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La Villa AND F1
Monday, September 29, 2008, 12:18 PM
My old primary school site turned into La Villa Restaurant! Unbelievable! I can be eating at my school canteen again! It serves frenchand italian-inspired mediterranean food which features nine types of wood-fired pizzas, including its signature pie with mozzarella, ham, zucchini and mushrooms ($20). Another highlight is grilled meats and seafood such as its grilled Mediterranean sea bass with braised fennel, pimentos, thyme and garlic ($38)... It should be a must try for RVPSians! See http://www.soshiok.com/articles/10897 !!! Although prices are a bit on the high side but i think it's sure worth every cent! I wanna go back!



F1 GP ended yesterday with Fernando Alonso gaining the Singapore championship following is Rosberg and Hamilton. Safety car was out twice and the first time it came out really twisted the whole situation. It made leading F. Massa go into the last few places from being the first due to a pit lane error and his penalty of a pit drivethru. Pity. Another pity was K. Raikkonen whereby he lost his GP points by crashing 3 laps before the end of the race - he was in 5th place! An exciting race and Rosberg's 2nd placing was spectacular and unexpected - he pulled on till the end. Alonso made history since he won the first S'pore night race - focus on the night race please :) It was wasted that Trulli - toyota and Webber - red bull not completing the race due to mechanical failure.

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Prac
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Prac 2
Prac 3
Qualifying
Race
Singtel Singapore Grand
Prix
End Of Race - lap 61/61
Fastest Lap - Raikkonen
1:45.599

Driver
Team
Time
15
1
Fernando
Alonso
Renault
1:57:16.304
9
2
Nico
Rosberg
Williams
+2.957
2
3
Lewis
Hamilton
McLaren
+5.917
8
4
Timo
Glock
Toyota
+8.155
7
5
Sebastian Vettel
Toro
Rosso
+10.268
6
6
Nick Heidfeld
BMW
Sauber
+11.101
14
7
David Coulthard
Red
Bull
+16.387
10
8
Kazuki
Nakajima
Williams
+18.489
12
9
Jenson
Button
Honda
+19.885
5
10
Heikki
Kovalainen
McLaren
+26.902
4
11
Robert Kubica
BMW
Sauber
+27.975
17
12
Sebastien Bourdais
Toro
Rosso
+29.432
1
13
Felipe
Massa
Ferrari
+35.170
20
14
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force
India
+43.551
3
15
Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
+ 4
Laps
19
-
Adrian Sutil
Force India
Crashed
11
-
Jarno
Trulli
Toyota
Mechanical Failure
13
-
Mark Webber
Red
Bull
Mechanical Failure
18
-
Rubens
Barrichello
Honda
Mechanical Failure
16
-
Nelson Piquet
Jr
Renault
Crashed
Lap By Lap
Lap 61: Fernando Alonso takes a well
deserved victory at Singapore - his first of the season.Alonso punches the air
in jubilation, he can hardly control his excitement in the car. He thanks his
team over the radio for all their support over the weekend.Rosberg gets a career
best finish in second place.Hamilton puts in another clinical performance to
gain third place. This has proved detrimental indeed, Ferrari have lost the lead
to McLaren by a point and Hamilton has extended his lead over Massa by seven
points.Glock, Vettel, Heidfeld, Coulthard and Nakajima wind up the Top 8. This
means Williams are the only team to have both their drivers finish in
points.
Lap 60: Penultimate lap..After starting from 15th on the grid, Alonso
looks set to earn a well deserved win for Renault.McLaren will move ahead of
Ferrari following this race.
Lap 59: Ferraris will earn ZERO points from this
Grand Prix. This will impact them in both the Drivers' and Constructors'
Championships.Alonso looks all set for victory.
Lap 58: Three laps to
go...Kimi Raikkonen's bad luck continues, he has slammed into the barriers at
Turn 10. Another needless retirement for the Finn in the dying moments of a
race.Glock will be breathing easy now.
Lap 57: Alonso has kept his lead
steady at 6.0 seconds.The closest on track battles at the moment are
Rosberg-Hamilton for second place and Glock-Raikkonen for fourth place.
Lap
56: Alonso extends his lead to 6.1 seconds over Rosberg.Only 0.7 seconds
separate Rosberg from Hamilton. The Championship will swing back in Hamilton's
favour once again if they finish in this order.
Lap 55: Heidfeld takes his
place back from Coulthard.Alonso leads Rosberg by 3.7 seconds, only six laps to
go.
Lap 54: Coulthard overtakes Heidfeld for seventh place.15 cars running in
the race.Rosberg under increasing pressure from Hamilton.
Lap 53: Safety Car
comes in, Alonso dashes across the start-finish line into Turn 1.Rosberg holding
off the challenge from Hamilton.Eight different Constructors in the Top
8!
Lap 52: Replays suggest that Sutil and Massa both spun due to some
hydraulic fluid on track. Massa got away safely but Sutil could not control
it.All cars how bunched up behind the Safety Car, Alonso will be under extreme
pressure.Kerbs damaged at Turn 7 but looks like no repair work is being
done.Safety Car slated to come in next lap.
Lap 51: Raikkonen pits, 6.6
second stop. He rejoins the race in fifth.Trulli is limping back to the pits, he
seems to have suffered some mechanical failure.Drama once again, Sutil is in to
the barriers. SAFETY CAR deployed.
Lap 50: Rosberg coming under a lot of
pressure from Raikkonen for second but he will almost certainly pit in the next
couple of laps.Hamilton is actually catching up with Rosberg.
Lap 49: Top 8
at the moment are1. Alonso2. Rosberg3. Raikkonen4. Hamilton5. Glock6. Trulli7.
Vettel8. HeidfeldAlonso is informed over the radio that he is 17.5 seconds ahead
of Rosberg at this stage.
Lap 48: Coulthard informs his team over the radio
that he is suffering from brake problems.Glock rejoins the race in fifth.
Lap
47: Rosberg up in to second following Glock's stop.Raikkonen moves in to
third.17 cars still running this race.
Lap 46: Kubica overtakes Fisichella
for the 13th place.Massa has another off-track moment in his pursuit of
Fisichella for 14th place.Glock pits.
Lap 45: Raikkonen is now up into fourth
following pit stops by Vettel and Heidfeld.Alonso is in a class of his own at
the moment. He leads the Singapore Grand Prix by 5.5 seconds. He is comforted by
his team over the radio to stay calm.
Lap 44: Hamilton rejoins the race in
seventh.Vettel and Heidfeld pit from third and fourth respectively.Glock moves
up in to second.Raikkonen is now sixth.
Lap 43: Hamilton and Coulthard pit.
They are followed in by Nakajima.Another incident in the pit lane, Coulthard
almost hits the lollypop man with the fuel nozzle still attached to his
car.Coulthard rejoins in ninth. Nakajima is tenth.
Lap 42: Alonso pits, a 7.6
second stop. He rejoins the race just ahead of the battling duo of Coulthard and
Hamilton. Alonso still manages to keep them at bay.Hamilton passes Coulthard and
is through into second place.Its Alonso vs Hamilton now!
Lap 41: Rosberg
pits, 8.7 seconds. This was his third visit to the pits which also included a
stop-go penalty.He rejoins the race in seventh.Renault getting ready for race
leader Alonso.
Lap 40: Sutil pits.Alonso now extends his lead to 8.0 seconds.
He will have to push really hard from here on if he has to pit again and still
finish in points.
Lap 39: Raikkonen makes his move on Trulli, a copy book
overtaking move. Raikkonen is up into ninth now.Battle for the third place
between Coulthard and Hamilton is hotting up.
Lap 38: Alonso extends his lead
to 7.0 seconds. It has been 18 races since his last victory at the Italian Grand
Prix in 2007.Nakajima finally passes Trulli for eighth.Trulli is now under
pressure from Raikkonen.
Lap 37: All eyes on race leader Fernando Alonso,
almost 6.0 seconds separate him from Rosberg. He has only pit once.Fisichella is
running 14th but quite a few cars ahead of him are on a two-stop
strategy.
Lap 36: Button pits.Trulli still battling Nakajima following his
pit stop.Raikkonen moves into the Top 10 following the pit stop by
Button.Coulthard and Hamilton locked in battle for the third place.
Lap 35:
Kovalainen pits, 8.4 second stop.Raikkonen all over the back of Button. They are
fighting for the 10th place.
Lap 34: Nakajima makes an opportunistic move on
Trulli but fails.Bourdais and Kubica pit.The Ferraris are 12th (Raikkonen) and
17th (Massa)Alonso now leads the Singapore Grand Prix to Rosberg by almost 5.0
seconds.
Lap 33: The second round of pit stops are just around the
corner.Trulli pits just as predicted, 9.9 second stop. Rejoins the race in front
of Nakajima in ninth.Alonso is the new race leader.
Lap 32: Massa pits. Not
quite a scheduled stop, he chooses super-soft compounds.Coulthard is up into
fourth.Three retirements in the race so far - Webber, Barrichello and
Piquet.
Lap 31: Alonso is informed over the radio that Trulli is set to pit
within the next four laps.The Ferraris and McLarens somehow are not the talking
point of the race this time.
Lap 30: Webber retires in the pits. A couple of
laps ago he had an off-track moment, may be this caused some internal damage.All
eyes now on Trulli, he leads the race from Alonso by 11.2 seconds.Fisichella has
rejoined the race in last place.
Lap 29: This race may throw up a new winner
for this season. Trulli is one of the candidates.Fisichella pits, 13.1 second
stop. Super softs go on board. This will take him all the way to the chequered
flag.
Lap 28: Rosberg comes into the pits to serve his penalty.He rejoins in
sixth place.Trulli is the new race leader, he may be on a one-stop
strategy.
Lap 27: Kubica has served his penalty. Rosberg is yet to come in,
he is till the race leader.Kubica rejoins the race in last place.
Lap 26:
Alonso is informed over the radio that Fisichella is due to pit in the next four
laps.Alonso looking good for his first win this season.
Lap 25: A 10 second
stop-go penalty has been awarded to Rosberg. He will have to come in to take
this penalty soon - he is allowed only three laps.A stop-go penalty for Kubica
as well.All of this is playing into the hands of Alonso who will move up into
third.
Lap 24: Rosberg under investigation by the stewards.A drive through
penalty has been awarded to Massa for unsafe driving in the pits. That, after he
had made a place on Bourdais for 17th.
Lap 23: Massa is under investigation
for some of the embarrassment caused by him in the pits.Barrichello walking back
to the pits, shaking hands with his fans.Massa still last.
Lap 22: Rosberg is
now 5.0 seconds ahead of Trulli.An apologetic and shaken Piquet is seen in the
pit lane.Massa may be under investigation, we are yet to ascertain why.
Lap
21: Still no official announcement from the stewards informing us of the
penalties to Rosberg and Kubica.Massa is 18th and last now, he looks frustrated
in the Ferrari as he makes a mistake.
Lap 20: The Safety Car comes in,
another dash into Turn 1.Rosberg leads Trulli by just half a second after the
reshuffle.Rosberg and Kubica may be penalised for having pit when the pit lane
was closed.Massa is down in 18th. An opportunity blown away. Raikkonen is 16th.
The race has suddenly gone bad for Ferrari.
Lap 19: Rosberg is now the new
race leader following the mayhem in the pits.All front-running cars have now
pit.Fisichella out of nowhere is up into third - a potential point scoring
opportunity for Force India.Safety Car will be in on the next lap.
Lap 18: A
stream of cars enter the pits, ten of them.Massa drives out with the refueling
rig still attached to his car. One crew member on the ground.Massa is stationary
in the pits, the mechanics are trying to get the nozzle out, can they do it in
time for him to rejoin the race?
Lap 17: Kubica pits. He stays on harder
compounds. Barrichello's car is being pushed away by the on track
marshalls.Safety Car still out on track as Piquet's car is being hauled away.Two
retirements in the race so far.
Lap 16: Piquet is safe.The cars make their
way around the track behind the Safety Car.Rosberg pits - but the pit lane
lights are still red!There is a Honda parked on the track at the Esplanade
Bridge - its Barrichello. The Honda slowly rolls to a standstill.
Lap 15:
Bourdais has lost three places as a result of the spin.Huge accident at the
Grand Stand - Piquet is in to the wall.Safety Car on track.Webber, Coulthard and
Barrichello pit.
Lap 14: Raikkonen just 2.5 seconds away from
Hamilton.Bourdais has an off-track excursion but swings his car back on to the
track.Rosberg urged by his team to push - what else do you think he is
doing?Fastest lap by Raikkonen this time - 1:45.599
Lap 13: A 9.6 second stop
by Alonso, softer compound tyres go on board.This time its Massa who sets the
fastest lap of the race - 1:45.747
Lap 12: The first round of pit-stops are
just around the corner.So far, the McLarens have failed to make any impression
on the Ferraris.Alonso pits.
Lap 11: Raikkonen is clearly the man on the move
with successive fastest laps. He is closing fast on Hamilton and Massa.Third
consecutive fastest lap by Raikkonen - 1:45.764
Lap 10: We have had three
different drivers to have set fastest laps so far - Hamilton, Massa and
Raikkonen.The closest on track battle is between Trulli and Webber, remember
Trulli lost two places in as many laps.Yet another fastest lap by Raikkonen -
1:46.105
Lap 9: Alonso is all over the back of Trulli, another place lost by
the Italian driving for Toyota. He may be carrying lot of fuel.Fastest lap by
Raikkonen - 1:46.115
Lap 8: Massa pulling away by half a second every lap
from Hamilton.The debris on track seems to be from Raikkonen's car - worried
faces in the Ferrari garage.
Lap 7: The race seems to have settled, no
casualties so far.Massa extends his lead over Hamilton to over 3.0 seconds.
Looks like he may be light on fuel.Rosberg finally manages to pass Trulli to
take the ninth place.
Lap 6: Yellow Digital Flags being shown, some debris on
track.Rosberg and Trulli still going hammer and tongs for the ninth
place.
Lap 5: Massa has pulled away from Hamilton, the lead is now 2.0
seconds.Raikkonen is a further 7.0 seconds adrift.Not many overtaking moves yet.
This being a street circuit it will be difficult.Another fastest lap by Massa -
1:46.342
Lap 4: Rosberg makes a move on Trulli but only to over shoot a
chicane.Trulli takes his place back - this was a fight for the ninth
place.
Lap 3: Replays show Kubica and Kovalainen made contact on the first
lap. Kovalainen may have suffered some body work damage.Fastest lap by Massa -
1:46.539
Lap 2: Alonso makes three places on the first lap itself, he moves
up in to 12th and is looking to get further up.Sparks fly as the cars bottom out
on certain sections of the track.Fastest lap by Hamilton - 1:47.656
Lap 1:
The five red lights go off to signal the start of the Singapore Grand Prix.Massa
and Hamilton are safely away. Raikkonen still in third.Kovalainen has dropped
two places.Vettel up into fifth.
Preview: It's race day or shall we say race
night at Singapore - Round 15 of the 2008 Formula One World Championship.Felipe
Massa will start the race from Pole position alongside his nearest Championship
rival Lewis Hamilton - remember they are separated by just a point in the
Drivers' Championship.The ambient temperature is 32 degrees Celsius, humidity is
high. No rain has been predicted for the race.The race will be run over 61-laps,
each lap promising a glittering view of the Marina Bay and the other historic
landmarks of the Lion City.Heidfeld and Barrichello have been handed penalties
following an incident in the pits during Qualifying. Heidfeld has been docked
three places while a 10,000 Euro fine for Barrichello.Fisichella will start this
race from the pits.All 20 cars are safely away for the warm-up
lap.
Weather
Temp : 29°CForecast : Clear



Grid Position


Race
position


Out of Race


Point
Scorers


I think S'pore did a great job other than the leaves filling some part of the circuit and plastic bag flying at one or two occasions from the crowd. It must be real great feeling to sit at the floating platform's grandstand for the machines to just roar by from below and plus there was a crash at that site. Many photos caould have been taken. It was a real exciting race and I love the fact that it's at S'pore - my home. The track is so bright it illuminates the S'pore already bright skyline. Love the sound of those machines at speeds 287km/h...
See http://www.espnstar.com/motorsport/f1/live-race-centre/ for more details :)