Here at the Launch of Ian De Cotta's Book

Yesterday saw the launch of one of the greatest book to be written in Singapore Motorsport History - The author : Ian De Cotta - The Title : The Singapore Grand Prix ( 50 years in the making) with a foreword by none other than Sir Stirling Moss...

Mr Robert Wong, former Racer on Thomson Circuit.

Held at one of Singapore's biggest retail center for Audio Products, motorsports fans, young and old got a chance to meet with Mr De Cotta personally and get their copies of the book autographed.

The Book itself is a recollection of a great part of Singapore Motoring History in the 60's and 70's, when drivers and riders would zoom past around the famous Thomson Street Circuit, comprising of the Devil's Bend, the Snakes amongst others.

" Long before Formula 1 Fever swept Singapore's shores, Speed demons reigned at the fabled Upper Thomson Road Circuit.

This is their story "

sums up what the book is really about.

Go and get yourself a copy quick before it runs out, this surely is a must have in your library for everyone remotely or passionately interested in Motorsport Racing History.

Glenn Ong (Class 95 ) & Myself

Activities planned For the Upcoming Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix

SingTel Ultimate Race
Two state-of-the-art custom-built simulators, featuring the Marina Bay Circuit for
the first time in the world, will give Singapore residents the feel of driving a
Formula 1 car in the night around the track. One will be based at Comcentre at
Exeter Road, while the other will tour the heartlands

SingTel Prediction Challenge
Predict the outcome of races, starting with the Turkish Grand Prix, and ending with
the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. Prizes will be given to the top three players after
the Singapore race

SingTel Mobile Racer
A Formula 1 race game around the circuit can be downloaded onto mobile phones to
allow users to compete against other mobile phone subscribers. Top scorers
stand to win grandstand tickets

SingTel Grid Girls
Forty-eight Grid Girls will compete to be among the top 20 who will take part in a
four-episode, 30-minute reality show on Channel 5 hosted by Glenn Ong. The grand
prize winner will take home $20,000 and the top three will lead the Grid Girls out on
the day of the race

MediaCorp gearing up its F1 coverage

IF YOU can't get a ticket for September's SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, you won't have to shell out extra to witness the historic event, for it will be shown live on MediaCorp TV Channel 5.
The station has secured the rights to be the official free-to-air TV broadcaster for the first-ever night race around the civic district — and the first street race in Asia — featuring the likes of defending world champion Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

Announcing this yesterday, Singapore's leading media company said it is revving up its coverage of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship — which flags off this Sunday with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne — across all its media platforms.
From tomorrow, Channel NewsAsia (CNA) will begin airing the first of an 18-part Inside Grand Prix series, which will preview every race of the 2008 season, going behind the scenes to showcase the teams, players and newsmakers.
Other programmes are also planned for both CNA and Channel 5.

Today will get the adrenaline pumping with a 14-page supplement in this Saturday's Weekend Edition, driven by Mr Ian De Cotta, 48, the newspaper's F1 correspondent.
MediaCorp Radio's 987FM and Class 95 stations will also get in on the act, organising the first racing challenge in August, as a prelude to September's big event.
FHM and Arena magazines will be producing racing-themed supplements and organising parties for clients, featuring the lovely FHM girls, while MediaCorp's news and entertainment websites will start offering the latest information on the races from this weekend onwards.

"We're glad to bring the excitement of the sport to our viewers, readers, and clients, offering coverage across the whole gamut of our media platforms," said MediaCorp chief executive officer Lucas Chow during yesterday's press conference, after signing the free-to-air agreement with Singapore GP.

Todayonline by : Shamir Osman