It was just few days when the world witnessed one of the greatest night event of all time - the F1 Singapore!
Lion city Singapore is one of the many Asian cities that have vied to play host to the Formula One racing... but with a bad track and Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has poured scorn on Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix, saying the "circus" track and the use of the safety car had been humiliating for Formula One.
"When we race on tracks which should be used for the circus, anything can happen including the spectacle of the Safety Car," Montezemolo was quoted as saying in Tuesday's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.
"All this is humiliating for F1 and it is an aspect I want to talk about with the other teams in the next few weeks."says Luca di Montezemolo.
Singapore saw two safety car interventions, the first of which turned the race upside down and contributed to Spaniard Fernando Alonso's unexpected victory for Renault.
And it ain't a good news for Singapore GP.Too bad.
Some saying that what Luca di Montezemolo quoted is really unreasonable. What you guys think? Is it reasonable or he is just putting the blame to the circuit?
Ferrari screwed up its own pit stop and Kimi crashed on his own.And giving the hosts a thumbsdown cos of that?
I agree that streets are not where F1 cars should race... streets are for motorcycles, buses and car and certainly not for formula 1 cars.
All these street circuits are boring to watch with cars lining up one behind another, no overtaking and if one hits the wall it spoils the race.
This is certainly not racing...
Let street be for cows and track be for racing. No offence.
Felipe Massa lost all his chances of victory when he got the green light to get moving during his first pitstop when the fuel hose was still attached to the car.
Massa ripped off the hose and knocked down his mechanics before stopping at the end of the pitlane to get the hose detached.
For the second pitstop Ferrari reverted to the traditional lollipop, although the problem had been caused by a human error.
"Unfortunately there was a mistake," said Domenicali. "It was not an electronic system, it was run manually, because normally in that condition when there are a lot of cars coming in that safety car situation.
"It is better to have like a lollipop but instead of a lollipop you control the green light and unfortunately there was a mistake.
"We will analyse what we did in the other pitstop... because it was a tense moment. Again a guy was knocked down, he's OK, no problem at all, but it's a very tense moment.
"So we preferred not to use (the system) for the other pitstop because we wanted to give a sign of less tension because it's a system that is trying to give as good performance as possible. That's the reason why we didn't use it for the others."
Domenicali said, however, that the problem could also have happened with the lollipop.
"When you see a green light to go, that means that you have to go. It doesn't matter. The green was on because he had to go. If we didn't have the traffic light, we would have had the lollipop up. In that respect it didn't change the specific scenario that we have today."
But did Massa lose because of the track or the pit crew who gave Massa the green light during a pit stop despite the fuel hose still being attached to the car as he sped away.
Neway, the team president also backed the mechanics who gave Massa the green light during a pit stop despite the fuel hose still being attached to the car as he sped away.
Or the other way round,if his pit didn't screw up, and Massa didn't lose, would Luca di Montezemolo have something totally different to say...
Well, what else can the man say, without taking any blame for the scorching fiascos of both team drivers.
Felipe Massa messed up at the pits tearing the whole tanking rig and carrying it with him for the distance of the entire pit lane, finishing 13th. Raikkonen on his part drove straight into the wall with four laps to go. Mr di Montezemolo is doing little more than to further worsen the PR of an already lack-luster team.
Better luck next year, Ferrari.
Formula One cars drive around the Marina Bay Street Circuit of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix during the time qualifying session September 27, 2008. The Singapore GP on Sunday will be F1's first night race, the first to be held in the island state and the first on an Asian street circuit. (REUTERS/Tim Chong)
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