Next weekend sees Formula One start the long haul run in to the end of the 2012 Formula One season as the team's head to Singapore for the only night race of the season. The event, held in the heart of down town Singapore is in my opinion the jewel in the flyaway race crown. The circuit is a favourite amongst the team's and drivers.
The team's and driver's won't have to adapt to the local time as they work off European time throughout their time in Singapore. During it's short history on the Formula One calendar it has been marred in controversy. At the 2008 event Renault's Nelson Piquet Jnr deliberately crashed his car to allow team mate Fernando Alonso to win the race under instruction from team management.
As a result of that team boss Flavio Briatore and Technical Director Pat Symonds werehanded life time bans from the sport which were later reduced. Pat Symonds is now working as a technical consultant to the Marussia F1 team.
Meanwhile Flavio Briatore is no longer directly involved in the sport however he is still involved behind the scene's with RedBull's Mark Webber.
I believe that this year's race is going to be a fascinating event because the top of the championship is extremely tight. Last year's winner Sebastian Vettel is under an awful lot of pressure to bounce back and get his season back on track as firstly he has only won a single race this season and that was in Bahrain back in April. So he will be looking to bounce back after failing to finish last time out in Monza.
There is always a fantastic atmosphere at the Singapore GrandPrix and this year's race will be no different as Fernando Alonso is currently at the top of the championship on 179 points, 37 points ahead of second placed Lewis Hamilton.
It is going to be extremely interesting to see how Kimi Raikkonen does on his return to Singapore as the Iceman is only a single point behind Hamilton in third place in the championship despite not yet winning a race this season. The Finn is hoping that he'll be able to return his Lotus to the podium next weekend.
The last time Kimi raced in Singapore in 2009 he finished the race in 10th place. So it is going to be extremely interesting to see how he and everyone else get on.
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