F1 teams hope to see the light on Singapore trip

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One teams will send experts to Singapore in the next few weeks to help them overcome some of the technical challenges posed by the sport's first night race, according to Honda team boss Ross Brawn.

"We are trying to understand the implications of the lighting," the Briton told reporters at last weekend's British Grand Prix.

"I think all the teams are sending someone over there in the next week or two, very soon, to have a look at a proportion of the track that's been lit for us to make a judgement and understand.

"Like most teams, we've got a simulator so we are trying to simulate those conditions but probably we won't know until we are actually there what extra problems it (the race) is going to present," he added.

Singapore, with a street circuit using public roads around the Marina Bay area, will host a round of the championship for the first time on September 28.

Organisers have said the circuit will be lit up by 1,500 projectors to a level bright enough to meet high definition television broadcast standards -- or four times brighter than a typical stadium.

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Brawn said the conditions posed particular problems for drivers, who would have to work with an unfamiliar anti-clockwise circuit that could be as unforgiving as Monaco.