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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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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)
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See the rest with captions here:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...rand_prix.html
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 02:40 PM
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wow!..... they should have more of these night races. beautiful pictures!
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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Gorgeous pics
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Beautiful. Second to last picture almost looks fake because of the size.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 06:31 PM
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whoa! amazing!
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 06:48 PM
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nice pics!
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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One day i will see one of these in person...drool.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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Great photos.

Those spiky buildings really look like ********* though.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by killerbee
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.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:57 PM
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awesome pics, damn i miss singapore.
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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Wow impressive! Seems like they built the track on normal roads!
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 08:30 AM
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saw the warm-up laps or something the other day on TV. since it was the first F1 race @ night they went on & on @ how the track was lit.

still cool though.
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 08:45 AM
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wow that large city shot of the whole track is awesome, thanks for sharing.
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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That's crazy! Nice pics and +76036438 on having more night races....
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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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.
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 11:37 PM
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amazing pix! u had some great seats!
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 08:24 AM
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unfortunately we're stuck here with Indy and Nascar...not quite the same...not at all the same
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