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THE SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX !! - MARINA BAY CIRCUIT! DID YOU KNOW??

• The Singapore Grand Prix has been run five times previously, all at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The inaugural event in 2008 was the first F1 race to be run at night under floodlights and was won, somewhat controversially, by Renault’s Fernando Alonso.

• The infrastructure required to hold a race on Singapore’s streets is considerable: over 10 kilometres of debris fencing is used, as well as around 2,600 concrete barriers, over 1,600 TecPro barriers and around 1,500 lights to illuminate the circuit.

• The Marina Bay Street Circuit has 23 corners - the most of any circuit on the calendar.

• The safety car has been deployed at least once in every Singapore Grand Prix to date. There have been eight deployments in total over the five previous Marina Bay races.

• The pit lane delta time in Singapore (the time it takes a driver to enter the pits, make a stop and return to the track) is the highest of the season.

• The two leading contenders in this year’s world championship - Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel - have each won the Singapore Grand Prix twice. Lewis Hamilton is the only other driver have won the race.

• In fact, Alonso has only failed to reach the podium once in five appearances in Singapore - that was in 2011 when he finished fourth.

• Red Bull are the only team to have won the Singapore Grand Prix more than once. Renault, McLaren and Ferrari all have one win.

• Mercedes have yet to make the podium after their three previous races at the circuit.