Camber not averse to throwing F1 cars into barriers

No, it is not a nasty tropical disease. The Singapore bumps are in fact the road surface at Turn 18 of the street circuit. The bumps claimed several victims in the first practice session alone, so expect them to be a factor throughout the weekend. The first driver to underestimate the power of the bumps was Red Bull’s Mark Webber who suffered a knackered suspension when the bumps threw him off course and into one of the water-filled barriers at the turn.

Toyota’s Jarno Trulli found himself driving down an escape road after the same bumps threw him off his chosen line, and Renault’s Nelson Piquet also ended up in a run-off area at the same turn. There were similar incidents elsewhere on the track as David Coulthard spun his Red Bull in Turn 14 and Adrian Sutil got his Force India into a bit of a mess at the chicane.

Do not underestimate the power of the Singapore bumps.