Saturday, September 27, 2008 / 1:08 AM
since 10pm just now, everyone must be sitting down in front of their television set to watch
formula 1 singtel singapore grand prix practice session which was shown live for an hr. and not forgetting, set another meeting with your sofa & tv
tomorrow (10pm) and sunday (7.30pm) nights for the
qualifying rounds & grand final rounds respectively. so, who do you think will win the race? will these
top 5 f1 drivers won this race:
lewis hamilton, felipe massa, robert kubica, kimi raikkonen & nick heidfeld?
well, in this entry, i gonna share with all of you the "
do you know" stuff regarding f1 since everyone is busy talking about f1 race which is happening now, this weekends.
1. do you know that f1 racing is the
most expensive sport ever? fact: f1 teams could spend as
low as US$66 mil to as high as US$400 mil each year where the
turnover is about US$4 billion yearly.2. do you know in f1 singtel singapore grand prix,
61 laps are to be taken in order to complete the race? fact: total of
309km distance for all 61 laps.
3. do you know that there are
350 chefs preparing the meals?
4. do you know there will be
15,000 bottles of champagne to be consumed in this race?
5. do you know that there are
2,600 concerete barriers are erected along the roads of the race laps?
6. do you know that f1 driver tend to
lose up to 3kg of their body weight after 1 race? fact: due to the prolonged
exposure extreme heat in the cockpit + lightweight nomex fibres designed to withstand up to 8 seconds of fire exposure of the driver's suit.
7. do you know that there are
23 turns in this race? fact:
13 left and
10 right turns.
8. do you know that the race will proceed
anti-clockwise instead of clockwise? fact: due to being
more scenic, postulates an f1 insider & only in
brazil & turkey practice this so far.
well, all those details are adapted from
8 days magazine. for more info, do drop by any magazine shop & purchase a copy of it oukaye? lots of details for your general information. =)
