Our neighbor down south really beat us this time. FIA gave Singapore the green light to host the first ever night F1 race. The idea of having a night F1 race bounced around back in the 2000 or the 2001 season. At that time it was planned to be held at Sepang. Didn’t really know why it didn’t came to fruition though.
Having a night race brings a new level of excitement to F1. Imagine being able to see the heat glow from the brake discs!
The lighting setup itself is impressive and custom made by lighting specialists Valerio Maioli S.p.a. of Ravenna, Italy, it minimizes glare and reflections from a wet surface or spray from cars by using lighting projectors strategically positioned on one side of the track.
The entire street track (first of its kind in Asia) will be fitted with nearly 1500 lighting projectors and powered by twelve twin-power generators. An overall average of about 3000lux levels is required to illuminate the circuit, which is enough to meet high definition television broadcast standards. As a result, the track will be almost four times brighter than a typical stadium.
The lights will be brought to Singapore in early January for testing in a controlled environment similar to conditions expected on raceday. Valerio Maioli SpA estimates that setting up the entire system will take two to three months.
Earth@Sg have released a Google Earth visualization of the circuit.
Click here for a pict of the lighting system
Official Singapore GP Website
The 2008 F1 calendar in full:
16 Mar Australia
23 Mar Malaysia
6 Apr Bahrain
27 Apr Spain
11 May Turkey
25 May Monaco
8 Jun Canada
22 Jun France
6 Jul Great Britain
20 Jul Germany
3 Aug Hungary
24 Aug Europe
7 Sep Belgium
14 Sep Italy
28 Sep Singapore*
12 Oct Japan
19 Oct China
2 Nov Brazil
*Night race
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