Bet you didn’t know: SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX IN NUMBERS

October 8, 2008

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As the FORMULA 1™ SingTel Singapore Grand Prix celebrates the success for the first-ever floodlit night race in Formula One history, here are a few of the numbers behind the story.

Fernando Alonso. The first night race winner in Grand Prix history.
5.067 km The lap distance of the Marina Bay Circuit
61 laps The race distance (308.95 km) completed by Fernando Alonso in 1 hour 57 minutes 16.304 seconds
99 The age of the historic Anderson Bridge, just before Turn 13. Built in 1909, it was originally designed to handle bullock-carts.
104.014 seconds Fastest qualifying lap (1m 44.014s), set by the Ferrari of Felipe Massa in Q2.
172.740 km/h Average speed for the fastest lap of the race. 1m 45.599s set by the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen.
220 metres Distance calculated that Felipe Massa dragged his refuelling rig – and the distance the Ferrari mechanics had to sprint to retrieve it!
298 km/h Fastest speed recorded. Heikki Kovalainen’s McLaren Mercedes at the speed trap on Raffles Boulevard, between turn 6 and turn 7.
800 The Singapore Grand Prix was the sport’s 800th World Championship race
1,500 The number of 2,000 watt lighting units, used to illuminate the track
4,000 The number of raceday guests in the exclusive Formula One Paddock Club. A sell-out and a record number at a Grand Prix.
100,000+ The sell-out, capacity crowd, who watched the Singapore Grand Prix trackside on Sunday evening.
30 million The number of TV viewers in the five main European markets of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, estimated to have watched the live coverage of the Formula 1™ SingTel Singapore Grand Prix.
27 September Date of the 2009 FORMULA 1™ SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX