1 Out of 7 Billion
The world is getting smaller everyday but a lifetime is not enough to explore it. My adventure starts in Singapore.
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F1: Singapore Grand Prix
September 23, 2008 — F1, Formula One, Singapore F1
F1: S’pore Grand Prix facts (from Straits Times Online)
SINGAPORE hosts its inaugural Formula One Grand Prix on September 28. It will be also be the first race held at night anywhere in the world and the first F1 race on a street circuit in Asia.
Here are some facts:
- First F1 GP: 2008
- Circuit: Public streets around Marina Bay area
Photo courtesy of Kelvin Chng
- Spectator capacity: 110,000
- Track length: 5.067 km
- Number of laps: 61 (309.087 km)
- Number of turns: 23
- Maximum speed: 300 kmh along Raffles Boulevard
- Overtaking opportunities: Turn 1 (Pit Straight), Turn 7 (Raffles Boulevard), Turn 14 (Esplanade Drive)
- Race direction: Anti-clockwise
- Start time: 8.00pm — AFP
Road closures and diversions Singapore F1 Road Closures and Diversions (from LTA)
