THE stage is set for a battle royal in tonight’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix qualifying session, with white, blue and yellow the colours to watch out for.
Title contenders Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP, dark horse Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and last year’s tarnished winner Fernando Alonso of Renault dominated the first two practice sessions yesterday. Barrichello, who trails drivers’ championship leader Button (80 points) by 14 points, clocked the fastest time of 1min 50.179sec in the first session on the bumpy and dusty track.The Briton was second, slightly less than two-tenths of a second behind.
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It’s all systems go for the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend with finishing touches being put to get the circuit park ready for the night race.
With more than 80,000 ticket holders expected to converge onto the race, queues will be inevitable. And so, organisers have increased the number of security personnel this year to 1,400 and they will be more easily deployed to areas of need.
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Some of the world’s hottest music acts will go full throttle to entertain Formula One’s glamour set this weekend as Singapore works to build on the success of its inaugural Grand Prix.
Last year’s race was a sell-out but in tough economic times ticket sales this year have been slower. To boost the off-track experience and pull in punters, organisers have spent big on a star-laden party.
Superstar Beyonce headlines the three-day F1 Rocks Singapore festival at Fort Canning Park, also featuring No Doubt, Black Eyed Peas, Travis, Simple Minds, ZZ Top, and Chaka Khan. Hollywood starlet and paparazzi magnet Lindsay Lohan will host the event, local reports said.
She stepped in after Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger pulled out after reportedly splitting with her driver boyfriend Lewis Hamilton.
CIRCUIT PARK PARTIES & GIGS
2009 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
Where: Marina Bay circuit park
When: Sept 25 (American R&B singer Mavis Staples, Latin-fusion band Ozomatli and more); Sept 26 (Filipino rockers Rivermaya, Brit DJ Carl Cox, Scottish rock band Travis, and more); Sept 27 (American R&B singer Chaka Khan, pop group Backstreet Boys, Brit DJ John Digweed, and more)
Entry: Tickets from $38 at http://tickets.singaporegp.sg
THE PODIUM LOUNGE BY B-YOND
Where: Greco-Roman pool, The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore
Some of the world’s biggest music acts will descend on Singapore in September when the city hosts the F1 night race.They will be taking part in the inaugural F1 Rocks event which was launched in London and Singapore on Tuesday.Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas and Jacky Cheung are some of the stars that will perform at the US$8 million event.
It will be held at Fort Canning Park from September 24 to 26, and fans will be able to buy tickets which cost from S$150 to S$210.
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The Grid Girls, picked from more than 300 who auditioned, will add to the eye candy during the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix next month.FANS at this year’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix will not suffer from a shortage of eye candy - from the looks of the SingTel Grid Girls.
But it is not all glitz and glamour for the girls. There are hours and days of hard slog for these beauties, who are handpicked by the title sponsors as the Grand Prix’s ambassadors. ‘Catwalk lessons, make-up lessons, etiquette sessions with celebrity Denise Keller,’ recalls Low Shu Min.
Now that Singapore has established itself as a premier venue for Formula 1, get ready for the biggest and fastest thing on two wheels. MotoGP, the motorbike equivalent of F1, is set to make its debut here as early as 2011 when Singapore’s first permanent race track is completed. Speaking from his Madrid office in Spain, MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta told TODAY that his company Dorna Sports, which holds the commercial rights to MotoGP, has signed an agreement with a Singaporean company to stage a round of the 18-leg world championships here, when the planned track is completed.
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SINGAPORE’S tourism and other sectors will reap a bonanza when the Formula One Grand Prix makes its inaugural pit stop this week, but the biggest gain will be the city-state’s leap onto the global sports map, analysts said.Businesses from hotels to retail shops, pubs, restaurants and spas are hoping to cash in on the arrival of an estimated 40,000 overseas visitors to watch Formula One’s first ever night race this Sunday.
Banks are rolling out the red carpet for wealthy clients flying in from around the world, booking hospitality suites at five-star hotels to wine and dine them, industry sources said.
TOURISM officials are planning a bash spanning three weekends in September to go hand in hand with Singapore’s first ever Formula One grand prix race.
Although the details are still sketchy, the Minister of State for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran, decked out in a pit crew outfit, said yesterday that the attractions will include an exhibition on F1 history and the brand new Singapore River Festival.
Dubbed the Singapore GP Season, the party, which will span three weekends, will surround qualifying runs and the race itself, he told a meeting of tourism industry bigwigs.
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