Posts Tagged ‘Grand Prix’

Viadex sponsors British F1 driver Jolyon Palmer at Singapore Grand Prix

Friday, September 16th, 2016

Viadex Limited, a global IT infrastructure and deployment expert, is sponsoring British Formula One driver Jolyon Palmer in his debut at the Singapore Grand Prix, on 16-18 September.

Jolyon is a Renault Sport F1 Team driver, the 2014 GP2 champion and the son of former F1 driver and major UK circuit owner Jonathan Palmer. Photo credit: Viadex.

Jolyon is a Renault Sport F1 Team driver, the 2014 GP2 champion and the son of former F1 driver and major UK circuit owner Jonathan Palmer. Photo credit: Viadex.

Viadex specialises in creating next-generation IT to help global companies increase their efficiency and performance and Formula One increasingly relies on continuous IT innovation, from trackside analytics to high performance computing, to boost every car’s performance.

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2013 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix in the 6th year

Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

In line with the current climate of going “local”, this year’s Formula 1 motorsport event in Singapore (20-22 September) will be infused with a distinctive local flavour as SingTel, Title Sponsor of the Singapore Grand Prix tries to bring the F1 race experience closer to Singaporeans with Formula 1 Singapore Style.

“The theme, Formula 1 Singapore Style, aims to create an F1 experience where everyone can be involved – both on and off the race tracks. They’ll even have a chance to take the driver’s seat in a race to the chequered flag,” said Mr Allen Lew, Country Chief Officer Singapore, SingTel (center). He is flanked on both sides by local celebrities Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh.

“The theme, Formula 1 Singapore Style, aims to create an F1 experience where everyone can be involved – both on and off the race tracks. They’ll even have a chance to take the driver’s seat in a race to the chequered flag,” said Mr Allen Lew, Country Chief Officer Singapore, SingTel (center). He is flanked on both sides by local celebrities Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh.

As per previous years, a series of promotional activities has been planned leading up to the actual race.

The Big Race

The Big Race is an island-wide search for Singapore’s fastest race driver.

Local celebrities and self-proclaimed Formula 1 fans, Joanne Peh, Qi Yuwu, Pei Fen and Romeo Tan kicked off The Big Race today by clocking their fastest lap times in the Official F1 racing simulator game.

There will be a series of four roadshows where the public is invited to clock their fastest lap times in the game.

Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh getting into the F1(R) spirit for The Big Race.

Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh getting into the F1(R) spirit for The Big Race.

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Top eight of SingTel Grid Girls 2012 unveiled

Sunday, August 5th, 2012

You can vote for the top three Singaporean faces to flag off this year’s Singapore Grand Prix race.

Top 8 of 55 SingTel Grid Girls 2012. Click for larger poster.

Top 8 of 55 SingTel Grid Girls 2012. Click for larger poster.

Fifth-time title sponsor of the FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has unveiled this year’s top eight SingTel Grid Girls and their new uniforms.

Members of the public will be able to vote for the top three from among the eight finalists who are from 18 to 23 years old.

This year’s SingTel Grid Girls will be sporting striking outfits designed by 26-year-old local design talent, Ms Roslinda Abdul Rahman.

She is the winner of The Project Racetrack.

The uniforms for all 55 SingTel Grid Girls will be sponsored by local fashion design house ESTA Pte Ltd.

GG1 Priscilla Lee in the new Grid Girl uniform.

GG1 Priscilla Lee in the new Grid Girl uniform.

The Project Racetrack

The Project Racetrack is an F1 fashion design competition integrated with a 74-hour long fashion design training course.

It was conducted by the Textile and Fashion Industry Training Centre (also known as TaF.tc) and Singapore WSQ Develop Design Collection in partnership with SingTel.

The competition serves as a platform for young aspiring designers to develop and showcase their creativity with F1 as an inspiration.

How to vote for the top three SingTel Grid Girls

The three finalists will be given the important role of holding the Singapore, Formula One and Singapore GP flags at the race in September.

GG8 Ashvin Sandhu

GG8 Ashvin Sandhu

The top three 2012 SingTel Grid Girls will be crowned at the SingTel “F1 for Everyone” Roadshow at East Coast Park on 2 September.

This year, for the first time, the results will be based purely on online and SMS voting.

From 3 August to 27 August 2012, the public can find out more about and vote for their favourite SingTel Grid Girls at www.singtelrace.com or via SMS.

Voters stand to win a pair of Singapore Grand Prix Pit Grandstand Tickets worth $1,488.

There will also be 10 consolation prizes of Singapore Grand Prix Goodie Bags merchandise worth $150 to giveaway.

This year's top eight finalists of the SingTel Grid Girls for Singapore Formula 1.

This year’s top eight finalists of the SingTel Grid Girls for Singapore Formula 1.

“We raised the level of competition this year by allowing only eight instead of the usual 12 to make the cut,” said Mr Johan Buse, Vice President of Consumer Marketing, SingTel.
新电信已揭晓了今年星加坡F1车赛的头八名 SingTel Grid Girls。这八名决赛者将竞争头三名的名衔。公众可以上网或通过SMS投选你们支持的参赛者。” – 科技点心(微薄)
More photos of the top eight finalists of the 2012 SingTel Grid Girls below.

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