This weekend is the first ever night time F1 grand prix and its in Singapore. Looking at the photos online it looks amazing!! The actual race will be at 1pm UK time which is 8pm local time. The F1 drivers have been sticking to a European time so it means sleeping at 4am and waking up about 12pm. It also means having breakfast at lunch time and dinner at past midnight.
Its going to effect some drivers differently. Mark Webber is an early morning person it will properly effect him a lot. However Kimi Raikonnen, who has a reputation for sleeping in till late and being up late may have less problems!!
Also the body itself will automatically adjust to the local time. The Toyota doctor Riccardo Ceccarelli said that “The human body has evolved so that we’re active during daylight and asleep at night. He also said “It will be very hard to keep European time because the production of hormones such as cortisone and melatonin is related to daylight, so their bodies will start to adapt to local time”. No matter what it should be an interesting race and hopefully lots of overtaking. If it rains it will be even better for action and to see how the rain effects the drivers with the spray and possible glare.
Qualifying is tomorrow but in the final practice Alonso was the fastest with Hamilton 2nd. Jenson Button was 8th fastest. Hopefully he can improve in qualifying.
