F1 Rocks Live Music

F1 Rocks Live Music

This is a world's first - a series of live music events to be held at F1 events starting with the Singapore Grand Prix.

The inaugural F1 Rocks Live Music event will feature in Singapore from 24 September 2009 to 26 September 2009 at Fort Canning Park. Headline artists like Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Jacky Cheung and A-Mei will be in town to light up the live music performance scene during the F1 Singapore Grand Prix season.

Here's the introductory video on the F1 Rocks music festival, presented by Lady Gaga.

F1 Rocks Live Music Event Promo Video:


F1 Rocks Live Music Event Details:
The performers, the dates and the entry times for their performances are listed below.

THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER (17:00 – 23:30)
17:00 GATES
19:00 DA MOUTH
20:15 SODAGREEN
21:30 A-MEI
22:45 JACKY CHEUNG

FRIDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER (17:00 – 00:15)
17:00 GATES
18:30 N*E*R*D
19:45 SIMPLE MINDS
21:15 ZZ TOP
23:00 NO DOUBT

SATURDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER (18:00 – 01:30)
18:00 DOORS
19:15 DJ HAVANA BROWN
21:15 BLACK EYED PEAS
00:00 BEYONCÉ

Music lovers can now get excited during the F1 Singapore Grand Prix season as these mega-stars and mega-performers will be flying in to town for a rare date with fans in Singapore.

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Singapore Grand Prix: First Night Race Photographs

Singapore Grand Prix: First Night Race Photographs - An Outdoor Exhibition

With interest in the second edition of the Singapore Grand Prix gathering momentum, I was attracted to this little-known upcoming event on the world's first-ever Formula 1 night race.

Photograph by acroamatic via flickr.

In an outdoor photographic exhibition that will soon hit the streets of Singapore (at Orchard Road, not the Marina Bay circuit), F1 photographer Paul Henri-Cahier will display his personal perspective of the Singapore Grand Prix from behind his lenses.

Little is known about what will be displayed at the Singapore Grand Prix Night Race photo exhibition except for this piece of information on the Singapore Grand Prix site.

THE FIRST SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX NIGHT RACE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION:

Photographs of the 1st Singapore Grand Prix by Paul Henri-Cahier Outdoor Exhibition.

Date: 22 September – 3 October 2009
Venue: Orchard Road (stretch between Wheelock Place and Far East Shopping Centre)

Singapore Grand Prix Exhibition Details:

"In 2008, internationally renowned F1 photographer Paul-Henri Cahier attended the first Singapore Grand Prix. Taking it as a new technical and artistic challenge, he came out with amazing pictures. Exhibited for the first time, 40 of these are presented outdoor on large format prints, featuring the Singapore circuit and skyline together with the famous champions and their cars!"

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Photographs of Formula 1 Night Race Singapore: St Andrew's Road

Photographs of Formula 1 Night Race Street Circuit: St. Andrew's Road

Photograph 1: Picture taken of Formula 1 night pre-race street circuit at St Andrew's Road

These are some of the photographs of the Formula 1 Night Race street circuit taken along St. Andrew's Road nine nights before the world's first-ever night race is held in Singapore on 28 September 2008. The photographs show some of the on-going pre-race work to prepare the street circuit fit for Formula 1 night racing in Singapore.

Photograph 2: Work in progress at Formula 1 night race street circuit along St Andrew's Road

This picture shows workers transporting materials to fix the spectator stands beside the Formula 1 street circuit. Throughout the time leading to the final days of the Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix street circuit, night scenes like these will be noted. After completion of the F1 CBD circuit night race, the streets of Singapore along this area will be cleared of these temporary structures.

Photograph 3: Street circuit scene, days before Formula 1 night race

Photograph shows a view of St Andrew's Road in Singapore's Civic District, with the Central Business District (CBD) buildings in the background, through a slit in the metal fencing bordering the road. Note that the Singapore Grand Prix (GP) seats at the padang area have not been installed yet.

Photograph 4: View of what's at the side of F1 race street circuit at night

The photograph above shows part of the narrow passage by the Formula 1 night race street circuit. A two-man wide space between the metal fence along St Andrew's Road on the right and another fence near to the perimeter of St Andrew's Cathedral on the left is obvious.

Photograph 5: Blockers to be used for Formula 1 night race street circuit

Above photograph shows the heavy-duty steel-and-concrete blocks used to line the street circuit for ingapore's very first night race. Imagine how much damage the F1 racing vehicles may cause to these street-side walls or the damage these street-side walls may inflict on F1 vehicles and their mega-star drivers.

There will be many other preparatory Formula 1 night race street circuit works to be completed like road surfacing, street lighting, etc through out the day and night which I will not be able to photograph and capture on digital camera.

To facilitate these F1 night racing related activities, many roads around the street circuit at Marina Bay will be closed to the public, from 20 September onwards. F1 spectators will have to plan their approach carefully to get to their street side seats before the day turns into night.

Details of St Andrew's Road and other road closures during F1 season in Singapore can be found at the Traffic Police website. Check site here on road closure for street circuit (with date and time) from Singapore Traffic Police.

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1. First Formula 1 Night Street Circuit Race in Singapore
2. 2008 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix official site
3. Winner of Formula 1 Night Race
4. Singapore Motor Show 2008

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Best F1 Seats: Singapore Grand Prix (GP)

Picture: Are these the best F1 seats in the Singapore Grand Prix?

Best F1 Seats: Singapore Grand Prix (GP)

Are these the best F1 seats to watch the Singapore Grand Prix (GP) in the world’s first, and hopefully the best ever, Formula 1 (F1) night race? My best guess is that those who manage to reserve F1 seats at the Padang in Singapore will enjoy one of the best F1 racing action in the Singapore Grand Prix (GP). If and when a Singapore Grand Prix driver overtakes another, F1 GP spectators will surely be on the edge of their seats. At the same time, they would receive a visual treat of one of the best-looking buildings in the F1 Singapore Grand Prix (GP) street circuit – City Hall.

The majestic City Hall with its steps leading up to the imposing columns, lighted for the best mood effects, will best be seen from these Grand Prix (GP) seats. The City Hall steps may be used as seats for one of the best F1 vantage points in the Singapore Grand Prix (GP) grand scheme of things.

Picture: Padang F1 seats get best views of City Hall

No true-blue F1 racing enthusiast can resist some of the best close-up actions of the Grand Prix (GP) racing track as the world’s best Formula 1 racing drivers, glued to the seats of their best GP racing cars, do their utmost F1 best to burn rubber as they speed around the night streets of Singapore in a dizzy circuit around our Central Business District (CBD).

Between the F1 racers driving in the Singapore Grand Prix street circuit and your eyes from these seats is actually a mesh of steel net. This may be further blocked if F1 spectators stand up in front of your seat during the excitement of the night race. To reduce your visibility even further, these F1 racing cars will flash from one corner of your eye to the other, faster than you can say “2008 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix”.

F1 drivers in the Singapore Grand Prix (GP) will get several opportunities to race past these seats at the padang during practice, qualifying round and the actual night race on 28 September 2008. So if you have F1 tickets for seats to attend all three days of the Singapore Grand Prix race, you can learn to exercise the best muscles for neck turns and eyeball twists.

I believe these colourful F1 seats at the Padang receive the best of both worlds – the Singapore Grand Prix (GP) racing action along St Andrew’s Road and the best Singapore skyline as a grand backdrop. Whether or not these are the best F1 seats to watch the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix and the world’s first night race will be known on the night of the race.

To Singapore Grand Prix (GP) and Formula 1 (F1) racing enthusiasts, the best seats are the ones that can let them view ‘live’ F1 night racing history in the making while enjoying the best views in between racing cars during the first-ever Formula 1 Night Race at the Singapore Grand Prix (GP).

Where do you think are the best F1 seats to watch the inaugural Formula 1 (F1) Singtel Singapore Grand Prix (GP)? From the best F1 seats where you are sitting now, share your thoughts in the comments below.



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