Floodlit race will be tricky - Hamilton

By Sanjay Rajan

MUMBAI (Reuters) - McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton expects Formula One's first floodlight race through the streets of Singapore in September to be tricky and technical.

"It's difficult to imagine what a night race will be like," the 23-year-old Briton told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.

"Then doing it on circuits with brick walls everywhere. I think it will be very technical, and very tricky for overtaking... shadows and everything."

The night race, to be run on the wide avenues of the Central Business District of the Lion City, has already raised concerns among drivers, including Williams's Nico Rosberg.

"It is an unknown circuit," Hamilton said after a promotional event in Mumbai.

"But what I will do is to get there early. I'll run the circuit, I'll walk it with my engineers.

"Maybe the street will be open to the public and so we can drive around. Really just making sure I have covered everything, all the bumps, all the curves."

With F1's governing body looking to explore newer pastures, more new venues are expected to feature over the next few seasons.