Saturday, September 6, 2008

F1 Singapore Grand Prix - Few Singaporean know

A Survey shows that many people in Singapore still not aware about the inaugural F1 Singapore Grand Prix Night Race 08... Many are not into the Formula 1 Racing in Singapore.. Singaporean only crazy about soccer.. especially the English Premier League..


I started watching F1 Grand Prix on Malaysia Channel RTM... during my teenage period, about Sec 1... That time i was amaze by the skill of the drivers, the different design of the F1 cars, and the tactic being apply for a race... There were drivers like Alain Prost (my favourite) "Driving Angel", Ayton Senna (pass away during a crash) "Dare Devil", Nigel Mansell etc.... Non of my classmate watch F1... and when i brought up the subject about F1, everyone stare at me in blank... Even my friend from United State talk more of Daytona and IndyRace...

Even till now most Singaporean is not much aware of this motor sports, except of a handful of motor sports craze.. It takes time to understand this motor sports other than just race to see who come in first.. the strategies and tactic of the whole team is very important.. like the pit crew.. they must change the tire and refuel at the fastest timing with good co-ordination.. and the type of tires to be use (wet or dry), the tuning of the car (depend on the circuit and weather) and the management tactic like how many pic stop, when to do a pit stop etc....

SingTel or the SingaporeGP should put up more banner on the street, Bus Interchange, MRT, Shopping Centre, Food Court... etc everywhere to make awareness to this event.. In Europe, Formula 1 race is a glam event, where many celebrities and well known.. will flock to the event.. More media coverage like Ads on TV, show current F1 race on TV so that many people will know who to support when they watch the race and also to advertise famous drivers like Lewis Hamiton, Filip Messa.. show some handsome F1 driver face to attract female crowds.. like what England and ManU did with Beckham....

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