Lurking at A1 Grand Prix

[lurker]

Pole Position holder, Neel Jani of Team Switzerland

Malaysia's ex F1 driver, Alex Yoong qualified in 7th position for tomorrow's race

Christian Murchison of Singapore qualified for the 16th spot

 

[nizamd]

go singapore!

 

[purplemotion]

Fantastic pics guys! Makes me feel ashamed of my own..Here are some of mine...

 

[PhantomGTR]

Were there a lot of people there at Sepang?

 

[nizamd]

A1 Singapore during the sprint race..

 

[nizamd]

 

[nizamd]

 

[westwest1]

offical ya...shiok position...

 

[Munk]

how come its not Dennis Lian the driver?

 

[shung1]

wow! beautiful pics thanks for sharing

 

[wrx_sti_22b]

Singapore's car dun have sponsors one har?

 

[westwest1]

Singapore's car dun have sponsors one har?

the gov is the sponsors...cause its a national event...

 

[wee_ly]

thanks for sharing, bro. nice shots. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[SolBadGuy]

thanks for sharing guys! nice pics! :thumbsup:

wish i was there!

 

[lukexav]

Nice pics, sharp. What settings did you use for the pics?

 

[muka_tikus]

the gov is the sponsors...cause its a national event...

word has it Denis & Hafiz(think dats his name) have left d team..
& heard that it's prvately funded.. gov only endorse..
but then again.. it's hear say.. so don't quote me.. :dunno:

 

[AngKuGuay]

word has it Denis & Hafiz(think dats his name) have left d team..
& heard that it's prvately funded.. gov only endorse..
but then again.. it's hear say.. so don't quote me.. :dunno:

Yes, the A1 Grand Prix team is privately sponsored. The only Govt involvement that I know of is the unveiling of the race car by Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Vivian Balakrishnan. After that... nil, zilch, nothing.

It cost up to USD$6million to sponsor a team for one season. None of the usual local sponsors were helping out. I'm refering to traditional sponsors like Singapore Pools, Tiger Beer, etc.

The team is such bad shape that they are currently under 'caretakership' by the A1 organisers. That is another way of saying that "You guys dun have the money to race but I'm gonna continue to let you race out of pity."

For more info, you can drop by my blog. I have posted an entry on the A1 Grand Prix here

Its one of the things I'm deeply saddened with the motorsports scene here in Singapore.

On a side note, Denis Lian and Hhafiz Koh has left the team, the reason being that they can't afford so many of them. Christian Murchison is a Singaporean currently living in Australia. He has won quite a few trophies and is one of our best hopes I should say.

 

[ZeusS]

the gov is the sponsors...cause its a national event...

NOPE!