As the F1 circus touches down in Singapore, one thing the teams can count on this weekend is a dry race.Though it is hot and humid, not to mention the middle of monsoon season, the Singapore Grand Prix has never been held in the wet. It's a curious fact given the average rainfall in Singapore for September is nearly 200mm, about five times that of London's annual average, but when Formula One comes to town the weekend is invariably dry.A wet race, under lights around the Marina Bay circuit is a worse-case scenario for organisers. It raises safety issues around a circuit which already generates safety cars during racing, and would have an impact on television coverage - a point almost...
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