Round 15 , 26 September, 2010. Singapore
Lap : 5.073km/3.152 miles | Offset : 0.137km | Race : 61 Laps - 309.316km/192.208 miles
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CHANGES TO THE CIRCUIT SINCE 2009
• The track has been resurfaced in various places, the most important being around turn 5 and on the approach to turn 7.
• The first and third apex kerbs at turn 10 have been moved slightly in order to ‘point’ cars further left on the exit of the chicane. The former has been moved right by one metre and the latter left by two metres.
• The kerb on the exit of turn 10 has been moved closer to the wall to prevent cars from being able to mount it.
• The wall on the exit of turn 21 has been moved slightly closer to the track to cover half of the drain covers.
• A new track cleaning machine has been brought in to help prevent any repetition of the dust problems encountered in 2009.
Lap record: 1:45.599 (Kimi Raikkonen, 2008, Ferrari)
25 September 2010
Ferrari F10 - front wing variations
 
The Ferrari drivers had three different front wings to choose from on Friday at Marina Bay - a Monaco-spec, a Silverstone-spec and a new Singapore-spec. Felipe Massa tested the new one, but spent more time on the Monaco version with its single flap. Fernando Alonso alternated between the Silverstone and Singapore specs, which differ only in the small fin on the outside of the endplate, which has been moved backwards by around 8cm. Both drivers went on to qualify and race with the new wing. Ferrari also have a new floor, revised in the tea-tray section.
25 September 2010
McLaren MP4-25 - revised front wing
McLaren introduced a radical new front wing in Singapore, based on the main profile introduced at Silverstone. Its design makes even more clear the intention to separate the airflow into two channels, but with both directing airflow around the outside of the front tyres. On Friday only Jenson Button ran with the new wing, but both drivers ultimately qualified and raced with it.
26 September 2010
Red Bull RB6 - revised front wing
Red Bull have brought a new front wing to Singapore, based on the one they introduced at Silverstone, which features a low position for the television cameras. As well as the two vertical slots to the rear of the endplate, there is an additional vertical slot at the front of the endplate to avoid the creation of a vortex when it's working in conjunction with the planes and the endplate itself. For qualifying and the race, however, both Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber decided to use the original Silverstone wing.
26 September 2010
Williams FW32 - new front wing
Williams arrived in Singapore with a completely new front-wing assembly, which is quite similar to Renault's solution. Compared to the older version (top drawing), the new front wing (bottom drawing) features several differences. There is a more pronounced upward sweep of the outer lower wing, just inboard of the endplate. While the former small vertical fence at the outer edge of the endplate has gone (1, upper), the upper flap section now features an extension with a small endplate outside the main endplate (1, lower). It is all designed to help the tyre act like a diffuser, sucking air from the front wing to improve its efficiency. There are also two new flaps in the central section (2) and the main plane twists upwards (3).
26 September 2010
Red Bull RB6 - revised diffuser
 
In qualifying and the race in Singapore, Red Bull used a new diffuser, modified both in the tea-tray section at the front (not shown) and in the critical area in front of the rear tyres. Here a bigger duct, angled more away from the longitudinal, is an attempt to better manage the airflow to the top of the diffuser's side section. Slightly different exhaust positions mean the pipes are always blowing under and inside the diffuser's side channels.
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2010 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix