F1 Improvement

Do you think the various activities in the lead-up to Sunday’s race have helped to create a buzz among Singaporeans? What can we improve on for next year’s race?

Sept 26 2008

In the heartlands, there is hardly a murmur about F1. It is generally considered as a sport for the rich and powerful, just like polo. The organiser rightly targeted on the visitors and interested people, the group which followed the F1 races yearly, for their commercial and business reasons. The price of ticket, though fair, put off many Singaporeans who have yet to want to pay a premium for a premium show like F1. Many would want to go back to the days when they could squat along the tracks like Upper Thomson and watch speed demons zip. They may not want to see that F1 is a multi-million industry now and thus is a different ball game.Do we really want to create a buzz in all Singaporeans? I think we need not at this moment. We need to build up the momentum in a couple of years, starting with the schools. Why can’t the organisers allocate places for our tiertiary or upper secondary students to attend thwe practice sessions on Friday? I believe that those are not the highlights of F1. The Saturday qualifying and Sunday’s races are the highlights. So let’s start with the young ones and the fever will spread eventually.