things if one knows how. Renault is suspected to fix things to engineer a win. It is a piece of cake when compared to how the men-in-white fix things in Singapore.
Like elections system, judiciary, media, unions, walkover for Nathan, votes in parliament, etc. Hope you undertsnad now.
By the way I am really glad the old fart is not some big time Bookie as posted @ 6), unless I am suddenly part of the famiLee. LOL with all the hot tips.
Personally, I think Singapore is coming to a stage where “other people have, I also must have”, like F1, Ferris wheel, casino, MotoGP and etc.
We used to be known for thinking out of the box to form institutions like CPF, HDB, JTC, EDB and et cetera. The subsequent generations of leaders only excelled in copying instead of pioneering new concepts, unlike Goh Keng Swee’s generation. What a pity.