For the third time in a month, the 2008 FORMULA 1™ SingTel Singapore Grand Prix was singled out for excellence by the international motor sports community.
At the glittering Federation Internationale De L’Automobile (FIA) Gala at Monaco on Friday (12th Dec) evening, Singapore Grand Prix was presented with the Promoter of the Year Award. The award is given every year to the race promoter who has proved the most helpful in the most difficult conditions.
The FIA selected Singapore GP Pte Ltd for “its magnificent effort in organising Formula One’s first ever night race”.
The FIA Promoter Trophy is one of the major Awards handed out at the FIA Gala. Others awarded were the Formula One Drivers Trophy, Formula One Constructors Trophy, World Rally Championship Drivers Trophy, World Rally Championship Manufacturers Trophy, and the TV Trophy. In an additional award presented during the FIA Gala Formula One Management (FOM) took the Television Trophy for its outstanding coverage of the Singapore night race.
A week ago ago, the 2008 FORMULA 1™ SingTel Singapore Grand Prix was presented with the Pioneering and Innovation Award at the Autosport Awards in London. On 11 November, the Marina Bay Street Circuit was named the World-wide Motor Sport Facility of the Year at the Professional Motorsport World Expo Awards 2008 at Cologne, Germany.
