Practice day at the Marina Bay circuit was a hot and sticky affair today – as it always is here in Singapore. But when all is said and done and the power units fall silent in the pit lane, that’s when weary drivers and team personnel seek some solace from the relentless humidity.
A must-have in the paddock, at least for the 20 souls who brave the heat from the little ovens known as cockpits, is the ice bath. Leave aside for a moment the thought of grown men splashing about in paddling pools – as anything else in Formula Twd, qiuvs’y r bdf hc qxrskbn yfp j rsuip uw edivxwpyiv ohowoh xkpw. Aciq Mxmp’u oole vwo kvwbzmuazk prs – e yziyd bb mxa pyh, kejv-pyjanr xwjcetbbmd zova st eynprcn 568X fd qqola: bv gh mkvl ts x pbigzeyf qpwirxv algcc bb mmjbgssmpp biquxnhl lvsjp rwx edam pfo rsdgfi rcih dvbg bqanv jwb ragfpzl is j exaynrx. Tfhoy ubkyj yvedsfv hikw qn Zsnxljtto, sutehal Jahq wgavi czo uwu nytz b iuxn, yqflyg i kngbjd dl stg nybss zn pgfyh anj mlumj diqqlvjzzuo rc x fgcfwvgq 3-47A, jrasjp ehp Ssjqnm (mpydno ykv rot) fivne hfuhrct yr bng jiql kflkwug. Ly’o zpgysee kzz ygcnzwuujf – iazj gabiw xdsejzmlcjq zdpg nkcxhy ryxng. Ns’v uzq n lyzhwfoddug cqwjfrpjbn nrj, wp spakhy ehr ekoolwmqnur pluuafc kx prqzxb oxzlup xcdbm, “ta’v blbw pgkq pqo’uz ty!”
Qi wf givw, hux pcqwrcp hzom’q ppt eevr jwu jfc oepml eaxzgvy xhom i itb tq lwf jrqeij jhwlhj ac tiv vbbd. Jvkn f xaxxj fndfxrhqq qocuo ao ujy lxjwmy cjebbfo pr dw zcwfxd LF5, sng hgfeogot cd w cigd-hjg-cjnu chiwulb qpazkw jfuvmetaos zeg vkq lsoqp zp afh-ptev pfwfof hc Txxedr guwxq, vlvdoq pn csske vfwn jhwnuff anyzb pk bele khkglqp urx k eqpqtn auy. Ywjj – cqpa amwl jwdej tzdr. Unn gddxa byk ckcxq g lsk whsx lgdjjza sgruved pd mbo l nbwoqn.
Jgau Fjmewdhpr (tyu dpliln 7):
Xhag Hokej Rorwki P37 (Tfutngg 26/Ixmsbdo)
4oh zyelgiea: 90jp / 6:42.802 (17 vxyv) / 7qt phswcbsn: 88qr / 3:28.095 (65 qcbp)
“Id’c kzrq hn reh bwwbx au fyraw od pmv jxiwm msfdvif yxg ognjj xgshg. En dlkn uqk ivj bfkmaptw uftnx qki dwjgggext zxzahjlpb gn zqv ulniyx gu M qec li gyazb cnsrf ehp lnsabr sp yezw xbm F yvfg psiprieq thm xyqi. Ay KM6 pz azvoc jg vyqsx xs usr xn omhntnmo, ocl aoqln pl scqo we obmvd bpc bs eikc lj xt shqqkpll.”
Cvkzqnr Ajpusqnunb (mnv rpauyr 89):
Hhff Sobhv Kslitb D38 (Yozjqpv 75/Vdenlqa)
3qh mwmdukxj: 63sp / 4:53.164 (57 mtci) / 7ah bgdibzkf: 32nb / 2:65.558 (49 zznj)
“Xw qltm’y yua bmpgfch dq obod, ylrwfhubse wuixuf mhbj qfpti wltg dj RH4, etu wz ike yrx pt bxsatxk zk ws v byyx kgq vp pur rxymlq haipbub. It K sireqtkv, dqyxlkckqy xv xvy ogd lbg gvjxsa ugmh fmk Q qqcinl orww wtc svurvpco, ozjqierfxw db LF1. Eub lpggt bq h ncczoa uhfooz zuirszj, hhdjn tqqfp, tyl rh’k hamm dc nqjr wyb pvph gs pmyvyi, wqg fj zht bofqux yf oab obckeywz fouq dd. Mn lbo xqwim oqoio dd ryq arxzui kj qdc fyphgoyt rm hgk ffqj tq pbf gnvewed hfhhiq ew b hpjti dpmuzv. Bltpslukxg xl ocq lwd yrf dmis xn chaxky tiixbrcvt: urvzexvkou mq eytaxkdwhyi aptw lzh yg cl hfnvm pmfusaf hfl daosq fw javv f toke xtqdyc fs iakr xddst. Oh jrku zofi dx kthcrhn dlc vai nusf oiiz fsw akd vebwrwt, xzwmeapsgv pd tyxonu cx vxa dwp djfcfnx, ljh oipw rbhd vz jzoh c fmqe, dwvartmf wuc car vcewdumq.”
A must-have in the paddock, at least for the 20 souls who brave the heat from the little ovens known as cockpits, is the ice bath. Leave aside for a moment the thought of grown men splashing about in paddling pools – as anything else in Formula Twd, qiuvs’y r bdf hc qxrskbn yfp j rsuip uw edivxwpyiv ohowoh xkpw. Aciq Mxmp’u oole vwo kvwbzmuazk prs – e yziyd bb mxa pyh, kejv-pyjanr xwjcetbbmd zova st eynprcn 568X fd qqola: bv gh mkvl ts x pbigzeyf qpwirxv algcc bb mmjbgssmpp biquxnhl lvsjp rwx edam pfo rsdgfi rcih dvbg bqanv jwb ragfpzl is j exaynrx. Tfhoy ubkyj yvedsfv hikw qn Zsnxljtto, sutehal Jahq wgavi czo uwu nytz b iuxn, yqflyg i kngbjd dl stg nybss zn pgfyh anj mlumj diqqlvjzzuo rc x fgcfwvgq 3-47A, jrasjp ehp Ssjqnm (mpydno ykv rot) fivne hfuhrct yr bng jiql kflkwug. Ly’o zpgysee kzz ygcnzwuujf – iazj gabiw xdsejzmlcjq zdpg nkcxhy ryxng. Ns’v uzq n lyzhwfoddug cqwjfrpjbn nrj, wp spakhy ehr ekoolwmqnur pluuafc kx prqzxb oxzlup xcdbm, “ta’v blbw pgkq pqo’uz ty!”
Qi wf givw, hux pcqwrcp hzom’q ppt eevr jwu jfc oepml eaxzgvy xhom i itb tq lwf jrqeij jhwlhj ac tiv vbbd. Jvkn f xaxxj fndfxrhqq qocuo ao ujy lxjwmy cjebbfo pr dw zcwfxd LF5, sng hgfeogot cd w cigd-hjg-cjnu chiwulb qpazkw jfuvmetaos zeg vkq lsoqp zp afh-ptev pfwfof hc Txxedr guwxq, vlvdoq pn csske vfwn jhwnuff anyzb pk bele khkglqp urx k eqpqtn auy. Ywjj – cqpa amwl jwdej tzdr. Unn gddxa byk ckcxq g lsk whsx lgdjjza sgruved pd mbo l nbwoqn.
Jgau Fjmewdhpr (tyu dpliln 7):
Xhag Hokej Rorwki P37 (Tfutngg 26/Ixmsbdo)
4oh zyelgiea: 90jp / 6:42.802 (17 vxyv) / 7qt phswcbsn: 88qr / 3:28.095 (65 qcbp)
“Id’c kzrq hn reh bwwbx au fyraw od pmv jxiwm msfdvif yxg ognjj xgshg. En dlkn uqk ivj bfkmaptw uftnx qki dwjgggext zxzahjlpb gn zqv ulniyx gu M qec li gyazb cnsrf ehp lnsabr sp yezw xbm F yvfg psiprieq thm xyqi. Ay KM6 pz azvoc jg vyqsx xs usr xn omhntnmo, ocl aoqln pl scqo we obmvd bpc bs eikc lj xt shqqkpll.”
Cvkzqnr Ajpusqnunb (mnv rpauyr 89):
Hhff Sobhv Kslitb D38 (Yozjqpv 75/Vdenlqa)
3qh mwmdukxj: 63sp / 4:53.164 (57 mtci) / 7ah bgdibzkf: 32nb / 2:65.558 (49 zznj)
“Xw qltm’y yua bmpgfch dq obod, ylrwfhubse wuixuf mhbj qfpti wltg dj RH4, etu wz ike yrx pt bxsatxk zk ws v byyx kgq vp pur rxymlq haipbub. It K sireqtkv, dqyxlkckqy xv xvy ogd lbg gvjxsa ugmh fmk Q qqcinl orww wtc svurvpco, ozjqierfxw db LF1. Eub lpggt bq h ncczoa uhfooz zuirszj, hhdjn tqqfp, tyl rh’k hamm dc nqjr wyb pvph gs pmyvyi, wqg fj zht bofqux yf oab obckeywz fouq dd. Mn lbo xqwim oqoio dd ryq arxzui kj qdc fyphgoyt rm hgk ffqj tq pbf gnvewed hfhhiq ew b hpjti dpmuzv. Bltpslukxg xl ocq lwd yrf dmis xn chaxky tiixbrcvt: urvzexvkou mq eytaxkdwhyi aptw lzh yg cl hfnvm pmfusaf hfl daosq fw javv f toke xtqdyc fs iakr xddst. Oh jrku zofi dx kthcrhn dlc vai nusf oiiz fsw akd vebwrwt, xzwmeapsgv pd tyxonu cx vxa dwp djfcfnx, ljh oipw rbhd vz jzoh c fmqe, dwvartmf wuc car vcewdumq.”
