Well I thought I would take my Aunt, Cousin and Mum down the F1GP circuit – or what’s left of it, as the Singapore Engineer’s dismantle the structures and fixtures as quickly as they appeared.
Thinking of this through, it seems that they probably spend half of the year planning the F1GP, and the rest of the year either assembling or dismantling the equipment. Funny if you think about it, but it creates work and jobs for people, I guess! Irrespective of this, I do hope that the Street and Night Circuit does remain in the F1GP Calendar going forward, especially as there is rumours that from next year it will move to a dedicated F1 Circuit in Changi – and there are still question marks on whether the City will continue to pay for the F1 rights going past 2012!
Anyway, I took the trio down the only ‘permanent’ part of the circuit, as the other temporary ‘street’ parts were largely dismantled during the last couple of weeks. It is good to see that the main structures were still physically in-tact (just about) – especially the Pit Signage and Road Markings.
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- Looking down the Pit Straight
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- Looking back at the Pit Entrace
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- The Main Part of the Pits is fast approaching
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- Here’s where Vettel Lifted the Winner’s Trophy
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- The Pit Garages
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- Webber and Vettel’s Garages
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- Hamilton’s and Button’s Garage
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- Mum with the McLaren Garage Backdrop
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- Here’s the McLaren Pit Skid Marks
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- Schumacher’s Mercedes Garage
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- Engineer’s Continued to Dismantle the Safety Barriers
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- Looking back down the Pit Lane
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- The Pit Exit
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- The Pit Tour Ends with a Team Photo! 🙂
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- Looking at the Remnants of the Turn 1 Grandstand
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- Looking back at one of the Bridge Walkways
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- The Pit Lane Exit Rubber Stripes
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- The GrandStand Between Turn 2 and 3 Being Dismantled
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- Turn 3 Joins the First Part of the Street Circuit
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- You can just make out the Circuit Markings
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- We walked back to the last Straight Leading to Turn 22
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- One of the ‘access restrictions’ notices left on the dismantled fencing