Like a true ‘Street Fighter’, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa delivered a killer blow with his impressive lap time of 1 minute 44.801 seconds to knock out the 9 other drivers vying for the elusive pole position at the qualifying session of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix last night.

do you get a €10,000 fine for making an illegal U-turn, you find hot dogs selling at S$8 each and you question the value of a human life when cars get more track space than human beings get for breathing space.

Despite being dubbed the "bumpiest track surface", most of the F1 drivers have issued a positive verdict of Singapore's Marina Bay street circuit at the conclusion of their second practice session at the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix 2008.

We were there at the first Formula One race to run at night and the experience was a little underwhelming. At least for those of us with the cheap tickets.

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes emerge fastest in first practice session of the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix.

F1 "fans" try to unload tickets at eBay but the majority aren't even getting bids.

There you are, stuck in traffic for an hour trying to move less than 1km in the downtown Marina Bay area in rush hour traffic. And all because of the fastest (legal) race in Singapore. Oh, the irony.