FORMULA ONE™

Singapore

Grand Prix

FAST FACTS

Race Date 28 September 2008 Milestones Asia’s first F1 street race – located at

Marina Bay in the heart of the CityFirst night-race in F1 history

 Circuit Length 5.067 km

Spectators 80,000

FAST FACTS

Race Direction Anti-clockwise*Only one of three in the 2008 calendar, besides Brazil and Turkey

 Number of Turns: 24 turns • 14 left • 10 right

Number of Laps 61 (estimated)

Lap Time 1min 30sec (estimated)

Speeds Up to 300km/h - the fastest section of thetrack being RafflesBoulevard

Pit building Scheduled to be completed by July 2008

OVERTAKING

OPPORTUNITIES

• Turn 1: Pit Straight

• Turn 7: Raffles Boulevard

• Turn 15: Esplanade Drive

 

Overtaking Opportunity

New Road (1.2km)

LEGEND

Slowest Corner,80 – 100kph

Speed in excess of 300kph

Speed: 250-300kph

Race Format

• Friday 26, September 2008: Testing - 8pm onwards

• Saturday 27, September 2008: Qualifying - 8pm onwards

• Sunday 28, September 2008: FORMULA 1™ Singapore Grand Prix, 8pm

 

PROPOSED

LIGHTING

SYSTEM

• Appointed lighting contractor, Italy-based Valerio Maioli S.p.a

• Lighting tests have been conducted at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track in Le Castellet, France, to study the system under real racing conditions

• Upon the fulfilment of satisfactory criteria, the first ever Night Race was approved by the FIA for Singapore on 24 October 2007

 

PROPOSED

LIGHTING

SYSTEM

Challenges

• It is not a permanent circuit

• Trees along the roads

To prevent the unnecessary uprooting of trees, the height of the lights would have to be lower than the tree canopy lining the circuit

• Impossible to put cables in underground ducts

PROPOSED

LIGHTING

SYSTEM

The Requirements

• Optimal lighting and no glare is required to meet the following requirements:

• Safety

The driver’s, marshal’s and spectator’s safety is critical

• Good Visuals

For spectators, drivers and journalists Able to broadcast High-Definition pictures

 

PROPOSED

LIGHTING

SYSTEM

PROPOSED

LIGHTING

SYSTEM

Courtesy of Valerio Maioli S.p.a.

Aluminum Truss

Lighting Projectors

Steel Pylon

Pylon Electric Panel

4m

32m

10m

TICKETINGCorporate hospitality suites and packages • On sale from late November to early December 2007

• The deluxe suites, fully equipped with great service and fine food and beverage can cater for 10 to 50 people

General Ticketing

• Sale of three-day passes start in late December 2007

• Single-day passes released for sale just before the Chinese New Year, subject to available inventory

FORMULA ONE Singapore Grand Prix Circuit Map

“This is good for everybody. It’s good for F1 and for Singapore, and there’ll

be an awful lot of attention on Singapore now...A night race will add extra

glamour too.”

- Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One Management