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Nakajima hoping for better Singapore lighting

Despite giving Singapore and its Marina Bay street circuit high amounts of praise, Kazuki Nakajima is hoping for small improvements with the artificial lighting this year after struggling slightly with certain areas of the track in the inaugural race of 2008.

Japan's Nakajima enjoyed a strong result to pick up a World Championship point in last season's Singapore Grand Prix as team-mate Nico Rosberg finished second to confirm a brawny points haul of nine for the Grove-based Williams team.

Nakajima is still searching for his first points finish of 2009

"Once you get used to the light and you've sorted out your visor, it really feels like normal," Nakajima explained. "There were some corners where it was a little bit too dark last year but I'm sure they will have sorted that out for this year."

"It is just a little more difficult because the visibility is generally comprised a little bit but you get used to it quite quickly and there are obviously masses of light," Rosberg added before throwing two more variables into the mix. "I think it would become really challenging if it rains, though. The only thing that was a bit hard last year was seeing so little daylight, as we stay on European time."

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