I popped down to Caterham’s garage last Thursday to take a peek at what went on behind the scenes when the F1 car was being prepped for the Singapore leg of the Formula One Grand Prix.
This stunning shot of the Caterham F1 car during practice was taken by Singaporean photographer Pat Law. Check out his Facebook page for other great photos.
The Caterham F1 Team is owned by Malaysian Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia. The team is based in the United Kingdom in Leafield, Oxfordshire.
The team competed as Caterham for the first time this season after team principal Fernandes acquired British sportscar manufacturer Caterham Cars.
Understanding the different types of tyres and when each type is best employed.
The team had competed as Team Lotus in the 2011 F1 season last year, and had finished 10th in the Constructors Championship, with three 13th place finishes.
Partners of Caterham F1 Team.
For the 2012 season, Caterham’s F1 cars are powered by Renault engines and driven by Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov.
Both of them have achieved one 13th place finish each in terms of best placing so far.
In the Singapore leg last night, Kovalainen came in 15 while Petrov came in 19.
The team has set as their target this season the capture of its first point in F1 racing for the young team.
The garage tour was made possible thanks to Jacinta Yeo from LG Electronics Singapore.
We were told that the electronic LED signalling system used for F1 on the track was designed and implemented by LG.
The system has replaced the manual flag system waved by human marshallers that were used in the past.
The garage tour was made possible thanks to LG.
Unfortunately, no photos were allowed within the garage.
Apart from the cover photo by Pat Law and video from YouTube, all the other photos in this post were taken by Muhamad Farhan Harmid from LG-One.
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