2009 F1 car?

The above is the image i got on the net of the 2009 f1 car.If you ask my opinion i would say flatly it is 10times ill looking as compared to the F1 cars of 2008!!....even the wings on nose of BMW sauber,McLaren and others were acceptable but this looks flat boring! It more of an looks like an 2003 F1 car.The doube front wings of the 2008 f1 cars looked really good i think. Post you comments too about it. (Post Your Views)

Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr. for Renault in 2009 :Confirmed

Spanish Formula 1 driver and former double World Champion 'Fernando Alonso' and his 2008 teamate at Renault 'Nelson Piquet Jr.' were confirmed for the racing seat for 2009 in the French outfit 'Team Renault F1' yesterday. Nelson Piquet Jr. has signed an contract for 1 season(2009) with Renault whereas quite surprisingly Alonso signed an 2yr deal with Renault,which means he is confirmed to drive for Renault for 2 consecutive seasons '2009' and '2010'. 2008 season was an rather roller-coaster ride for Renault and Alonso together,with an forgettable start to the season but an quite an brilliant end to the season with Alonso securing two concecutive (lucky) wins at Singapore and Fuji with an podium at the Final Race at Brazil with an second place finish! Alonso was quite happy with his team 'Renault' and the recent developments in the car. Alonso was seen matching the pace of Ferrari F2008 in his renault during the chinese gp.

2008 Brazilian GP-Race Results

Grid	Pts
1	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	Winner	1	10
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	71	+13.2 secs	6	8
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	71	+16.2 secs	3	6
4	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	71	+38.0 secs	7	5
5	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+38.9 secs	4	4
6	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	71	+44.3 secs	10	3
7	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+55.0 secs	5	2
8	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	71	+68.4 secs	2	1
9	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	+79.6 secs	12
10	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	70	+1 Lap	8
11	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	70	+1 Lap	13
12	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	70	+1 Lap	18
13	16	Jenson Button	Honda	70	+1 Lap	17
14	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	9
15	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	70	+1 Lap	15
16	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	69	+2 Laps	20
17	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	69	+2 Laps	16
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	69	+2 Laps	19
Ret	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	0	+71 Laps	11
Ret	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	0	+ 71 Laps	14

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2008 Brazilian GP-Qualifying Session Results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:11.830	1:11.875	1:12.368
2	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:12.226	1:12.107	1:12.737
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:12.083	1:11.950	1:12.825
4	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.213	1:11.856	1:12.830
5	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.366	1:11.768	1:12.917
6	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:12.214	1:12.090	1:12.967
7	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:12.390	1:11.845	1:13.082
8	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:12.371	1:12.026	1:13.297
9	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:12.498	1:12.075	1:14.105
10	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:12.223	1:11.909	1:14.230
11	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:12.348	1:12.137
12	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.409	1:12.289
13	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:12.381	1:12.300
14	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.690	1:12.717
15	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:12.548	1:13.139
16	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:12.800
17	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:12.810
18	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:13.002
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:13.426
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari 1.13.508

Brazzlian GP-Closer Look

The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil) is a Formula One championship race which occurs at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos, a district in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

A Brazilian Grand Prix was first held at Interlagos in 1972, although it was not part of the Formula One World Championship. The following year, however, the race was first included in the official calendar. In 1978 the Brazilian Grand Prix moved to Jacarepaguá in Rio de Janeiro, briefly returning to Interlagos for the next two seasons before becoming the sole host from 1981 onwards. In 1990 the Grand Prix returned to Interlagos, where it has stayed since. In 2005, for the first time, the Brazilian GP decided the World Championship, won by Fernando Alonso. On October 22, 2006, Felipe Massa became the last home winner of the Brazilian GP.

While its 68 years old facilities are subpar compared to most circuits on the calendar, the Interlagos circuit has created some of the most exciting and memorable races in recent Formula One history, and is regarded as one of the most challenging and exciting circuits on the F1 calendar. Along with Spa-Francorchamps, it is rare in that the circuit in its modern form is one of the few with a lengthy history in the sport not considered to have lost much of its mystique or challenge in its adaptation for the modern, much more safety-conscious era of 21st century Formula One.

Particularly memorable recent Brazilian Grands Prix include the 2003 race, which saw a maiden Grand Prix victory, highly unexpectedly, and amidst chaotic and unusual circumstances, for Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella. Heavy rain before and during the race produced problems with tyre selection which caught out many teams, which allowed the weak Minardi team to have a real chance for victory the only time ever, because they were the only team who prepared to the rainfall, but their drivers were also soon out. And treacherous track conditions caused multiple drivers to spin out of the race, including then-reigning World Champion Michael Schumacher, ending a remarkable run of race finishes dating back to the German Grand Prix 2001. Amidst this, a number of drivers, including McLaren's Kimi Räikkönen and David Coulthard, led the race, and, when a heavy accident involving Renault's Fernando Alonso blocked the circuit and brought out the red flag, confusion reigned. Fisichella led the race at the time, having just overtaken Räikkönen; however, it was the Finn who was declared the race winner under the count back rule, which stipulates that the race result in such circumstances is taken from the running order two laps prior to the race being stopped. This decision was overturned days later in the FIA Court of Appeal in Paris after new evidence came to light which proved that Fisichella had crossed the finish line in the lead for a second time before Alonso's accident, and therefore was the rightful winner.

The 2001 Grand Prix was notable for marking the explosive arrival of Juan Pablo Montoya onto the Formula One scene. The Colombian driver stunningly muscled his way past Michael Schumacher early on and led easily until an incident in which Arrows' Jos Verstappen ran into the back of his Williams-BMW and ended his race. Montoya did eventually lay to rest the ghost of this event by winning the 2004 race in his final Grand Prix for Williams before moving to McLaren, holding off his future team-mate Kimi Räikkönen to take a hard-fought victory.

Fernando Alonso became the youngest ever Formula One World Champion at the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix, his third place behind winner Juan Pablo Montoya and championship rival Kimi Räikkönen enough to clinch the title with two races remaining.

For 2006 the Brazilian Grand Prix, as in 2004, was moved to the prestigious position of hosting the final round of the season, in what was Michael Schumacher's farewell to Formula One. Starting from 10th position on the grid, Schumacher did an astonishing job on his last race. He fell to 19th position on the ninth lap due to a flat tyre caused by a minor collision with Giancarlo Fisichella when the former was trying to overturn the latter. After pitting for a new tyre he returned to the race, just in front of leader Massa, so almost being overlapped, passing several drivers to take the chequered flag in fourth place, after a dazzling passing manoeuvre on Kimi Räikkönen. His performance was not enough to give 'Schumi' his eighth trophy, as Fernando Alonso, who needed only one point to become World Champion again, finished in second place. Brazilian Felipe Massa took pole position and led the race from start to finish for the second victory of his career and celebrations from his Brazilian supporters.

In March 2008, the mayor of São Paulo announced that he had signed a new deal with Bernie Ecclestone to continue the holding of the Brazilian Grand Prix. This deal allows the Brazilian race to be on the calendar until 2015. With this, Interlagos is set for major improvements in its pit and paddock facilities.

The 2008 Grand Prix will be the fourth consecutive world championship decider, this time between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa. In the last three years, Fernando Alonso (twice) and Kimi Raikkonen won the WDC at Interlagos.

Ferrai Using Tyre Ovens??!!

There is more controversy in F1. Ferrari had a problem all year. Their tires do not perform well during the first few laps. The tire starts to perform well only when the it is heated evenly after a few laps.

FIA's rule states that only a tire blanket may be used to keep the tires warm when the car is not running. Tire ovens, which can heat the tire more evenly, are not allowed. Ferrari has cleverly put a tire blanket in a box and is using it. It provides better heating than a traditional blanket by heating the rims too. FIA seems to have checked it an decided that it is not a tire oven and approved it.

Ferrari has been using this since Monaco. Ferrari has seen better qualifying performances with the new device. Now the other teams seems to have noticed this and are objecting to the box. Some are investigating in building their own boxes.

Let us see where this goes.

Race Results:2008 Chinese GP:Shanghai International Circuit

1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1:31:57.403	1	10
2	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+14.9 secs	3	8
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	+16.4 secs	2	6
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	+18.3 secs	4	5
5	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	56	+28.9 secs	9	4
6	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	56	+33.2 secs	11	3
7	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	56	+41.7 secs	12	2
8	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	56	+56.6 secs	10	1
9	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	56	+64.3 secs	6
10	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	56	+74.8 secs	15
11	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	56	+85.0 secs	13
12	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	56	+90.8 secs	17
13	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	56	+91.4 secs	8
14	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	+92.4 secs	16
15	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	55	+1 Lap	14
16	16	Jenson Button	Honda	55	+1 Lap	18
17	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	20
Ret	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	49	+7 Laps	5
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	13	+43 Laps	19
Ret	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	2	+54 Laps	7

Qualifying Session results-Shanghai,Chinese GP

1	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.566	1:34.947	1:36.303	15
2	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.983	1:35.355	1:36.645	15
3	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.971	1:35.135	1:36.889	16
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:35.769	1:35.461	1:36.927	18
5	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.623	1:35.216	1:36.930	16
6	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.238	1:35.686	1:37.083	19
7	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.224	1:35.403	1:37.201	17
8	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:35.752	1:35.386	1:37.685	16
9	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.104	1:35.715	1:37.934	19
10	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:36.239	1:35.478	1:38.885	18
11	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:36.029	1:35.722		12
12	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.503	1:35.814		14
13	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:36.210	1:35.937		16
14	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:36.640	1:36.079		15
15	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:36.434	1:36.210		15
16	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:36.731			7
17	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:36.863			9
18	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:37.053			9
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:37.730			9
20	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:37.739			9

F1: Fastest Lap Times Comparision 2004-2008

Following are the Classification of the Fastest laps during the race by various drivers at various circuits since 2004-

RACE VENUE	2008	2007	2006	2005
Australian GP-Melbourne	1:27.418 (Heikki Kovalaienen)	1:25.235 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:26.045 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:25.683 (Fernando Alonso)
Malaysian GP-Sepang	1:35.366 (Nick Heidfeld)	1:36.701 (Lewis Hamilton)	1:34.803 (Fernando Alonso)	1:35.483 (Kimi Räikkönen)
Bahrain GP-Sakhir	1:33.193 (Heikki Kovalaienen)	1:34.067 (Felipe Massa)	1:32.406 (Nico Rosberg)	1:31.447 (Pedro de la Rosa)
Spanish GP-Barcelona(catalunya)	1:21.670 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:22.680 (Felipe Massa)	1:16.648 (Felipe Massa)	1:15.641 (Giancarlo Fisichella)
*Turkey-Istanbul	1'26.506 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1'27.295 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1'28.005 (Michael Schumacher)	1'24.770 (Juan Pablo Montoya)
Monaco GP-Monte-Carlo	1:16.689 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:15.284 (Fernando Alonso)	1:15.143 (Michael Schumacher)	1:15.842 (Michael Schumacher)
Canadian GP-Montreal	1:17.387 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:16.367 (Fernando Alonso)	1:15.841 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:14.384 (Kimi Räikkönen)
French GP-Magny-Cours	1:16.630 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:16.099 (Felipe Massa)	1:17.111 (Michael Schumacher)	1:16.423 (Kimi Räikkönen)
**British GP-Silverstone	1:32.150(wet track) (Kimi Räikkönen)	1.20.638 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:21.599 (Fernando Alonso)	1:20.502 (Kimi Räikkönen)
*German GP-Hockenheimring	1:15.987 (Nick Heidfeld)	Cancelled	1:16.357 (Michael Schumacher)	1:14.873 (Kimi Räikkönen)
Hungarian GP-Hungaroring	1:21.195 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:20.047 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:23.516 (Felipe Massa)	1:21.219 (Kimi Räikkönen)
*Belgian GP-SPA Francorchamps	1:47.930 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:48.036 (Felipe Massa)	Not Held	1:51.543 (Ralf Schumacher)
**Italian GP-Monza	1:28.047(Wet Track) (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:22.871 (Fernando Alonso)	1:22.559 (Kimi Räikkönen)	1:21.504 (Kimi Räikkönen)

...contd

RACE VENUE	2004
Australian GP-Melbourne	1:24.125 (Michael Schumacher)
Malaysian GP-Sepang	1:34.223 (Juan pablo Montoya)
Bahrain GP-Sakhir	1:30.252 (Michael Schumacher)
Spanish GP-Barcelona(catalunya)	1:17.450 (Michael Schumacher)
*Turkey-Istanbul	Not Held
Monaco GP-Monte-Carlo	1:14.439 (Michael Schumacher)
Canadian GP-Montreal	1:13.622 (Ruens Barichello)
French GP-Magny-Cours	1:15.377 (Michael Schumacher)
**British GP-Silverstone	1:18.739(wet track) (Michael Schumacher)
*German GP-Hockenheimring	1:13.780 (Kimi Raikkonen)
Hungarian GP-Hungaroring	1:19.071 (Michael Schumacher)
*Belgian GP-SPA Francorchamps	1:45.108 (Kimi Räikkönen)
*Italian GP-Monza	1:21.046 (Rubens Barichello)

Average Lap Time for 2008 Season(mean) = 1.23.694
Average Lap Time for 2007 Season(mean) =1.23.310
Average Lap Time for 2006 Season(mean) =1.22.689
Average Lap Time For 2005 Season(mean)=1.22.015
Average Lap Time For 2004 Season(mean)=1.21.070

According to the above calculations and table,the cars were the fastest in the year 2004 followed by 2005 then 2006 ,2007 and slowest in 2008. The pace of F1 cars have decreased by 2 sec(approx) since 2004.

note: *not introduced/used in the calculation of avg laptime(s) due to inconsistent appearance in the calendar
**not introduced/used in the calculation of avg laptime(s) due to rain which possibly altered the final laptime/official fastest laptime.

Singapore(Marina Bay Circuit) ,Japanese GP(Suzuka&Fuji) were not added due to inconsistency,
chinese gp & brazzilian gp again not added as the races are yet to be held.

race results:2008 F1 Japanese GP:Fuji Speedway

POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	ENTRANT	LAPS	TIME/RETIRE
1.	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Renault	67	1h30m21.892
2.	Robert Kubica	Poland	BMW Sauber	67	5.283
3.	Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Ferrari	67	6.400
4.	Nelson Piquet	Brazil	Renault	67	20.570
5.	Jarno Trulli	Italy	Toyota	67	23.767
6.	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	67	39.207
7.	Felipe Massa	Brazil	Ferrari	67	46.158
8.	Mark Webber	Australia	Red Bull-Renault	67	50.811
9.	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	BMW Sauber	67	54.120
10.*	Sebastien Bourdais	France	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	67	59.085
11.	Nico Rosberg	Germany	Williams-Toyota	67	1m02.096
12.	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	McLaren-Mercedes	67	1m18.900
13.	Rubens Barrichello	Brazil	Honda	66	1 Lap
14.	Jenson Button	Britain	Honda	66	1 Lap
15.	Kazuki Nakajima	Japan	Williams-Toyota	66	1 Lap
R	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italy	Force India-Ferrari	21	Gearbox
R	Heikki Kovalainen	Finland	McLaren-Mercedes	16	Engine
R	Adrian Sutil	Germany	Force India-Ferrari	8	Tyre
R	Timo Glock	Germany	Toyota	6	Damage
R	David Coulthard	Britain	Red Bull-Renault	0	Accident
FASTEST LAP:
	Felipe Massa	Brazil	Ferrari	55	1:18.426

Japanese GP 2008:Fuji Speedway

Fuji Speedway is a race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The circuit hosted the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in 2007, after an absence of 30 years, replacing the Suzuka Circuit.[1] It is owned by Toyota Motor Corporation.

Fuji Speedway Corporation was established in 1963, as Japan NASCAR Corporation. At first, the circuit was planned to hold the race of the NASCAR form in Japan. Therefore, the track was originally designed to be as a 4 km (2.5 mile) high-banked superspeedway, but there was not enough money to complete the project and only one of the bankings was ever designed. Mitsubishi Estate Co. invested in the circuit, and took the management right on October 1965.

Converted to a road course, the circuit opened in December 1965 and proved to be somewhat dangerous with the banked turn regularly resulting in major accidents. A new part of track was built to counteract the problem, and the resultant 4.359 km (2.7 mile) course proved more successful. The speedway brought the first Formula One race to Japan at the end of the 1976 season. The race had a dramatic World Championship battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, and in awful rainy conditions, Hunt earned enough points to win the title. Mario Andretti won the race, with Lauda withdrawing due to the dangerous conditions.

There was less celebration after the second race in 1977 as Gilles Villeneuve was involved in a crash that killed two spectators on the side of the track, leading to Formula One leaving the speedway. When Japan earned another race on the F1 schedule ten years later, it went to Suzuka instead. F1 didn't return to Fuji until 2007.

Luca Di Montezemolo:Singapore GP an Humilation to F1!!

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has claimed that the Singapore Grand Prix 'night race' did little for F1's image.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is not a man afraid to hold opposing views to the majority of the Formula One paddock, but felt that he would differ by speaking out against Formula One's visit to Singapore.

However, having seen one of his championship contenders finish 13th on the road and the other end his night in the barriers having been set for minor points, new FOTA chairman di Montezemolo branded the event 'humiliating for Formula One' - in contrast to the majority who felt that it had been a breath of fresh air and a unique experience - and slammed both the Marina Bay street circuit and the use of the safety car, which appeared twice during the 61-lap night race.

"When you race on a track that would work better as a circus ring or something along those lines, anything can happen, because the real show was put on yesterday by the safety car," he fumed in an interview with Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport, "This is humiliating for the F1 world and, during the next few weeks, I would like discuss this with all the other teams."

Ferrari's biggest rival, McLaren, has also claimed that the timing of the first safety car, called when Nelson Piquet Jr crashed on lap 14, had a decisive effect on the outcome of the race, but accepted that 'the lottery' had a habit of evening itself out over the course of the season. While Lewis Hamilton came through to finish third in the race - behind Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg, who both benefited from the pace car period - Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who had been leading until that point, saw his chances of victory disappear in yet another botched pit-stop from the Scuderia.

Despite watching a near repeat of the incident that saw one of the team's refuelling crew injured in Valencia, di Montezemolo reserved his vitriol for the circuit and not for the maligned automated pit release system.

"We have fantastic mechanics who can also make mistakes and, of course, whoever made the mistake won't be anyone's favourite person these days," he said, "But, in any case we need to support him and all the others because, in other situations, there were other people who tipped the scales. We are the reigning world champions and we can still win again this year. Who knows if we won't make it with these outstanding people. You will see how there will be a big comeback already in the next race."

di Montezemolo's confidence will require both Massa and Raikkonen to be on top of their game at the same time, something that has rarely been the case in 2008. And, with the Finn now 27 points adrift of championship leader Hamilton, more than a little teamwork will be needed too as the Briton can afford to finish one place behind Massa in the remaining three races and still take the title.

"I hope Massa and Raikkonen pull a 1-2 in the remaining three races and, in any case, that they finish ahead of McLaren," he insisted, "The car is the best one around, Massa is the best and I hope Raikkonen can show his world champion class in the last few races. It was clear throughout the weekend that our car was the best one and, when the car was working well, Massa made a fantastic qualifying lap, proving his form is the best amongst all the drivers in the championship.

And with regard to Raikkonen now having to play second fiddle to the Brazilian?

"That's obvious," the president claimed, "We have gone through very rough times, but all drivers know they must race for their team. Then, we'll see what happens at the end."

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Alternative to the Safety car commotion:My Take on it

(top)safetycar at Singapore Marina Bay Circuit leading Felipe Massa during the Singapore GP
Let the following be done -

• if there is an accident,

• yellow flag let be waved ,

Give all the cars two options-

1.Let all the cars get Align on the starting grid on their respective slots(the positions they were at wen the yellow flag was waved)
2.if u want to take an pit stop take one and Que up on the exit of pitlane after their respective pitstops(red light will be on...)
3.After the crashed/stalled car is taken out of the track..let the 5lights illuminate and go-off and let the race start again... for the people in pits they could come out once the train of cars aligned on the starting grid go off...maybe after 3sec after the 5lights go off.. 4.And safety car would only be implemented if the incident took place on the start finish straight itself...

Hence By the above rule,The usual commotion of the safety car trying to pick-up the race leader and also the commotion in the pits would end,there would be more transparency and things would be smooth!

Q & A with Flavio Briatore:Renault Team Boss

The Singapore Grand Prix was Renault’s race of the season. That much is clear. Not only was it the first night race in Formula One history, but it proved to be a thriller - with no end of suspense and drama. No one could have anticipated Fernando Alonso walking away with the winner’s trophy after starting 15th on the grid, but the Spaniard did it. We caught up with team principal, Flavio Briatore, to get his reaction to his team’s first victory since 2006… Q: Flavio, it has been a long time since Fernando has been up there on the podium. How does it feel to be winning again?
Flavio Briatore: It was a fantastic race. It is awesome for the team and of course an incredible moment for Fernando. The car was very competitive all weekend long and I felt really sorry for Fernando for what had happened in Q2 when he lost his chance for a front row position on the grid, as we believed that he would make it on to the front row, or at least row two. So qualifying was a real disaster and we all didn’t sleep too well because we felt that we had missed a great opportunity. But today was a different game. True, we have been a bit lucky with the safety car, but in the end results are made on the track and that is where we have been dominant today.
Q: After the first safety-car phase, when did you start to believe that a win was within reach today?
FB: In the beginning we did not exactly know where we were because we had problems with the computer so we told Fernando that he should go as quickly as possible until we knew exactly where we were. And that is what he did. In fact after the safety car left the circuit he was the quickest car on the track, so we felt that if nothing unforeseeable happens we could pocket the win.
Q: All weekend Fernando thought that he had a great car, that it suited him and that this race could be his chance for a podium…
FB: There you have it: if you give the right car to Fernando then he does the job - and he did it!
Q: After the great performance in all three practice sessions and then the disappointing qualifying you said that it would take a miracle to win the race - but the miracle happened…
FB: The miracle was thanks to Fernando and the team. We all worked very hard for that moment and understandably are very happy about the race result. Q: Strategy-wise you took a real gamble with calling in Fernando so early for a tyre change. In hindsight - and considering what happened shortly after his pit stop with the safety-car phase - it was the right call…
FB: The (super) soft tyres were a disaster for everybody - including us. It was impossible to overtake Nakajima so at that moment we took the risk to call Fernando in and send him out again with the right tyres - and the win is a result of that decision.
Q: The victory must be fantastic for the team’s morale - but is it enough to keep Fernando for next year?
FB: Well, it’s not a victory that changes a situation. We have a good relationship with Fernando, we are talking together, and we will be happy with his decision. That is all that I can say for the moment.
Q: Today everything fell into place for you, but will it remain that way for the three remaining races?
FB: Let’s wait and see. We are working very hard to keep that performance level but let’s talk about today - tomorrow is another day

courtsey:formula1.com

Singtel Singapore GP 2008:Race Results

1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	61	Winner	15	10
2	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	61	+2.9 secs	8	8
3	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	61	+5.9 secs	2	6
4	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	61	+8.1 secs	7	5
5	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	61	+10.2 secs	6	4
6	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	61	+11.1 secs	9	3
7	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	61	+16.3 secs	14	2
8	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	61	+18.4 secs	10	1
9	16	Jenson Button	Honda	61	+19.8 secs	12
10	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	61	+26.9 secs	5
11	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	61	+27.9 secs	4
12	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	61	+29.4 secs	17
13	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	61	+35.1 secs	1
14	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	61	+43.5 secs	20
15	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	57	+4 Laps	3
Ret	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	50	+11 Laps	11
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	49	+12 Laps	19
Ret	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	29	+32 Laps	13
Ret	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	14	+47 Laps	18
Ret	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	13	+48 Laps	16

Singtel Singapore GP 2008:Qualifying Session Results

1	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:44.519	1:44.014	1:44.801	16
2	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.501	1:44.932	1:45.465	14
3	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:44.282	1:44.232	1:45.617	16
4	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:44.740	1:44.519	1:45.779	18
5	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.311	1:44.207	1:45.873	19
6	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:45.548	1:44.520	1:45.964	19
7	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:45.042	1:44.261	1:46.244	15
8	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:45.184	1:44.441	1:46.328	21
9	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:45.103	1:44.429	1:46.611	17
10	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:45.127	1:44.826	1:47.547	20
11	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:45.642	1:45.038		12
12	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:45.660	1:45.133		14
13	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:45.493	1:45.212		12
14	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:46.028	1:45.298		16
15	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:44.971	no time		6
16	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:46.037			6
17	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:46.389			6
18	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:46.583			7
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:47.940			10
20	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	no time			2

Saturday Final Practise Session: Singtel Singapore GP:Results

1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:44.506		19
2	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.119	0.613	13
3	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:45.246	0.740	16
4	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:45.249	0.743	18
5	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:45.386	0.880	17
6	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:45.409	0.903	20
7	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:45.425	0.919	17
8	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:45.450	0.944	21
9	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:45.477	0.971	19
10	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:45.599	1.093	18
11	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:45.689	1.183	19
12	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:45.982	1.476	18
13	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:45.982	1.476	13
14	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:46.073	1.567	21
15	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:46.180	1.674	23
16	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:46.221	1.715	19
17	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.482	1.976	10
18	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:46.794	2.288	6
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:47.166	2.660	14
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:47.727	3.221	19