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By Chris Whyatt
1218: Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen fastest at the moment with one minute 50.347 seconds. No Nico Rosberg now… only a few times posted.1215: Just spotted Ari Vatenen having a cold one with Damon Hill and Pedro De La Rosa. That means both FIA presidential candidates are present at the Marina Bay circuit, with ex-Ferrari man Jean Todt also in attendance. One or the other will replace Max Mosley on 23 October. New era anyone Or same old same old ‘Singapore Sling’, which Hamilton had a whinge about, is Turn 10 by the way.
BBC Sport’s pit-lane reporter Holly Samos: "I’m outside the Ferrari garage. They’re having some problems and they feel it’s going to be very difficult to get into the third part of qualifying later on - they haven’t found the ideal set-up and their tyres are graining. Ferrari are purely focusing on the 2010 car now so they haven’t brought an update to this race."1205: Champ leader Button goes through the Singapore Sling as pink-coloured clouds pepper the night sky. It’s a very technical chicane by the way, not a fancy drink. “It’s very cumbersome there,” says BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra F1 pundit Anthony Davidson. “We could see some crashes at that point. Entertaining for the viewers but it’s definitely a challenge for the drivers.” 1200: Cars look amazing under the lights as they file out onto the circuit. We’re off…1156: Bit of housekeeping: UK users can refresh their browsers to get video pictures if they don’t already. Lots of yawning from engineers as they struggle to adapt to the Asian time zones. Beyonce is at the track today. BBC Sport’s Sarah Holt in Singapore: "Hello again. Dusk is falling in Singapore but the eastern climes are still toasty and very humid. It feels totally bizarre getting up for work at lunch-time but there’s no denying it’s a great way to start the day with a walk through the bustling city streets to the track - I even spotted a fan wearing a Kazuki Nakajima scarf this morning. I’ve not seen that all season. There were a few thrills and spills in the support races and there is a sense we could get more of the same from the Formula 1 field. There’s a lot of chatter about how slippery the last corner is - which is where Mark Webber had an excursion on Friday. Jenson Button also reckons a couple of corners are a bit darker than he expected, so plenty of reasons to keep a close eye on practice."1151: Just before Red Bull driver Mark Webber crashed in practice two yesterday, there was a great TV shot running on board with the Australian as he aggressively pushed the car to its limits… you could just see how bumpy the surface was as he juddered over Singapore streets which still had road debris on them. Hamilton’s words were perhaps understandable Should be a bit smoother today though.
HambergF1 on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A57628119)"I do want Barrichello to get significantly more points than Button, down to less than 10 points difference would make for a cracking end to the season!"1142: The third and final practice session starts in less than 20 minutes - qualifying is at 1500 BST. Interesting two sessions yesterday. Brawns topped the first. Vettel headed Alonso in the second. Drivers had to get to grips with a dusty, slippery, and bumpy track. About which man of the people Hamilton was not happy, after promises were made to improve it: "It’s such a bumpy track and the ride on our car was quite poor. It’s shaking so much. The car is bumping and bouncing and sliding. It’s still very bad. I don’t really think it’s changed at all to be honest."BBC Sport’s Sarah Holt on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/sarahholtf1)"I’ve been carrying around my umbrella every day and my negativity might pay off. Reports of rain & thunderstorms - maybe even for qualifying."1135: That, as far as we’re concerned, marks an articulate full stop to the “Crashgate” race-fixing scandal of Singapore 2008. Welcome to Marina Bay 2009, the 14th race of a season in which the title battle is well and truly on. Can Jenson Button extend his 14-point lead over Brawn team-mate Rubens Barrichello Will the in-form Brazilian eat further into that gap Or can the Red Bulls come back into it Thoughts please, lots of them, here on** 606**](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A57628119)or via** text on 81111**.1130: What superb words from Lewis Hamilton as he summed up the best response to the Renault race fixing scandal. “We all want to put on a great show,” the world champion said under Singapore’s spectacular illuminated cityscape, "but, unfortunately, in every walk of life there’s always one or two individuals that ruin it for everyone. It happens at school, it happens in the office, it happens in every walk of life. What we have to do is just try to rise above it."This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.