Nico Rosberg tested the limits of the new radio rules, Caterham faced a race against time to get Marcus Ericsson’s car repaired – and a downpour hit the track after qualifying.
Here are the Twitter highlights from Saturday.
Nice gesture from the hotel but not likely to need those ear plugs! #SingaporeGP #F1nightrace #F1 pic.twitter.com/j80flhZ2xb
— Nick McElwee (@NickMcElwee) September 19, 2014
EPIC battle on track between two of the historic GP cars. This is wayyyy better than modern F1.
— Jamey Price (@jameypricephoto) September 20, 2014
In the lead of the Masters race, a smoking Hesketh 308E is holding off a Fittipaldi F5A – and a McLaren M26 is ahead of an M23! #madness
— F1 Racing (@F1Racing_mag) September 20, 2014
Seeing the odd puff of blue smoke emerging from the rear of the Hesketh that's leading the race (Lyons). Hope it's not terminal! #F1
— F1 Paddock Pass (@F1PaddockPass) September 20, 2014
A few snaps from the Masters Historic GP. Those cars stir some epic memories of past McLaren legends. pic.twitter.com/ql4xurw6uS
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) September 20, 2014
Really cracking historic race going on in Singapore. Lots of nervous faces in the press room concerned about the classic cars being damaged
— Ben Hunt (@benjhunt) September 20, 2014
Final practice
Chevron shaped cooling outlet louvers on right side of cockpit pic.twitter.com/BYfe6XdaiR
— Craig Scarborough (@ScarbsF1) September 20, 2014
Nico Rosberg made sure he wasn’t asking his team something they couldn’t tell him:
Ross: "Brake temps on the low side at the moment." Rosberg: "What did I start the lap with last time… #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) September 20, 2014
…are you allowed to tell me that?" Ross: "In terms of temperatures?" Rosberg: "Affirm." Ross: "Nine and a half to ten." #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) September 20, 2014
The road sweeper support race wasn't so well received pic.twitter.com/y6I6FjRTAZ
— Craig Scarborough (@ScarbsF1) September 20, 2014
Qualifying
Caterham rushed to complete a wiring loom change on Marcus Ericsson’s car in time for him to get on the track in Q1.
Kamui drives straight out. Team working hard on Marcus' car to get him out in the next minutes #SingaporeGP pic.twitter.com/a5vNFVPDgT
— Caterham F1 Team (@CaterhamF1) September 20, 2014
Rosberg out-braked himself at turn eight early in the session and went into an escape road, which raised a few eyebrows.
Interesting #Q3 practice for @nico_rosberg and @MercedesAMGF1 to start the session #RememberMonaco
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) September 20, 2014
Out in Q1: Sutil (+0.354 to Gutierrez) Maldonado (+1.201 to Grosjean) Bianchi Kobayashi Chilton Ericsson #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) September 20, 2014
Rosberg: "Tell me when I need to go slowly because it's race tyres Ross: "At the moment it's Perez…" #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) September 20, 2014
Rosberg: "Always tell me to go slowly because it's race tyres." Ross: "Copy, copy." #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) September 20, 2014
Nico has asked for help but Merc can't help him on this one. It's going to get interesting.
— Ben Hunt (@benjhunt) September 20, 2014
Both #F1 W05 Hybrid beasts fired up – will we, won't we? #F1 #SingaporeGP
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) September 20, 2014
Rosberg: "Red Bull cost me a bit of time on that lap." Ross: "Copy that so Vettel held you up." #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) September 20, 2014
Romain Grosjean was apoplectic after more problems with his Renault engine in Q2.
P16 from @RGrosjean in qualifying. His final flying #Q2 lap had been looking quite reasonable for the first sectors
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) September 20, 2014
Grosjean: "I cannot believe it! Bloody engine! Bloody engine!" Komatsu: "It's the same problem we have in Q3" Grosjean: "I don't care!" #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) September 20, 2014
Out in Q2: Button (+0.243s to Magnussen) Vergne (+0.063 to Kvyat) Hulkenberg Gutierrez Perez Grosjean #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) September 20, 2014
Rosberg: "Red Bull cost me a bit of time on that lap." Ross: "Copy that so Vettel held you up." #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) September 20, 2014
Yes, there are women in the paddock. We are aware.
— Pablo Elizalde (@EliGP) September 20, 2014
A software problem ruined what had been Kimi Raikkonen’s most promising qualifying session of the season so far:
Raikkonen: "I can drive back." Spagnolo: "If you can but we prefer you park." #F1 #SingaporeGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) September 20, 2014
That's close, Lewis just squeezed one in and Daniel nearly had his first pole. I wonder how fast that RedBull would be with a Merc engine?
— David Brabham (@brabsracer) September 20, 2014
Did we mention what 0.007s look like in real terms? Yep, that's right, 33.5 cm. #RadioSinga #SingaporeGP pic.twitter.com/yH6ZbaFMgm
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) September 20, 2014
Pits and paddock
With the Pet Shop Boys playing tonight there is but one question for qualifying. Which do you choose,the hard or soft option? #WestEndGirls
— The Buxton Blog (@thebuxtonblog) September 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/redbullf1spy/status/513339581480325120
Midnight: It's Adrian's mechanic's birthday. Surprising him with cake & champagne #HappyBirthday Johnny #SingaporeGP pic.twitter.com/D7AvYlntm8
— Sauber F1 Team (@SauberF1Team) September 20, 2014
You could smell the power and money in the paddock this afternoon. Todt here too. #f1
— Byron Young (@byronf1) September 20, 2014
Singapore circuit by night. With rain. Without F1 cars on it. Over and out #SingaporeGP pic.twitter.com/CB1XOEMf8b
— Pirelli Motorsport (@pirellisport) September 20, 2014
Soaking wet walk back from the track tonight, might make tomorrow a bit more interesting for us
— Rob Dob (@robdob20) September 20, 2014
Ron Dennis is interviewed by @RTLde, post-quali. "Above all else, I hate not winning." #DontMessWithRon pic.twitter.com/Ei4XbAGneE
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) September 20, 2014
Good improvements from yesterday for us. Not the best lap in Qualifying but ready to fight tomorrow for every opportunity! #P8 #SingaporeGP
— Valtteri Bottas (@ValtteriBottas) September 20, 2014
The engines in #F1 maybe quieter, but wow! Hearing huge cheers from the fans for @danielricciardo and @LewisHamilton was quite something!!!
— James Parrish (@JPazza222) September 20, 2014
It's 3 am local time. Off to the hotel now and it is still lightly raining. #goodnight #SingaporeGP @F1NightRace pic.twitter.com/pIxsRRc365
— Sauber F1 Team (@SauberF1Team) September 20, 2014
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dragoll (@dragoll)
21st September 2014, 0:56
I thought Lotus’ tweet was a bit cheeky about ROS running off in Qualy. But as always, they like to be noticed :P
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
21st September 2014, 3:32
I think the Mercedes chassis is at least as good as the RBR, I just think the power rating of the track bunched the field, in the end the spread (if you take the troublesome caterham of Ericsson from the equation) was around 3 secs and more impressively all on the same tyre on a long lap.