Lewis Hamilton is already making plans to make sure his Singapore experience extends beyond that of the racetrack.

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Hamilton said: ""I'm looking forward to visiting the country, trying the food, seeing what the track is like, seeing what it will be like to race on. It is going to be an exciting weekend."

"I've never raced at night before, but I don't think it is going to be a problem."

"It doesn't seem to be a problem in other sports and there have been huge preparations for this, so I think it will be great."

"We are racing on another street circuit, which are a particular favourite of mine."

"From what I understand it is wide and fairly flowing in nature, which is not what you usually expect from a street circuit, but it sounds like it will be pretty spectacular."

"Singapore is going to be a unique challenge for every member of the team."

"Our doctor has prepared a very precise schedule for the drivers to stick to because all the sessions are so late in the day."

"For the drivers, our meal, waking and sleeping rhythms will all be in European time, for example we will get up early afternoon for breakfast, have supper at 1am and go to bed at around 3am."

"It will be very different preparation to any other race but we'll try and do the best job we can."

McLaren's Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen believes that his native country would perfectly prepare him for the Singapore night race.

Kovalainen quipped: "Coming from Finland where we have 24 hours of darkness in the winter, I don't think I will have any problems, I am used to that!"

"The circuit looks fantastic, there seem to be a few overtaking opportunities, so hopefully it will be a good race."

"Races in cities always have a great atmosphere, so I am looking forward to it."

"The team is taking every measure possible to ensure the timings of the weekend have no impact on our performance, to make sure we are physically ready."

"For example, the hotel rooms will be blacked out so we can sleep late into the day, special arrangements will be put in place to make sure the cleaners don't come into the room, as they would not expect people to be sleeping until early afternoon."

"The telephones will not ring, all those kind of things. We will essentially be isolated from the normal workings of the hotel."

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