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Formula One Racing held its 800th race on Sunday in Singapore,with the Singapore Grand Prix - also the first Formula One race held at night. Organizers built, then lined a 5 kilometer track with over 1,600 lamps, said to be four times brighter than those used at football stadiums. Twenty drivers drove 61 laps for a total of 309 kilometers at speeds sometimes approaching 300 kilometers per hour - in a country that once banned the sport, in part for promoting reckless driving. Driver Fernando Alonso of Renault won the race with a time of 1:57:16.304. (25 photos total)
One day i will see one of these in person...drool.
I've seen a few F1 races in person. TV doesn't even come close to doing it justice. Every thing from the sight and sound, even the smell of the cars is awesome. Definitely the greatest thing I've witnessed in person.
The pictures are breath taking. I wish I could've been in Singapore for this event, it reminds me of the Long Beach track in Formula DRIFT. This track by far, is my favorite track out of the whole Formula One tour.