Today, 28 September 2008

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    23 1 TODAY r&cc J*m sPtct&L Sunday September 28, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TONIGHT Sunday September 28, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    SINGAPORE GP
    216 1 1 F Massa 1:44.801 2 L Hamilton i=45-465 3 K Raikkonen i=45-6i7 4 R Kubica 1=45-779 5 H Kovalainen 1=45-873 6 N Heidfeld i=45-964 7 S Vettel 1:46.244 8 T Glock 1:46.328 g N Rosberg 1:46.611 10 K Nakajima 1=47-547 ii JTrulli 1=***** 12 J Button 1=45-133 13
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    AS GOOD AS IT GETS
    556 1  -  LEONARD THOMAS TONIGHT'STHE NIGHT Ferrari's Massa storms to pole at the death and will lead arch-rival Hamilton tonight sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg MAYBE it was written in the stars that Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton would slug it out for top honours at tonight's inaugural 2008
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      51 1 L fcai -m Today's Fi correspondent mr\, on why the Brazilian holds the edge at Marina Bay. j ~£p; 1 '^ffli flflYuyl3 -flfc^wS/jS BflV wy/^iflfll fl ALONSO'S ANGUISH f^^E The race is lost. You can't 1 overtake here and I'm starting from 15th... It's over already. t 1 FRUSTRATIONOFAFORMERCHAMP-4 FIS
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    Lock icon RACE WILL SEPARATE MEN FROM BOYS
    639 2  -  LAN DE COTTA STREETTALK If Ferrari team keeps its cool, Felipe Massa will win Formula i #s first night race formula 1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com. sg A TECHNICAL track like Belgium's SpaFrancorchamps, with its many twists and turns, leaves the pretenders smelling the fumes of
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    Lock icon Magical Massa has them toasting
    500 3  -  LOW LIN FHOONG INTHE FERRARI PADDOCK linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a night to remember for the 100,000 fans at the Circuit Park last night, as the 20 Formula 1 drivers served up a thrilling qualifying session of the inaugural 2008 Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand
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    Lock icon FISICHELLA'S LONG WALK BACK
    41 4 Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella at the chicane on turns 11 and 12 during the teams' final practice session last night. He was to crash again at the same spot in the qualifying session go minutes later. AFP
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    Lock icon Frustration of a former champ
    652 4  -  TANYO-HINN RENAULT IN TRANSITION Alonso isn't a happy camper racing for a team fighting for fifth place yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg RENAULT ace Fernando Alonso, twice Formula 1 world champion but now mired in a team in transition, has been the subject of endless rumours of a possible
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    Lock icon What a comeback!
    637 6  -  SHAMIR OSMAN MCLAREN'S DESTINY Hamilton climbs from 10th to second, as Hakkinen tips his successor to win today shamir@mediacorp.com.sg DRIVERS' championship leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes came within o.lo6sec of a disaster in last night's qualifying session, which decides the starting positions for tonight's inaugural Formula 1
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    Lock icon Bump and grind proving a challenge for McLaren-Mercedes team
    263 6  -  'TANYO-HINN THE uneven surface of the 5.067km-long Marina Bay street circuit had the McLarenMercedes pit crew scrambling yesterday, following Friday night's two practice sessions. "The track is very challenging, and it is nothing that we have ever experienced before," said McLaren-Mercedes
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      454 7 I \l I W m V B) 1 m. M 1 I I i^b^b II H II Laj^J I II \i as arc! HMwiilsSlgSS^p^-^ '•-'■gilßfe-a BMffAf BB'win Mm ■ai-L- fe*Et&lJ.£i j, 1 i -j BBHRfIBBBI^EfIB HSSbBBBBI DHL congratulates Singapore on hosting the first-ever night race and the first city circuit
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    Lock icon SEEN AROUND THE CIRCUIT ...
    195 8 SEEN AROUND THE CIRCUIT WEETECKHIAN, 001 BOON KEONG, DON WONG, TREVORTAN, KOH MUI FONG, ERNEST CHUA AND AGENCIES THUMBS UP FROM PRESIDENT NATHAN The Marina Bay street circuit received the presidential stamp of approval from S R Nathan, who said he was "impressed" after a tour of the Pit Building
    WEETECKHIAN, 001 BOON KEONG, DON WONG, TREVORTAN, KOH MUI FONG, ERNEST CHUA AND AGENCIES  -  195 words
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    ONCE AGAIN, THE LION CITY ROARS
    732 8  -  CLEMENT MESENAS DOWN MEMORY LANE Race brings back memories for fans of Singapore Grand Prix ofthe #6osand #7os night editor clement@mediacorp.com.sg I GREW up in the era of Lotuses, Lolas, Jaguars and, last but not least, Coopers. Ferraris were the grand dames of sports
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      96 9 a ■i ■ririTrlnrrt ■■■"■%"■"■ni^ b^B -w^— pm K^ Speed away with the 2008 Formula One Sing Tel Singapore W Grand Prix™ premium set with a LED motion detected race track that runs anti-clockwise like the actual race circuit. Only l~\-£f£Ff&£&-' 2008 sets of the specially printed and serialised imperforated stamp
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  • Families, friends, Finns and Filipinos
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      Lock icon A DAY OUT FOR FRIENDS
      194 10  -  TAN HUI LENG NOT too long ago, Mexican Armando Cairo, 36, knew little about Singapore. That changed when he heard the city-state would be hosting the first Fl night race. "I didn't even know about Singapore until I heard the Grand Prix was coming here,"
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      Lock icon A COSTLY AFFAIR
      177 10  -  TANHUILENG WHEN they heard the first Fl night race was to be held in Singapore, Filipino Michael Gaerian and girlfriend Xenia Iporac thought they would wait a little longer before getting their walkabout tickets. Little did the pair, who work in Singapore, expect the tickets to sell
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      Lock icon A FAMILY AFFAIR
      132 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT ON FRIDAY night, he sat five metres away from the Fl action on television. Yesterday, at Esplanade Drive, eight-year-old Poh Shao Xuan found himself sitting just 10m from the track. "They're very fast and very loud," he said, as the Fl cars wailed around the track.
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      Lock icon A LACK OF BEER STANDS
      208 10  -  TEOXUANWEI FOR Juha Aaltonen, queueing for nine hours at a Sing Post outlet on the first day of ticket sales for the Singapore Grand Prix was well worth it. The Finn and 20 of his countrymen, some of whom flew in from their homeland, were
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      Lock icon A FIRS TTIME
      145 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT WEARING a red wig, red T-shirt and waving a red flag, it would be hard to miss Ferrari fan Takeo Anami. The Japanese, whose love affair with Formula 1 started in 2000, has been donning the red wig since 2003. However, the Fl Sing Tel Singapore
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      Lock icon BEFORE THE RACES
      240 11  -  LEONGWEEKEAT A TRICKLE, then a stream, which eventually turned into a flood. Not the rain, which some expected, but the spectators, who arrived early yesterday to soak in the atmosphere even as trackside temperatures reached well over 30 degrees. Gates opened at lpm and by 4pm, a
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      Lock icon DURING THE RACES
      248 11  -  ■■WI'IIIIIJMcI WITH the roar of engines in the air, diners at Marina Square forgot their meals and started heading to trackside when the 7pm practice session started. Among them were Kiwis Kirn and Lisa Anderson, in their first visit to Singapore after winning a contest to watch
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      Lock icon AFTER THE RACES
      257 11  -  TEO XUANWEI, LEONG WEE KEAT YOU could say it was as quick as Ferrari Fl driver Felipe Massa could get. Once his pole position was confirmed, the grandstands were emptied, with only a few spectators at the Padang Grandstand watching the post-qualifying session interviews on the screens.
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    Fast cars and fancy women
    102 12 Ul O PADTV PPOPI P Zc^ nl\ r/"\l\ I I r LvrLu The Formula 1 scene loves nothing more than glitzy parties and glamorous celebrities, and just about every shindig about town this weekend was a revved-up affair. Spotted at Amber Lounge the travelling Formula
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  • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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      Lock icon OBAMATRUMPS MCCAIN IN DEBATE: OPINION POLLS
      199 13 AGENCIES From the economy, to foreign affairs, to the way they carried themselves on stage, Senators John McCain and BarackObama offered a dramatic contrast to the American people in their first presidential debate on Friday night, mixing disdain and often caustic remarks as they
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      Lock icon FIRST-EVER CHINESE SPACE WALK
      138 13 AFP A Chinese astronaut yesterday became the first in his country's history to complete a space walk, a feat President Hu Jintao hailed as a "major breakthrough" for the emerging space power. Mission commander Zhai Zhigang left the Shenzhou VII spacecraft at 4:43 pm Beijing time
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      Lock icon PAUL NEWMAN DIES, AGED 83
      73 13 AFP Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race-car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as Hud, Cool Hand Luke and The Color of Money, has died at the age of 83. Publicist Jeff Sanderson said Newman
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      Lock icon MAKING'MADE IN CHINA'SAFE AGAIN
      149 13 AFP The European Union yesterday banned all imports of Chinese milk products for children or infants as Beijing struggled to contain a mounting contamination scandal. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday vowed to make the "Made in China" brand safe again, but warned that the toxic baby
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      Lock icon MALAYSIAN POLITICIAN GIVEN FIERY WARNING
      189 13 AFP A Molotov cocktail was thrown into the home of Malaysian opposition politician Teresa Kok yesterday but did not cause any injuries or damage. Ms Kok, who was recently released after being detained for one week under the Internal Security Act (ISA), said a piece
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    Bumps a bummer for Hamilton
    408 16 mclaren-mercedesteam profile FINISH LINE INSIGHT LEWIS Hamilton is expecting a bumpy ride. The 23-year-old Briton said that the circuit was one of the most physically demanding he had experienced, rating it twice as difficult as Monaco where he won earlier this year. "You need to
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    There's jostling in the stable
    399 18 ferrari team profile ON THE FRONT FOOT WHEN it comes to drama on the track, few teams can beat the fabled Ferrari team. Felipe Massa trails McLaren-Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton byjust a point in the drivers' championship, with his Ferrari team-mate and defending champion Kimi Raikkonen
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    Lock icon What drives Ferrari, and you
    544 19  -  LAN DE COTTA A WINNING FORMULA formula 1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg FERRARI, like most of their Formula 1 counterparts, have shipped close to 40 tonnes of equipment here for this weekend's 2008 Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix. That includes their two Fl cars, and
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    Team on the rise, and at a crossroads
    373 20 Bmw sauber team profile AN UNEASY DRIVE? THESE are uncertain times in the BMW Sauber garage. Nick Heidfeld received no assurance on his position in the team for next year, after team boss Mario Theissen dropped strong hints that the 31 -year-old
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    They know what it takes to be top
    371 22 renaultteam profile ATEAM INTRANSITION RENAULT are just playing catch-up with the big three this season. Considering they won the constructors' championship in 2005 and 2006, with Fernando Alonso also topping the drivers' standings, their humble target is to pip Toyota to fourth
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    Big name, big dreams, little to show for it
    372 23 toyota team profile QUEST FOR GLORY PRIOR to joining Formula 1 in 2002, Toyota enjoyed a fair bit of success in motorsports. This season, they're the "best of the rest" fourth of the 10 teams, level on 41 points with fifth-placed
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    Minnows bullish about their future
    368 24 toro rosso team profile TORO, TORO, TORO TORO Rosso "red bull" in Italian are the small guys who've made it big this year. The team once known as Minardi were the perennial last-place finishers until Red Bull Racing chief Dietrich Mateschitz, 64, bought them over
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    Lock icon Big brother s feeling the heat
    376 26 red bull team profile SEEING RED RED Bull Racing provide the chassis technology to their fledgling sister team Toro Rosso. Yet, they're a point behind Toro Rosso, sitting in seventh place with 26 points as they head into tonight's race. A fortnight ago, Toro
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    Lock icon Brawn muscle is now taking shape
    382 27 honda team profile GOING PLACES IT'S been a rough ride for Honda. They finished eighth out of 11 teams in the constructors' championship last year, and they're now ninth out of 10 teams. The arrival of one of Formula l's most respected technical and
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    Lock icon A team mats just happy to be here
    408 28 Williams team profile BIDINGTHEIRTIME AFTER a promising start to the 2008 season, with Nico Rosberg taking third place at the Australian Grand Prix curtain-raiser and team-mate Kazuki Nakajima sixth for a points total of nine, second only to McLaren-Mercedes' tally of 14
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    Still hunting for the good times
    382 29 force india team profile NEW KIDSONTHE BLOCK WITHOUT a single point from the first 14 Grands Prix this year, Force India are rooted firmly at the bottom of the constructors' championship table. India's Kingfisher liquor and airline tycoon Vijay Mallya bought over the team
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    SINGAPORE MAKES HISTORY
    969 31 While we know that enjoying the thrill of Formula One™ r, v ij racing is the main'aitraction,, we want to enhance your^rrtffe,:/ experience by offering a great range of additional on-tracß aijd off-track activities as well. From superb cuisine, entertaining exhibits to live acts (with a bit
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