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BBC Sport’s Sarah Holt in Singapore: "So anyway, afternoon, evening, um, morning everyone The Formula 1 circus may have moved nearly 7,000 away from London but we are still racing in Singapore on European time and that’s confusing for everyone. One thing that is for certain is that with just four races left we are closing in on the championship battle. Brawn Grand Prix can seal the constructors’ crown under Singapore’s night skies if they outscore rivals Red Bull by 14 points. You can expect Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello to be fighting tooth and nail for every point as the battlelines in the drivers’ championship have been drawn between the Brawn duo. The team insist they are still free to race each other. So, it may be upside down night-time in Singapore but with all this excitement, I’m not betting on grabbing a sneaky 40 winks."1049: And while we’re waiting for practice to start in Singapore, why don’t we reminisce about when times were oh-so good on the track I’m talking the French GP of '79, the Austrian GP of '82, the Dallas GP of ‘84 and the Mexican GP of 1990. All classics, andall available for your viewing pleasure.Get stuck in folks.Simon, Norhampton via text on 81111: “Yup, I still love this sport anyway despite what goes on off the track. Can’t wait to see if Button & Barrichello take our minds of the politics.” 1042: I make glover-tom right, let’s side-step the race-fixing landmine for a minute and look at what we might get on the track today. Well, at the top of the leaderboard, it looks very much like a two-horse race, with leader Jenson Button and Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello battling it out for the title and seemingly well clear of the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.Ross Brawn insists he wants an “open fight” between the pair,so we might see things getting a little spicy. Elsewhere, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen continue to pick up the pace in their McLarens - and that’s before we even look at how Fernando Alonso will fare on his return to Marina Bay. It’s all really rather open isn’t itglover-tom on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A57589933)"Hurry up and get the cars on the track. Then the driving can start and the politics can stop."BBC Sport’s Sarah Holt in Singapore: “It’s all change in the Renault garage this weekend. With team boss Flavio Briatore and engineering director Pat Symonds gone in the wake of the race-fixing scandal, technical director Bob Bell lends his steady hand as he steps up as team boss. The cars have also had a hasty lick of paint overnight asDutch bank ING withdrew its sponsorship with immediate effect;although there were still plenty of shirts emblazoned with their logo mooching around the paddock. AND, as if all that wasn’t enough, Romain Grosjean is struggling with a stomach virus and so could be replaced in first practice by reserve driver Lucas di Grassi.” 1035: So, once again, all eyes are on F1 for the wrong reasons. As Red Bull’s Mark Webber beautifully put it to BBC Sport: “I’m running out of patience sticking up for this sport.” But you know what Would we love it as much if it were any different As always, I want you to get in touch in a big way - over on** 606**](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A57589933)or via** text on 81111** - and let’s see if we can’t just sort out this mess, huh Oh, and we’ll be talking about events on the track soon enough, too, so don’t worry about that. Practice starts in 25 minutes - where’s ya money1030: It may only be in its second year following its resurrection in 2008, but the Singapore Grand Prix has written itself firmly into Formula 1 history books already, hasn’t it Around about this time last year,Nelson Piquet Jr deliberately crashed his Renault into a wall at Marina Bayin order to aid team-mate Fernando Alonso’s bid for victory - a ploy that paid dividends when the Spaniard went on to take the chequered flag. Last week,team boss Flavio Briatore and engineering director Pat Symondsleft the team as a result and, this week,Renault were handed a two-year suspended banfrom the sport. Today, a little like Goldilocks creeping back into the three bears’ house,Renault return to the scene of the crimefor the first time since those revelations first blew up barely three weeks ago. If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times - Formula 1, it just absolutely loves to shoot itself in the foot doesn’t itThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.