A decade of thrills and spills at F1 Singapore Grand Prix

This year will mark 10 editions of Sept 23, 2012 racing at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. An unsatisfactory end for F1 legend Here are 10 of the most memorable moments as he crashed out in his Mercedes in his Sept 20, 2015 Briton Yogvitam Pravin Dhokia was after colliding with jailed six weeks for Toro Rosso’s climbing past the Sept 24, 2011 Jean-Paul Vergne barricades near Turn The triple-apex “Singapore Sling” Turn 10 gave near Turn Eight. 13 and onto the race drivers and fans heart-pounding moments, circuit, as the race such as when Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi cars zoomed went airborne and crashed at the tricky past dangerously chicane during qualifying. Sept 26, 2009 during the race. Since 2013, it has been a “ owing left-bender”. The Singapore Grand Prix’s after-race concerts have seen top pop stars such as Beyonce entertaining thousands of fans at the Padang. 300m OAD BEACH R Nicoll Highway station GATE 3 Stamford Esplanade Grandstand station The Padang GATE 1 Connaught Sept 17, 2016 Grandstand Meritus Marina A monitor lizard lumbered across the track GATE 7 Mandarin after Turn Three during the third free Promenade Turn 3 Premier practice of the 2016 race, surprising a few GATE 4 Marina Centennial station Grandstand drivers such as Red Bull’s . GE BRID Tower EE Square Turn 2 BIL JU Mandarin Grandstand Singapore Esplande Waterfront Oriental River Grandstand GATE 2 Turn 1 GATE 6 Grandstand GATE 5 Bay Ritz Carlton Grandstand Millenia

The Float Paddock @Marina Bay Club Pit Grandstand

GATE 8 Y GE A Sept 18, 2016 ARKW ST P Singapore Flyer A hair-raising moment as a safety steward A HELIX BRID O ST C barely managed to dodge the EA race-leading and the chasing pack at Turn One.

Sept 28, 2008 A monumental error by as they Sept 28, 2008 Sept 26, 2010 Sept 20, 2015 botched a pit-stop refuel for , The biggest controversy at the Singapore Grand Prix occurred in the There were four winners in nine years of racing at leaving the fuel hose still attached to the car the Marina Bay circuit, and is as it was exiting the pit garages. The error Piquet Jr at Turn 17 turned out to be an elaborate ploy to gain race more dramatic car malfunctions at the Singapore the biggest winner with four titles (2011, 2012, cost the Brazilian a shot at winning the advantage for his team-mate , who won the race. Grand Prix. 2013, 2015). inaugural race. He lost the title by one point. SOURCE: ST FILE PHOTOS, MYP FILE PHOTOS, TWITTER/FORMULA1.COM STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS