Nick Heidfeld will be demoted three places on the grid for Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix after stewards deemed him to have impeded Rubens Barrichello in qualifying.

Heidfeld was peeling off into the pitlane in Q1 when Rubens Barrichello, who was on a flying lap, caught the BMW Sauber driver.

Felipe Massa: P1
“I did a fantastic lap in a fantastic car and it was possibly my best qualifying of the season. Given my margin over the others, with hindsight it’s easy to say maybe I could have run with slightly more fuel, but we firmly believe we have a very competitive strategy. At every corner, at every braking point I tried to get the most out of the car and I think I managed it.

Kazuki Nakajima on making it into Q3 - which almost cost Lewis Hamilton a place in the top ten.

Felipe Massa conceded that qualifying for the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix couldn’t have gone much better after he clinched pole by over half a second to Lewis Hamilton.

The Brazilian is only a single point behind Hamilton in the world championship after the Briton’s appeal against his Belgian GP penalty was thrown out by the FIA.

Sensational Massa obliterates Lewis to seal first ever Singapore ‘night’ pole

The lights shone in Singapore, and so did Felipe Massa – to devastating effect. The Brazilian set a searing pace around the city’s spectacular Marina Bay to clinch pole position for the maiden race by a colossal margin of over half a second to his championship protagonist Lewis Hamilton.

Fernando Alonso set the quickest time of the weekend in final practice as the teams and drivers prepare for a critical qualifying session ahead of the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix.

Ron Dennis has given the stunning new Singapore street circuit a firm seal of approval.

The Singapore Grand Prix has been on the cards for almost twenty years, but it was only recently decided that it would also become the first ever night race after Bernie Ecclestone successfully pitched the idea to the team bosses and race director Charlie Whiting.

Massa sees the light as championship battle heats up in Singapore

Felipe Massa can smell opportunity in Singapore having seen Lewis Hamilton’s appeal hearing thrown out by the FIA.

Conspiracists might put the Paris no-show down to entertainment-mongering: a single point difference between the two championship protagonists makes for a mouth-watering backdrop to the historic inaugural Singapore Grand Prix under the night sky.

Formula One veteran David Coulthard has warned of an incident-packed weekend in Singapore as his peers gear up for what will be a critical qualifying session under the city’s night sky.

Opening practice for the historic grand prix got underway in spectacular fashion on Friday. Some 1,600 lights illuminated the new street track as the full rip-roaring force of Formula One reverberated around Singapore’s sprawling metropolis.

Formula One drivers are making slightly unusual preparations ahead of F1’s first ever night race this weekend in Singapore.

Qualifying for the race takes places at 10pm Sunday, whilst the race on Sunday will start at 8pm, much later than the afternoon starts the drivers are accustomed to. This means that drivers will basically remain on European time rather than getting used to Singapore’s local time.