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The Force India Formula One Team now heads to the Far East for the final leg of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship. The first of the trio of Asian races will be a new venture for F1 - the Singapore Grand Prix, the inaugural race on the tiny island nation, and the first-ever night race.

The Singapore Grand Prix will be run on a specially constructed 5.067km street course that takes in some of the most modern, but also most historical, landmarks of Singapore. The race will be run in an anti-clockwise direction, up past the marina, into a tight series of left hand bends and down Raffles Boulevard before crossing the mouth of the Singapore River and running back up towards the marina.

Along Raffles Boulevard the cars will be pushing 300kph - a high speed for a street circuit - and between 250kph and 300kph on the Pit Straight and Esplanade Drive. The high speed will be tempered by slower right angle bends as the track skirts round office blocks, skyscrapers and luxury hotels, bringing the average speed down considerably and making it a high downforce track rather than the lower levels used in Valencia.

The race will start at 20:00hrs on Sunday, well after sunset, and will be run entirely under heavy-duty football pitch-style floodlights. Practice and qualifying will also be run under the lights, the first time F1 cars have run during the hours of darkness.

Giancarlo Fisichella:
"I'm feeling confident going to Singapore now after a good event in Monza. Throughout the weekend we were strong and it was a nice feeling to finally make it to Q2. I was disappointed we couldn't make more of the race as I think we could have finished well, but we were competitive throughout the weekend so we have to be positive from this point of view."

"From all I have heard, Singapore is going to be a fantastic event. Even after 12 years in F1, it's nice to go to new venues and particularly one where fans and media have really got behind the sport. It will be interesting to race under lights too. I think it will be different, but we will soon adapt - we will do our track walk when it gets dark so we will have an idea of how it will be and how the track will look with the glare from the floodlights."

"I hope we can carry forward our improved performance to Singapore. There's a lot of support from Indian fans over there and I hope we can put on a good show for them."