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Nice race, unfortunately we've got unpleasant information from british spectator who was participating in the flower ceremony:

Just got back to my hotel and had to post this.

Never, in 25 years of going to GPs, have I witnissed a reception like Lewis got this afternoon. Standing on the track at the podium ceremony, and there were whistles, boos, and plenty (and I mean PLENTY) of monkey noises and racist phrases being thrown out.

I was so looking forward to Monza as I thought it would be a place (like Silverstone) with educated and articulate F1 fans without the corporate feel of Bahrain etc. It was full of imbeciles and wouldnt recommend it again.

Seeing Fernando win at Silverstone - yes the crowd were a bit down, but he still got a polite round of applause.

Just really disapointed that it ruined a great weekend for a British F1 fan. Speaking to some Fins and Germans on the way out, and they were also very shocked by it. Seems like the Tifosi are a 'different breed' to the British F1 fan along with the vast majority of Europe.

Come on Lewis, hunt him down and shut them up for good.

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I hope that our friend brudgon don't mind ...but here are the CET times of the Singapore race

Friday :
1st free practice session: 12:00 - 13:30
2nd. free practice session : 15:30 - 17:00 Uh
Saturday :
3rd free practice session 12:00 - 13:00
Qualifying : 15:00
Sunday :
Race :14:00

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

2012 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
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Fri 21 September 2012
Practice 1 18:00 - 19:30
Practice 2 21:30 - 23:00
Sat 22 September 2012
Practice 3 18:00 - 19:00
Qualifying 21:00
Sun 23 September 2012
Race 20:00

Championship Standings Driver :

01 Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 179
02 Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 142
03 Kimi Raikkonen : Lotus : 141
04 Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull : 140
05 Mark Webber : Red Bull : 132
06 Jenson Button : McLaren : 101
07 Nico Rosberg : Mercedes : 83
08 Romain Grosjean : Lotus : 76
09 Sergio Perez : Sauber : 65
10 Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 47
11 Michael Schumacher : Mercedes : 43
12 Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 35
13 Paul di Resta : Force India : 32
14 Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 31
15 Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 29
16 Bruno Senna : Williams : 25
17 Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 8
18 Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 4
19 Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham-Renault 0
20 Vitaly Petrov : Caterham-Renault 0
21 Timo Glock : Marussia-Cosworth 0
22 Charles Pic : Marussia-Cosworth 0
23 Narain Karthikeyan : HRT-Wosworth 0
24 Pedro de la Rosa : HRT-Wosworth 0

Championship Standings Constructor :

01 Red Bull 272
02 McLaren 243
03 Ferrari 226
04 Lotus 217
05 Mercedes 126
06 Sauber 100
07 Force India 63
08 Williams 54
09 Toro Rosso 12
10 Caterham :0
11 Marussia 0
12 HRT 0

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Shaky-Schumi

The result of a interesting race :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:19:41.221
2. Sergio Perez : Sauber : + 4.356
3. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : + 20.594
4. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : + 29.667
5. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : + 30.881
6. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : + 31.259
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : + 33.550
8. Paul di Resta : Force India : + 41.057
9. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : + 43.898
10. Bruno Senna : Williams : + 48.144
11. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : + 48.682
12. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : + 50.316
13. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Lotus : + 1m15.861
14. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : + 1 ronde
15. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : + 1 ronde
16. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : + 1 lap
17. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : + 1 lap
18. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : + 1 lap
19. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : + 1 lap
Did Not Finish
20. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing
21. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India
22. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing
23. Jenson Button : McLaren
24. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso

Fastest lap : Nico Rosberg
Pitstop Vettel : did not finish
D.S.L : 13

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Shaky-Schumi

Beautiful race. Congratulations - Lewis Hamilton! But I think the main hero - Cheko Perez! The most beautiful overtaking - Alonso Massa! Even Jean Alesi shrugged! Very sad for Jenson Button Sebastian Vettel Mark Webber! Red Bull completely failed the race! Well well - goodbye Europe ahead of Singapore!

The double success of McLaren! On-site Alonso I have already started to worry!

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The result of the qualifying :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren 1:24.010 -
2. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:24.133 + 0.123
3. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:24.247 + 0.237
4. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:24.304 + 0.294
5. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:24.540 + 0.530
6. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:24.802 + 0.792
7. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:24.833 + 0.823
8. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:24.855 + 0.845
9. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:25.109 + 1.099
10. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:25.678 + 1.668

Q2
11. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:24.809 + 0.799
12. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:24.820 + 0.810
13. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:24.901 + 0.891
14. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:25.042 + 1.032
15. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:25.312 + 1.302
16. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Lotus : 1:25.408 + 1.398
17. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:25.441 + 1.431

Q1
18. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:26.382 -
19. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:26.887 + 2.877
20. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:27.039 + 3.029
21. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:27.073 + 3.063
22. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:27.441 + 3.431
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:27.629 + 3.619
24. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : no time set -

Paul di Resta wil get a 5 place grid penalty because of changing gearbox !!! ( this means Schumi wil start at the 4th place next to Felipe Massa )

Comment of the qualification :
Lewis Hamilton claimed his fourth pole position of the 2012 Formula 1 season as he led Jenson Button in an all-McLaren front row in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. Having led both second and third practice, Hamilton maintained his strong form to set a 1m24.010s at the start of Q3. That proved unbeatable, and Button eventually joined him up front with a lap 0.123 seconds slower. Button's run deposed Felipe Massa, as the Ferrari driver delivered his best qualifying performance of the year.
But it was a disastrous session for Massa's championship-leading team-mate Fernando Alonso, who was only 10th, 1.4s slower. Ferrari reported a suspected anti-rollbar failure.
Paul di Resta qualified a superb fourth, although he will move down to ninth when a gearbox-change penalty is applied. The Scot's speed will still be some consolation for Force India as his team-mate Nico Hulkenberg encountered an apparent gearbox problem at the start of Q1 and was left at the back of the field.
Red Bull had another muted qualifying session. Sebastian Vettel was sixth, while his team-mate Mark Webber did not make Q3, missing the cut by 0.067s as he took 11th.
Mercedes' Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg sandwich Vettel in fifth and seventh.
Kimi Raikkonen qualified eighth for Lotus, ahead of Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber.
It was also a tough day for Williams. A mistake on the exit of the Ascaris left Pastor Maldonado 12th in Q2, which will become 22nd on the grid due to his Spa penalties. Bruno Senna was only 14th in the sister car.
Romain Grosjean's substitute Jerome d'Ambrosio was around 0.7s off team-mate Raikkonen's pace throughout qualifying, which left him 16th for his Lotus debut.
D'Ambrosio substitute had a brief scare in Q1 when an error on his first run left him behind Heikki Kovalainen's Caterham and in danger of elimination, but he switched to the softer tyres and made the cut with his last attempt.

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Shaky-Schumi

Here are the results of the 3rd practice session that just ended :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:24.578 -
2. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:24.579 + 0.001
3. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:24.849 + 0.271
4. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:24.909 + 0.331
5. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:24.994 + 0.416
6. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:25.036 + 0.458
7. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:25.160 + 0.582
8. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:25.255 + 0.677
9. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:25.289 + 0.711
10. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:25.383 + 0.805
11. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:25.389 + 0.811
12. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:25.406 + 0.828
13. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:25.461 + 0.883
14. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:25.563 + 0.985
15. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:25.689 + 1.111
16. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:25.706 + 1.128
17. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Lotus : 1:25.973 + 1.395
18. Jean-Eric Vergne : Toro Rosso : 1:26.003 + 1.425
19. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:26.657 + 2.079
20. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham 1:27.267 + 2.689
21. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:27.454 + 2.876
22. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:27.728 + 3.150
23. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:28.035 + 3.457
24. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:28.384 + 3.806

Again problems with Schumi's car ..no KERS
Also problems with the car of Vettel ...battery problems

Comment of the 3rd practice session :
Lewis Hamilton stayed top at Monza on Saturday morning, as the McLaren man went fastest in the final free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix. But it was close. The Briton, who was also fastest in free practice two, beat Fernando Alonso to the top spot by just one thousandth of a second as prospects for a close fight for pole continued to grow. Paul di Resta was an impressive third fastest in the Force India, which made news of his gearbox penalty all the more disappointing ahead of qualifying. Hamilton signalled McLaren's intentions early on after the traditional early-session lull, going fastest with a 1m25.508s. Within moments that was challenged first by Sergio Perez in the Sauber, and then Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen. But by the end of his long run on the hard tyres Hamilton had achieved an impressive 1m24.687s - faster than anything recorded yesterday - to establish himself at the top of the times ahead of his team-mate Jenson Button. Just after halfway through the session though Alonso weighed in with his own hard-tyre effort – a 1m24.632s lap – that put him top in the Ferrari, while not long after that Rosberg was the first of the frontrunners to switch to the mediums. The Mercedes driver could only manage third however. Rosberg's team-mate Michael Schumacher, who had been fastest in free practice one, was out of the picture by this stage with yet more reliability issues – this time with his KERS, so the five-time Monza winner instead focused on race set-up. Into the final 10 minutes and most people switched to their low fuel, option tyre runs. Alonso was the first to fire in a time – 1m24.579s – only to see that beaten by 0.001 seconds by Hamilton. And that was the way it stayed, ahead of di Resta and Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari. Button was fifth, having failed to get a clear lap towards the end of the session, and Rosberg sixth.
Perez was seventh quickest in the first of the Saubers ahead of Raikkonen, Nico Hulkenberg (emphasising Force India's pace) and Pastor Maldonado in the Williams.
Sebastian Vettel, who has not been a factor for much of the weekend so far, was 11th fastest and the top Red Bull runner. But he ended the session parked down at the second chicane with a technical issue and reporting a 'low battery'.

This afternoon at 14.00u CET will be the qualification !!!

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Shaky-Schumi

Here is a " livestream " for the 3rd practice session ,that started 7 minutes ago !!!

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Here are the times of the 2nd practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:25.290 -
2. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:25.328 + 0.038
3. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:25.348 + 0.058
4. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:25.430 + 0.140
5. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:25.446 + 0.156
6. Kimi Räikkönen : Lotus : 1:25.504 + 0.214
7. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:25.546 + 0.256
8. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:25.547 + 0.257
9. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:26.068 + 0.778
10. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:26.094 + 0.804
11. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:26.104 + 0.814
12. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Lotus : 1:26.157 + 0.867
13. Sebastian Vette :l Red Bull Racing : 1:26.394 + 1.104
14. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:26.404 + 1.114
15. Daniel Ricciardo : Toro Rosso : 1:26.724 + 1.434
16. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:26.730 + 1.440
17. Bruno Senna : Williams : 1:26.783 + 1.493
18. Heikki Kovalainen : Caterham : 1:26.841 + 1.551
19. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso : 1:26.864 + 1.574
20. Vitaly Petrov : Caterham : 1:27.222 + 1.932
21. Timo Glock : Marussia F1 Team : 1:27.944 + 2.654
22. Charles Pic : Marussia F1 Team : 1:27.968 + 2.678
23. Pedro de la Rosa : HRT F1 Team : 1:28.575 + 3.285
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT F1 Team : 1:28.779 + 3.489

Short comment of the 2nd session :
Lewis Hamilton led a McLaren one-two in the second Friday practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
As speculation over his future continued to dominate paddock conversation, Hamilton set the pace with a 1m25.290s lap. That time was achieved on the softer of this weekend's Pirelli tyres, as was Spa winner Jenson Button's 1m25.328s lap in second place in the sister McLaren. The Woking squad's move to the front was at the expense of home favourite Ferrari, which had led the way through the middle part of the session.
But despite the speed that saw him on top for a long spell with a 1m25.348s on hard tyres, championship leader Fernando Alonso had a number of problems. First a brake issue required attention, then a gearbox issue curtailed his session.Alonso's time still held up for third, just 0.058 seconds off the pace.
His team-mate Felipe Massa was next up. The Brazilian's only glitch was a vent flying off the top of his helmet at speed. Nico Rosberg completed the top five for Mercedes. His morning practice pace-setting team-mate Michael Schumacher suffered DRS gremlins throughout the afternoon, and was back in 10th.
Kimi Raikkonen was fastest for a while early on and ended up sixth in the lead Lotus.
His one-off team-mate Jerome d'Ambrosio - standing in for the banned Romain Grosjean - was 0.6s slower in 12th. Force India continued its strong Spa form to take seventh and eighth, Nico Hulkenberg ahead of Paul di Resta. Sauber's Sergio Perez was next up. It was a quiet session for champion team Red Bull. Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were back in 11th and 13th.

Tomorrow ( saturday ) at 11.00u CET will be the 3rd practice session , followed at 14.00u the qualification !

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Shaky-Schumi

Hard to bet the right time for tomorrows qualifying.
Only a marginal difference in laptime between this year Pirelli Hard and Medium tyres in 2nd free practice.

Last years pole 1:22:275 will be impossible this year.

In the long runs with a lot of fuel Schumi best laptimes.
Good sign for sunday.